Ken Pomeroy
Encyclopedia
Ken Pomeroy is the creator of a popular college basketball website and statistical archive known as kenpom.com. His website includes his College Basketball Ratings, tempo-based statistics for every NCAA Men's Division I basketball
team, with archives dating back to the 2003 season, as well as a blog about current college basketball topics. His work on tempo-based basketball statistics is compared by many to the work of Bill James
in the world of baseball statistics.
Pomeroy has written articles that appeared in The New York Times
, ESPN.com
, and Sports Illustrated
, and he was a co-author of The 2008-09 College Basketball Prospectus.
Pomeroy earned his undergraduate degree at Virginia Tech, and received a graduate degree in atmospheric science from Wyoming. He currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah
, working as a meteorologist for the U.S. government.
Pomeroy's website has done a tremendous job of explaining the game of basketball on a possession by possession level. His peers have taken to calling him "Doctor Po-Po." In addition to maintaining and calculating a variety of statistics on his website, including tempo-free statistics, Pomeroy also maintains data on non-numeric factors such as offensive and defensive style of play.
The accuracy of Pomeroy's rankings in predicting game outcomes has been noted by FiveThirtyEight, Mediaite
, and The Wall Street Journal
.
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
team, with archives dating back to the 2003 season, as well as a blog about current college basketball topics. His work on tempo-based basketball statistics is compared by many to the work of Bill James
Bill James
George William “Bill” James is a baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics...
in the world of baseball statistics.
Pomeroy has written articles that appeared in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, ESPN.com
ESPN.com
ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a division of ESPN Inc. Since launching in 1995 as ESPNet.SportsZone.com, the website has developed numerous sections including: Page 2, SportsNation, ESPN 3.com, ESPN Motion, My ESPN, ESPN Sports Travel, ESPN Video Games, ESPN Insider, ESPN.com's...
, and Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
, and he was a co-author of The 2008-09 College Basketball Prospectus.
Pomeroy earned his undergraduate degree at Virginia Tech, and received a graduate degree in atmospheric science from Wyoming. He currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, working as a meteorologist for the U.S. government.
Pomeroy's website has done a tremendous job of explaining the game of basketball on a possession by possession level. His peers have taken to calling him "Doctor Po-Po." In addition to maintaining and calculating a variety of statistics on his website, including tempo-free statistics, Pomeroy also maintains data on non-numeric factors such as offensive and defensive style of play.
The accuracy of Pomeroy's rankings in predicting game outcomes has been noted by FiveThirtyEight, Mediaite
Mediaite
Mediaite is a news and opinion blog covering politics and entertainment in the media industry as well as other issues. It is the flagship blog of Abrams Media, a ring of blogs run by ABC legal analyst Dan Abrams and also featuring Gossip Cop, Geekosystem, Styleite, Sports Grid, The Mary Sue and...
, and The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
.