Triangle Sports Analytics Competition

Triangle Sports Analytics Competition 2026

Submissions due February 6 🏀 Register Here

Represent your school in data science and take home the title

About

The 2nd annual Triangle Sports Analytics Competition aims to bring together students from Duke, UNC, Chapel Hill, and NC State who love sports analytics to compete in a prediction contest. All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to compete. The scope of the competition is to predict all ACC Men’s Basketball games between February 7, 2026 and March 7, 2026. Students may work individually or in a team of 2-5.

Competition

• Point spread is the difference in points scored between Home and Away teams. Your job is to create a statistical model that predicts the point spread of ACC Men’s Basketball games. Click here to learn more

• Looking to go the extra mile? You can optionally submit prediction intervals as well. These will be judged separately. Click here to learn more

Learn more

Come to your school’s information session.

• UNC: January 21 at 7PM Click here for Zoom link
• NCSU: January 22 at 4PM Click here for Zoom link
• Duke: January 22 at 5PM Click here for Zoom link

Questions?

Contact your school’s organizer:

Alexander Fisher (Duke), Elijah Meyer (NC State), Mario Giacomazzo (UNC).