Simulation modeling in the sport of curling: Evaluating men’s and women’s national competitions

Music City Center 

Canadian curlers compete in annual national championships (the "Brier" for men and the "Scotties" for women). Regulations dictate that the championship entrants include at least one team from each Canadian province and territory. About a decade ago, curling officials gave an automatic bye to the national championships for the previous year's winner. The championships have now become 18-team events with the addition of "wild card" entrants. We develop a simulation model to determine the probability that any team captures the national championship trophy. We investigate the fairness of automatic byes for the previous year's champions. In addition, we compare the competitive depth of curling in the men's and women's events.

Sports

Simulation analysis

Logistic regression 

Section on Statistics in Sports