[NY Times] More Love for Morey and Statistical Analysis

http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes....-statistical-analysis-conference-on-the-rise/

The explosion of statistical analysis in sports is now leading to an explosion of interest in the explosion of analysis. It might take an army of statistics whizzes to process it all.

The M.I.T. Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, the movement’s signature event, has grown so large that sponsors are moving it off-campus for its third edition, on March 6. It will be held at a Boston convention center.

“We outgrew every building at M.I.T.,” Daryl Morey, the Houston Rockets’ general manager, said proudly.

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