Each week, we will look back at the games that were to see which players had the largest individual performances. I say largest because the contributions that we can measure (from play by play) tend to be things that are easy to count. This includes, goals, shots, assists, turnovers, penalties, etc. We can’t measure a […]
When we are blessed with a day in which the slate of games numbers in the dozens, it is all but impossible to really keep track of all the goings on in D1 lacrosse. So we decided to put out a daily digest of the day that was. The idea here is to use some […]
ESPN recently released their lacrosse schedule for the 2019 season. Excluding the supposed MAAC flex game, there are 23 D1 Men’s contests scheduled to appear on the network’s various properties.I was curious to see what the games had in common and if there was any underlying logic that could help us understand why certain games […]
Each week, we will look back at the games that were to see which players had the largest individual performances. I say largest because the contributions that we can measure (from play by play) tend to be things that are easy to count. This includes, goals, shots, assists, turnovers, penalties, etc. We can’t measure a […]
It’s been a few years since we put together our “expected goals added” (EGA) concept as a way to compare two box scores. The key question that EGA helps to answer is: “who created more value?”To put it plainly, every type of play that happens on the field either puts the offense closer or farther […]
A week or so back, I put up a post titled “The Wisdom of the Crowd” that was in part about my Twitter poll, which suggested that 3 out of 4 lacrosse fans expected to see an increase in scoring because of the shot clock.Well, the post has had a chance to marinate out in […]
Exhibit A: Early Season Rust is not just for players… Grant Ament having a ten point day and not being on here seems like an error— Dan Arestia (@danarestia) February 6, 2019 Gut tells me that Grant Ament couldn’t have missed this list by much, right?— Calder Alfano (@CalderAlfano) February 6, 2019So what had happened…was […]
Nothing like Championship Monday. Unlike college basketball, lacrosse’s championship game doesn’t come after a workday. No, like a kid with a birthday on a holiday, lacrosse fans get to wake up knowing that, yes, today is all about lacrosse. We get to watch the two teams that have navigated the gauntlet of March to reach […]
Each week, we will look back at the games that were to see which players had the largest individual performances. I say largest because the contributions that we can measure (from play by play) tend to be things that are easy to count. This includes, goals, shots, assists, turnovers, penalties, etc. We can’t measure a […]
At the beginning of the season, we published a list of the expected schedule strengths for every team. The list was based on the Lax-ELO rating of the teams that we knew would be on their schedule. It was a simple way to quantify how difficult each team’s slate was. At the time it appeared […]