How Jonathan Safir and the Florida Gators Used Analytics to Win the National Championship (Episode 856, Interview with Adam Levitan)

Adam Levitan sits down with national champion and newly promoted University of Florida Gators Men's Basketball Assistant Coach Jonathan Safir to discuss data analytics in college basketball. Jonathan most recently served as the Director of Basketball Strategy and Analytics for Florida and was a key asset in the Gators winning the Men's College Basketball National Championship this year.

In this episode, we discuss:
- What situations were the Gators able to enact in-game decisions from data analytics

- What ETR and the DFS industry can learn from College Basketball data analytics

- Jonathan's history with Florida Head Coach Todd Golden

- How Safir's job has change in the world of NIL and The Transfer Portal

- What made Jonathan want to head into Basketball data analysis

Timestamps:

1:21 - How Jonathan crossed paths with ETR

2:47 - Jonathan’s career journey

6:50 - Meeting Todd Golden

9:39 - Being a Director of Basketball Strategy and Analytics

17:18 - In-Game Data Usage in College Basketball

26:42 - 3-Pointer shooting surges

29:47 - NIL, The Transfer Portal and how coaches have had to adapt

34:37 - What DFS can learn from CBB data analysis

38:04 - Listener Questions

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