idle curiosity
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idle curiosity
Does anyone know if the John Kenney who writes for Knickerblogger is the same John Kenney who once played for UVA? I've been discovering all sorts of delightful connections between the NBA and quizbowl lately and I would very much like for this to be true.
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Re: idle curiosity
Leo Wolpert being credited as one of the assists on that epic Rodman series caught my eye earlier today; what others, out of curiosity?grapesmoker wrote:Does anyone know if the John Kenney who writes for Knickerblogger is the same John Kenney who once played for UVA? I've been discovering all sorts of delightful connections between the NBA and quizbowl lately and I would very much like for this to be true.
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Head Editor, IHSA State Series
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Northern Illinois University ('10)
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Coach, Keith Country Day School (2012-16)
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Re: idle curiosity
Chicago old-timer Mike Zarren is with the Celtics doing statistical analysis. This is not particularly new, but there you have it.styxman wrote:Leo Wolpert being credited as one of the assists on that epic Rodman series caught my eye earlier today; what others, out of curiosity?grapesmoker wrote:Does anyone know if the John Kenney who writes for Knickerblogger is the same John Kenney who once played for UVA? I've been discovering all sorts of delightful connections between the NBA and quizbowl lately and I would very much like for this to be true.
Jerry Vinokurov
ex-LJHS, ex-Berkeley, ex-Brown, sorta-ex-CMU
presently: John Jay College Economics
code ape, loud voice, general nuissance
ex-LJHS, ex-Berkeley, ex-Brown, sorta-ex-CMU
presently: John Jay College Economics
code ape, loud voice, general nuissance
Re: idle curiosity
It is not. Doing some stalking, that John Kenney is still an undergrad at Columbia.
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Re: idle curiosity
Not that this matters terribly, but former UVA quizbowler Steve Perry is now apparently at med school at Pitt, while Jason Hong, who won an ACF title in 1995 with Georgia Tech and played for Berkeley after that, is an associate professor at CMU. Add to that Peter Freeman and Pittsburgh appears to be a convergence point for old quizbowlers.
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Re: idle curiosity
Clay Davenport of Baseball Prospectus (who never became an "it guy" like Nate Silver or Joe Sheehan but did stuff like invent EqA) was a quizbowler.
Edit: Also a UVA person.
Edit: Also a UVA person.
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Emory Academic Team, 1999-2004
Pretty trashy
Re: idle curiosity
I was never much of a fan of Davenport translations, but they were at least a valiant early effort in defensive statistics.
Andrew Hart
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Re: idle curiosity
It's kinda sad that the DTs get associated with defense since they were really about translating all stats to a common context. He was the first person to implement a full system of translations.
Steve Bahnaman, Campbell University
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Commissioner, Online Quiz League USA (quizcentral.net)
NC Wesleyan College, Librarian and Quiz Bowl Advisor/Coach 2009-2011
Emory Academic Team, 1999-2004
Pretty trashy