Title: Women’s Hockey – Mid-Season Report
Date: December 12, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: This article was a mid-season review feature on the UBC women’s ice hockey team.
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Title: Gameday: Raptors @ Jazz, Dec. 7 + Big Man Blind Taste Test
Date: December 7, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors pre-game broke down the Raptors’ Dec. 7 contest against the Jazz (kind of) while also doing a ‘blind taste test” for the Raptor bigs.
Title: Will J.P. Arencibia Ever Become a Good Regular?
Date: December 7, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This article looked at the early-career statistics of J.P. Arencibia to try and determine if, based on historically comparable players, he has the chance to become a solid regular.
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Title: Introducing PRIMO – A Simple Single Game Shooting Efficiency Measure
Date: December 2, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article introduced a new-ish stat called PRIMO, which is a quick and dirty way of using box score statistics to gauge single-game scoring efficiency.
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Title: DeAndre Jordan and the Crunch Time Conundrum
Date: November 26, 2012
Original Source: Hoopdata
Synopsis: This article looked at DeAndre Jordan’s poor free throw shooting and whether or not it was bad enough to justify sitting him at the end of games.
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Title: Defense and the “Fifth Factor”
Date: November 25, 2012
Original Source: Hoopdata
Synopsis: This article looked at what impact a team’s pace of play has on their defensive efficiency, asking if pace should be considered the Fifth Factor in determining defensive success.
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Title: Have the Blue Jays Improved Enough?
Date: November 22, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This article looked at the major changes to the Blue Jays’ lineup and rotation and tried to discern if they had done enough to consider themselves playoff contenders for 2013.
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Title: The Rare Decline of Tyreke Evans
Date: November 21, 2012
Original Source: Hoopdata
Synopsis: This article looked at Tyreke Evans’ unique career arc of apparently peaking as a rookie, comparing it to players who historically did the same and wondering if there is hope for him to turn it around.
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Title: The 2003-04 Pistons: Great Timing?
Date: November 9, 2012
Original Source: Hoopdata
Synopsis: This article took a look back at the 2003-04 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons, highlighting how fortunate they were to not just have seven above-average rotation players, but also to have them all together near their respective peaks.
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Title: The Synergy of Amir and Jose
Date: November 9, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article took a look at the high-performing duo of Jose Calderon and Amir Johnson, examining if advanced stats backed up the narrative that they are great together.
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