Adam Levitan sits down with national champion and newly promoted University of Florida Gators Men's Basketball Assistant Coach Jonathan Safir to discuss data analytics in college basketball. Jonathan most recently served as the Director of Basketball Strategy and Analytics for Florida and was a key asset in the Gators winning the Men's College Basketball National Championship this year.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What situations were the Gators able to enact in-game decisions from data analytics
- What ETR and the DFS industry can learn from College Basketball data analytics
- Jonathan's history with Florida Head Coach Todd Golden
- How Safir's job has change in the world of NIL and The Transfer Portal
- What made Jonathan want to head into Basketball data analysis
Timestamps:
1:21 - How Jonathan crossed paths with ETR
2:47 - Jonathan’s career journey
6:50 - Meeting Todd Golden
9:39 - Being a Director of Basketball Strategy and Analytics
17:18 - In-Game Data Usage in College Basketball
26:42 - 3-Pointer shooting surges
29:47 - NIL, The Transfer Portal and how coaches have had to adapt
34:37 - What DFS can learn from CBB data analysis
38:04 - Listener Questions
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