Good day everyone.
I have been in the background of this forum for quite some time now reading and watching what some of you are doing in terms of data analysis etc. Let me start by saying some of the work being done here is very impressive (while some of it isn't.)
My partner and I are economics graduate student who have been working on model creation for NBA, MLB, and NFL. Recently we have applied the principles we have learned from the NBA to the WNBA. Our NBA model is very simple and concise however it gets the job done in a largely consistent manner. Over the previous season we went something along the lines of 58% and +120 units. This a good start for us in the NBA and we plan on improving the system this year. We're currently applying some of these changes to the WNBA and hopefully all turns out well.
Our MLB model, is needless to say much less simple than is our NBA model. For this we have done a great deal of model building utilizing various regressions from different angles etc. At the start we had great difficulty finding which variables were important, however over the past 2 months we have made great strides and have selected games at approximately 62% while gaining +60 units in that same time period. This includes several proposition bets that we have found are highly profitable when the correct types of analysis are applied. We are happy with this, however we feel this can still be improved... We feel as though we could get the model to where it is selecting closer to 65% or above.
The reason I am writing this is because we are interested in adding some outside help. Due to our rather busy schedules we don't have all the time in the world to be thinking about ways to improve / additional time for extra data collection beyond what we are already doing. I am curious if anyone would be interested in adding their input to the work we are currently doing. Ideally, we're looking for someone who can bring new ideas and angles to the table as to ways that we can improve the current model. If anyone would be interested please PM me and we could discuss what we are doing, and where we hope to improve/ move forward.