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Maddy wnbadata

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math phd candidate 🧮 🔬dissecting wnba + wbb data serving the stats you didn’t know you needed 🤯 creator @joinoffside.bsky.social maddybrown.digital

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josiahcohen.bsky.social @josiahcohen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Which WNBA teams have been the best at challenges this season? Wrote about the data behind challenges (effectiveness of fourth-quarter challenges, game state, "sticky" success rate? etc.) and the very different approaches teams take: riseofthevalkyries.substack.com/p/challenge-...
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Challenge data
Analyzing some WNBA challenge data.
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Richard Cohen @richardcohen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
That's Alyssa Thomas's first made three in the WNBA since her rookie season in 2014. #WNBA
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
the 2026 Dallas Wings are averaging 13.7 fast break points per game, which is more than any team has averaged in a season over the last few years (excluding all star teams 🙂) hopefully they keep it up today so i can make a video about it!
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
if you feel like there have been more fouls than usual so far this season... working on a full video for tomorrow on my instagram! #wnba
chart showing how the first 11 wnba games this year have had 44.6 fouls per game and the average over the first 11 games per season over the previous 10 seasons was just 39.4
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New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Catch this week's newsletter! 3 Episodes On: The WNBA and Women’s Basketball | WNBA Data with Maddy Brown | The WNBA and Equality | Where in the World: Portland and Toronto @wnbadata.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.substack.com/p/5-7
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Why is Women's Basketball More Popular Than Ever?
The WNBA, B-ball data, Claudia Goldin, and expansion teams
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
i am working on my next wnba stat school video about the four factors of basketball, with the Aces as the main example :)) #wnba #lasvegasaces #sportsanalytics
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
working on some charts for my next video about AT :))))
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Jenn Hatfield @jennhatfield.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Perri Page and Columbia have won 23 straight opening tips ahead of today's Ivy Madness semifinals, per Columbia Athletics. @herhoopstats.com's @wnbadata.bsky.social finds that teams that win the tip are slightly more likely than their pregame odds suggest to win the game. #NCAAWBB
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Does Winning the Opening Tip Move Win Probability in NCAA WBB?
What almost 4,500 games say about a play that’s over in a blink
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Kevin Whitaker @whitakk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I was looking for a WBB version of BracketMatrix and couldn't find any, so I fired up Codex and made one myself. (It’ll update every few hours until Selection Sunday, but not much will change now.) I'll plan to host it properly next season, but for now it’s here: whitakk.github.io/wbb-bracket-...
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WBB Bracket Matrix
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Today’s newsletter is a behind‑the‑scenes of my StudBudz Unrivaled 1‑on‑1 video. Picking the hook, logging the games, deciding what not to explain on screen, and how I use stats without losing the fun. link: wnbadata.beehiiv.com/p/how-i-turn...
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How I Turned the StudBudz Into a Data Story
Behind the scenes of my Unrivaled 1‐on‐1 video, from spreadsheet to scatterplot to TikTok
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
i loved this Unrivaled lineup deep dive by Dan Falkenheim at Sports Illustrated, so I turned his rankings into a chart + quick explainer video ⬇️ www.si.com/ranking-top-...
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Ranking the Top Lineups in Unrivaled for the 2026 Season
Unrivaled provides a clean laboratory for measuring the successes—and failures—of certain lineups. Unlike its five-on-five counterpart, three-on-three basketbal
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I love @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social Elam Ending, but it hasn’t felt like a lot of comebacks, so I checked: 11 of 79 games are 3Q comebacks (~14%) WNBA 2016–2025 ~15.9% have 3Q comeback small samples, but I kinda expected the 11 point target to increase comeback wins, not stay around WNBA levels!
list of the 11 3Q comebacks in unrivaled history through jan 2026
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Kofie @kofie.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
NBA Fans! The @joinoffside.bsky.social beta is available now!! - Stat comparisons - Video content/breakdowns from fans/analysts of the team -Much, much more! Would appreciate all feedback as we're trying to make the best product possible. Download the IOS beta here: offside.gg/beta
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I explain WNBA data to 13K+ people on TikTok. Then I taught it in a college classroom. Here's what surprised me about teaching sports analytics (and why communication matters more than code) wnbadata.beehiiv.com/p/hot-take-t...
me doing math on TikTok and then me doing math on a whiteboard!
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
i turned my wnba tiktok into a college course this summer taught 21 students at UW how to turn sports data into stories people actually care about. we went to a Storm game, learned data viz, and they made their own explainer videos wrote about the whole thing: wnbadata.beehiiv.com/p/i-turned-m...
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
just finished scheduling tomorrow’s blog post, subscribe to get it in your inbox in the morning! wnbadata.beehiiv.com
tabby cat sniffing the computer keyboardscreenshot of preview of article "I turned my WNBA TikTok into a college course"
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I'm back with my latest data-driven wbb article: No one is wearing 67 (and other jersey number crimes) read it here! wnbadata.beehiiv.com/p/no-one-is-... #ncaawbb #collegebasketball
an old CRT computer monitor with the article "no one is wearing 67" on it with other TVs playing a basketball game in the background
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
they could never make me gatekeep vintage #wnba #eBay
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🏀 my second-ever newsletter is here! let's use data and statistics to win Unrivaled's free throw challenge 😈 wnbadata.beehiiv.com/p/using-empi... #unrivaled #unrivaledwbb
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Using Empirical Bayes to Win Unrivaled's $50K Free Throw Challenge
Dive into the statistical strategy behind Unrivaled's $50K Free Throw Challenge, using Empirical Bayes to predict the most likely winner in this data-driven basketball analysis.
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
fans of referee data your time is now! someone (not me) scraped foul calls by ref in 2025 and was nice enough to share it on github github.com/iDoScienc/wn... #wnba #data
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GitHub - iDoScienc/wnba_fouls_by_ref
Contribute to iDoScienc/wnba_fouls_by_ref development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🚨 Hey everyone! I just published my first-ever newsletter to accompany my wnbadata TikToks 😈 Expect more data visualizations and tangents from my "research" in the future, and let me know what you want to see! Check it out and subscribe (free!) here wnbadata.beehiiv.com/p/maddy-s-fi... #wnba #data
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Maddy's First Data Dump!
I'm still trying to figure this out
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
can any Lynx fans tell me if they do giveaways based on in-game events, like missed free throws? this is part 4 of my wnba investigations, the most suspicious thing so far being how good the Lynx are at hitting requirements for giveaways that don’t apply to them www.instagram.com/reel/DR-ztOV...
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Maddy wnbadata on Instagram: "🛩️ this started as a Seattle Storm investigation, and turned into a Minnesota Lynx conspiracy 🤔 where are the Lynx promos? #seattlestorm #wnba"
The Seattle Storm and Minnesota Lynx promo conspiracy is a hot topic among WNBA fans. In this post, we'll explore the details of Intrepid Travel's ultimate adventure giveaway and examine the attendanc...
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Homefield @homefield.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
OUR BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR IS HERE. 30% OFF THE SITE (some exclusions apply) homefieldapparel.com
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
my junk journal for the @homefield.bsky.social black friday sale 😏 www.homefieldapparel.com?rfsn=7443818...
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Pull Up 3 @pullupthr33.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
ALL THREE SEATTLE STORM FANS TO THE FRONT 😀 We did our 2025 Seattle Storm recap with everybody’s favorite data knower, Maddy aka @wnbadata.bsky.social ! Tune as we talk about the future of Seattle!
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Offside @joinoffside.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Cathy Engelbert can fix the WNBA CBA with this one simple trick!!! @wnbadata.bsky.social
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Offside @joinoffside.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
How Becky Hammon switched up the Aces’ defensive strategy to help them win the championship 🏆 @wnbadata.bsky.social
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
another banger for suzanne! #suebird #jewellloyd #wnbaplayoffs
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Offside @joinoffside.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The Aces really won it all 🏆 @wnbadata.bsky.social puts their weird championship season into context!
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Offside @joinoffside.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
@wnbadata.bsky.social on how huge free throws were in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. Tough for the Mercury 😬
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Offside @joinoffside.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Breaking down WNBA Finals Game 1 through code 👀 @wnbadata.bsky.social How great are the Mercury in the fourth quarter? Is the Aces' new bench strategy working? Should Alyssa Thomas have made those free throws (statistically)?
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Offside @joinoffside.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Napheesa Collier called out the WNBA’s lack of transparency in her strong statement. @wnbadata.bsky.social proves that the inconsistent ref data is definitely shady. What are they hiding?
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Offside @joinoffside.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Was the Mercury’s 20-point comeback vs. the Lynx really the 3rd-largest in WNBA playoff history?? Who are first and second??? Why doesn’t Google have the answer?????? @wnbadata.bsky.social had to investigate.
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Offside @joinoffside.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Can you predict who makes or even wins the WNBA playoffs by looking at bench production? @wnbadata.bsky.social breaks it down.
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I was so shook Breanna Stewart was the only player to score for the Libs in the 4th with the season on the line, I had to look for other times a similar thing has happened. Here’s what I found! More coming @joinoffside.bsky.social 👀 #wnbaplayoffs #newyorkliberty #breannastewart
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
my annual video on why the wnba finals moving to a best of 7 series makes sense mathematically #wnbaplayoffs #probability #sportsanalytics www.tiktok.com/@wnbadata/vi...
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
the AP rookie of the year has been announced (separate from the official wnba award) but maybe that bumps up her chances closer to 98% tbh
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The rumors are true 👀 I will be attending #ssac25 as part of the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Mentorship Program! I’m excited to learn more about how industry professionals use data to tell sports stories and to meet new people 🫡🏀 #sportsanalytics #womeninsports
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
It’s take your mom to the UW game day
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
yelled and-1 every time Elle Ladine’s bf did something good 🙂‍↔️
UW football
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Thing I think about at least once a day:
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Maddy wnbadata @wnbadata.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
is this thing on
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