News tagged with basketball
Analyzing Effects Of Hoops Ball Hog
Fans will have noticed that when a basketball team's best player sits out for a while the team will sometimes actually do better than when the star is playing. Concepts from the mathematical science called ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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NCAA Tournament Pool: Leveling The Brackets
That whirlwind of cubicle activity greeting office drones reporting to work this week is not a frenzy to finish last week's sales reports.
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Expert: Bracket seedings irrelevant after Sweet Sixteen round
For the average college basketball fan looking for an edge in a March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois expert in statistics and data analysis has some advice on how to pick winners: After the ...
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Brain Scans Track Hoop Fans' Happy Memories
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a novel study that used historical tape of a thrilling overtime basketball game between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, brain researchers at Duke have found that ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Nothing But Net: The Physics of Free-Throw Shooting
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pay attention, Shaq: Two North Carolina State University engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw - a frequently underappreciated skill that gets more important as the ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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NBA prohibits use of Twitter, Facebook during games
The National Basketball Association is initiating new social media guidelines for its players, banning the use of web sites like Twitter and Facebook during games.
Oct 01, 2009 |
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High school football, wrestling athletes suffer highest rate of severe injuries
High school football and wrestling athletes experienced the highest rate of severe injuries, according to the first study to examine severe injuries - injuries that caused high school athletes to miss more than 21 days of ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Lakers' Kobe Bryant talks 'NBA 2K10' video game
(AP) -- Kobe Bryant isn't just the "NBA 2K10" cover athlete, he also makes a good mermaid.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Research: Male, female reporters cover sports differently
(PhysOrg.com) -- Male and female reporters differ in the way they cover sports, especially in regard to the athleticism of female athletes, according to a recent study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2009 |
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New technique developed to evaluate basketball players
A team of Spanish and American researchers has developed a method to evaluate basketball players that will, they say, better meet the requirements of the sport's trainers and experts. The technique uses mathematical models ...
Jun 05, 2009 |
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Odds are, seedings don't matter after Sweet 16, professor says
For budding "bracketologists" busily weighing picks for their annual March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois professor has some advice on how to pick winners: In the later rounds of the tournament, ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Engineering students score a slam dunk (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a 240-pound forward slam dunks a basketball, some fans probably wonder how much force is being generated into the goal. Students at Clemson University now can answer that question with ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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