Show HN: We're using big data & analytics for fantasy sports(benchsense.com)

9 pointsby mmacvor 13 Jahren7 comments

Show HN: We're using big data & analytics for fantasy sports

http://benchsense.com/

4 comments

cpursleyvor 13 Jahren

I'll probably get down-voted for this but "powerful insights" for fantasy sports? Really?

Amazing that people are putting their collective intelligence and resource into fantasy sports.

Like sports? Get off your ass, grab a ball and some friends and get out on the field/court.

What about pivoting to a site for finding local people to form recreational teams? I'd use that!

mikecarluccivor 13 Jahren

Depending on the data being analyzed the app could have a use for sports organizations as well. But that's a more difficult market to break in to directly.

A company I helped with on a few apps had a table at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference this spring. One of the apps looks at boxscores to provide custom sports news for fans and identify interesting plays. I'm guessing it is much less involved than this project but a number of club officials found it intriguing because it could surface numbers from across the league.

cpursleyvor 13 Jahren

Interesting point and angle.

t0vor 13 Jahren

I don't have an NFL fantasy team per se. I pick the players I like most that happen to be playing that weekend. I might also grab a different player depending on the defense he's up against. Hope that helps!

mmacvor 13 Jahren

Thanks for the feedback! Match ups are one of the biggest things we're working on, our historical data is showing some very interesting trends on how certain players perform exceptionally well against certain teams...we can't explain it but we can identify it and we're quite certain these types of insights will prove valuable for users.

furqanrydhanvor 13 Jahren

Pretty interesting, I've messed around with aggregating stats on players, matchups, etc for my own fantasy teams and always wondered why someone didn't go and build a product around it.

Excited to see what you guys will be providing!

kevinthewvor 13 Jahren

There are websites out there that do this, they're just not that great and usually only one sport specific. I'll definitely sign up for this just to check it out.