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• CSC Professional Development & Continuing Education

CSC webinars are free to attend in 2023-24 with advance registration required. Visit CollegeSportsCommunicators/ProfessionalDevelopment for a complete list of available sessions and registration links. Selected sessions may later be available on-demand in the hub and on CSC channels such as YouTube and podcasts.

From the Fall 2023 CSC Statistical and Stat Rules Webinar Series

held Sept. 27: Football stats and stat rules (on-demand as a video and a podcast)

held Oct. 3: Volleyball stats and stat rules (on-demand as a video and a podcast)

held Oct. 18: Soccer stats and stat rules (on-demand as a video and a podcast)

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Working with basketball statistics & stat rules
Learning more about the sport of basketball and producing accurate statistics.

Slides from the webinar (on team rebound, dead-ball rebound, flopping rules)

This webinar on men's and women's basketball stats and stat rules was the fourth in our CSC statistics/stat rules series this fall.

Generating consistent statistics and consistent stat reporting are essential duties of each athletic communications department. The presenters held a review of basketball rules as they apply to basketball statistics for 2023-24 and discussed how to utilize proper basketball scoring techniques to register accurate statistics, taking attendee questions throughout.

The discussion focusd on:

• college basketball rules and how to score them correctly
• best practices for pregame preparation for statistics, setting up stat personnel and job duties of that personnel, and how to effectively work with your opponent SID; setting up rosters, uniform number issues, etc; in-game statistical how-to's; post-game reporting; working with your opponents’ athletic communications sport contact(s)
• the use of proper in-game scoring techniques to register accurate statistics, including: entering starters; what sources to use if unsure about a play; recording basic statistics
• a review of rebound definitions (deadball rebound, team rebound), and how to ensure that the stats between rebounds and missed shots balance
• discussion of difficult/unusual plays, ways to troubleshoot them and the way to accurate stat them during the game
• best practices and communications in editing game files and working with your fellow SIDs post-match

Panelists

• Sarah Boissonneault – Northeast Conference, Assistant Commissioner for Communications & Digital Media / Statistician for WNBA's Connecticut Sun
• Kevin Smith – The College of Wooster, Director of Athletic Communication
• Terie Smith – Freelance Statistician, USC, NBA's Clippers and Lakers
• Moderator: Courtney Day, DePaul University, Associate Athletics Director for Communications and Digital Strategy / CSC Professional Development and Continuing Education Committee member

College Sports Communicators · Webinar: Working with basketball stats & stat rules

Pre-webinar resources and statistical training materials:

From CSC 360 September issue: Accurate statistics are important; resources are available

• For sports that utilize NCAA LiveStats (football, soccer, volleyball and ice hockey), the NCAA Manager is a terrific resource filled with training videos and a FAQ page for each sport.
• Live training webinars for fall sports have passed, but recordings of the sessions remain available online.
• Be sure to sign up for the NCAA LiveStats newsletter to receive product updates and register for upcoming webinars.
• On game day, if you incur any issues, contact NCAA LiveStats help desk at (877) 542-7282 or email NCAASupport@geniussports.com. We encourage you to CC the corresponding NCAA staff member (more on that below!) so that we are aware of the issue.

For those in the NAIA utilizing Presto Sports statistics software:

• YouTube Presto Training Playlist
• Presto Stats Help Center — Find resources with cheat sheets, webinars, live scoring and more!

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