Wharton Moneyball

This edition of Wharton Moneyball covers everything from the 2018 Winter Olympics to sports betting and high stakes poker. Our hosts delve into a March Madness preview and get all the details about Ken Pomeroys innovative analytics. They also get the scoop on famous poker player Annie Duke's strategy as well as advice on controlling your emotions and having a commitment to accuracy.Guests:Annie Duke is a professional poker player who won the inaugural WSOP Tournament of Champions defeating ten World Champion opponents and has had career winnings exceeding $4Millon. She is also the author of the new book “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts.”Ken Pomeroy is the creator of a popular college basketball website and statistical archive, kenpom.com. His website includes his College Basketball Ratings, tempo-free statistics for every NCAA men's Division I basketball team, with archives dating back to the 2002 season, as well as a blog about current college basketball. You can follow Ken on Twitter at @KenPomeroy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:John Templon - An investigative data journalist for BuzzFeed News where he has reported on figure skating, tennis, immigration and politics among other things. He joined BuzzFeed in 2014 from Chicago-based technology startup Narrative Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Oliver Miller-Farrell is the Business Development Director of North America at Perform GroupDerek Belch is the CEO and Co-Founder of STRIVR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Gill Alexander – Host of “A Numbers Game” on SiriusXM Radio’s VSiNTodd Steussie – Former All Pro Offensive Lineman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Adam Kingsbury - Head Coach Canadian Olympic Women’s Curling TeamPeter Keating - Senior Writer at ESPN the Magazine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Neil Paine - A longtime friend of the show as well as a Senior Writer and General Editor at FiveThirtyEight. He covers a wide range of sports, with a focus on sabermetrics and statistical analysis and can he can be foundNeil Greenberg – Statistics Reporter at the Washington Post. Neil is a staff writer with The Washington Post whose beat is sports analytics. You can find his analysis and insight on the Fancy Stats blog where he covers all pro sports as well as college football and basketball. He also hosts “Crashing the Net” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Michael Salfino is a sports analyst for Meadowlands Media Group whose appears in the Wall Street Journal, FiveThirtyEight and YahooIan Levy is the senior NBA editor for FanSided.com and the man behind the curtain at The Step Back and Nylon Calculus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Steven Godfrey - Senior reporter for SB Nation based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is also the co-host of the college football podcast, “Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody” and you can follow him on Twitter @38Godfrey.Nathan Jahnke - Director of Analytics at Pro Football Focus where he has worked for over seven years. As the Director of Analytics, he developed the methodology of turning the raw grades PFF collects into 0-100 season and game grades as well as some of the statistics used at PFF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Ty Schalter – FiveThirtyEight, where he covers the NFLBen Alamar - Director Sports Analytics at ESPN and the author of Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches, Managers and Other Decision Makers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Ty Hildenbrandt - Host and producer of The Solid Verbal, an independent college football podcast he co-founded in 2008. Through the podcast, Ty has worked with ESPN, Sirius XM, SB Nation and other national media outlets.Neil Hornsby – Founder of Pro Football Focus (PFF) in 2006 and developer of a patent pending grading methodology to objectively assess and rank individual player performance. Neil is responsible for partnerships with 24 NFL teams and many College football programs as well as major media networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.