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Assessing Team Strategy Using Spatiotemporal Data Assessing Team Strategy using Spatiotemporal Data Patrick Lucey Dean Oliver Disney Research ESPN Pittsburgh, PA, USA Bristol, CT, USA [email protected] [email protected] Peter Carr Joe Roth Iain Matthews Disney Research Disney Research Disney Research Pittsburgh, PA, USA Pittsburgh, PA, USA Pittsburgh, PA, USA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ABSTRACT Canada USA In CVPR,2009. 9(3) Shots (on Goal) 12(4) [16] W. Lu, J. Ting, K. Murphy, and J. Little. Identifying The Moneyball revolution coincided with a shift in the way 13 Fouls 11 Players in Broadcast Sports Videos using Conditional professional sporting organizations handle and utilize data in 3 Corner Kicks 8 Random Fields. In CVPR,2011. 1O↵sides 4 [17] P. Lucey, A. Bialkowski, P. Carr, E. Foote, and terms of decision making processes. Due to the demand for 38% Time of Possession 62% I. Matthews. 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