At the 2015 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, the top research paper prize was split between two teams. Rosales and Spratt from Baseball Info Solutions shared the $30,000 prize for their work on pitch framing, suggesting it involves the catcher, pitcher, and umpire. The other winners, Franks, Miller, Bornn, and Goldsberry from Harvard’s XY Hoops group, used player tracking data to analyze NBA defensive play. Their academic paper was accepted by the Annals of Applied Statistics. Additionally, Bornn and Goldsberry, along with co-authors, won a $1,000 poster prize for their work on ball movement in the NBA. The conference also featured discussions on sports betting legalization, with estimates of the illegal market ranging from $80 billion to $400 billion annually.
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