Statistician Tips & Ideas

Statisticians and SID's Expanding Roles

Computers and CyberSports has made a change in the traditional role of the SID and basketball statisticians. In the past, SID's were mainly public relation people. During a game, they were strictly liaisons for the news media responsible for distributing halftime and final game stats. Coaches would receive copies of the boxscore as a byproduct. Statistician were given the task of not only recording the game statistics, but also spent long hours compiling them. SID's and statisticians received little credit or recognition for all their efforts.

However, this has change, no longer does the press have priority on stats. The wealth of information that the CyberSports reports and charts produce has a definite impact on the outcome of the game and the coaches want access to it. Once outsiders looking in, SID's and statisticians now have become a vital part of the team itself. It has been a rewarding and enjoyable experience in seeing this metamorphosis taking place.

Cybersports Statisticians Earn Full Scholarships

Snead State awards two scholarships

Quick Look Guides

• Courtside Guide for Statisticians
• Help Utility for Immediate Courtside Assistance 
• Official Rules and Regulations Guidelines
• Basic Webcasting Guide
• Tournament Directors Guide
• Printable Official NCAA 2008 Basketball Statisticians' Manual, Adam Holtz - Bethany Lutheran College; Mankato, MN

File Organization

• Important: Create & use only one team file per team.
• Copying a team (.bbt) file using an existing game file.
• Naming and Organizing Game Files, Dave Traweek - Portland Community College; Portland, OR
• Season File Organization , Steve Doughty, SID, Cameron University; Lawton, OK
• Backup your files!!!
• Archiving your files at the end of the season.

Preferences

Entering Game Data

• Shots, Layups, Dunks, Putbacks and Tips
• Missed Player Number?
• Team and Dead Ball Rebounds,
Marcia Stone - Univ of Kentucky; Lexington, KY
• Goal Tending
• Crediting rebounds on jump balls.
• End of Period Action

• Using CyberSports for Practices and Scrimmages

Editing

• Team Files
• During Game
• Post Game
• Missing Period Marker?
• Editing Season Stats

Webcasting

• Take a moment to try the Webcasting option
• Creating a free Internet team page
• Get more and faster information to the Media
• Start Webcasting early to give fans time to log on
• Internet connection not available courtside? Post your results on the Internet by post game Webcasting

• Instructions for using Courtside Monitors

Ready for the Advanced Class?

• Defensive Assists - Australian National Basketball League / Australia
• Scoring Breakdown
• Shot Ratings - Don Meyer, David Lipscomb/Northern State; Aberdeen, SD

Putting Reports on your own website

• HTML Export Option
• Adding color and pizzazz to your website reports

Entering Stats from paper

• Post Game Manual Entry Guide


• Converting XML Files

Season or Cumulative Stats

• Forfeited Game?
• Problem: Player being listed twice on season reports.
• Problem: Two players stats combining on season reports.
• Manual merging of multiple team (.bbt) files.

Tournaments

• Tournament Director's Guide
• Creating a Tournament Page for webcasting
• Creating brackets for large tournaments

League Stats

• League Module Instructions
• Exporting League Reports as HTML files and placing them on websites.
• Establishing your own communication network with league wide webcasting.
• Problem: Two players stats combining on league reports.
• Problem: Player listed twice on league reports.

Keeping your CyberSports Up to Date

• Downloading basketball updates from CyberSports' Website
• Upgrading older versions to version 4.

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