Showing posts with label basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label basketball. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Refuse to Lose Although We Did Against Stanford at Madison Square Garden

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The motto, "Refuse to Lose," came from our former basketball coach at UMass Amherst, John Calipari, who needs no introduction. He ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

UMass Amherst on the Move -- from Administration to Basketball

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I am back from Sweden less than 72 hours and today is certainly an exciting day for the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Last evening, ...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Braess Paradox, Broadway, and Basketball

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This blog post is being written as part of the monthly INFORMS blog challenge with the March challenge being "O.R. and Sports." On...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Brazil vs. North Korea and Celtics vs. Lakers

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********Update to the first story************* Brazil beat North Korea 2-1 in the World Cup today , which is probably a score that few would...
Sunday, April 4, 2010

Congrats to the Underdogs, Butler University, on Making the NCAA Final Two!

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**** An update to this post ***** Last night, Butler University's men's basketball team was beaten by Duke University's team at...
Friday, April 2, 2010

From the NCAA Tournament to Pediatric Vaccines

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Today we were treated to a brilliant talk by a star operations researcher, Dr. Sheldon Jacobson, of the Computer Science Department at the U...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Coach Cal on Social Networking and Kentucky vs. Cornell in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen

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I may live in Amherst, but, as an academic, I certainly "get around." Last year, I gave invited talks at various universities and...