Baseball technology and motion analytics company Diamond Kinetics announced Tuesday that the Louisville and Vanderbilt baseball programs would be the initial “Premier Collegiate Partners.” The new relationship will see both programs use sensor technology not only provided by Diamond Kinetics, but also its partners Axon Sports and HitTrax Baseball — the first and only baseball simulator. […]
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The 2013 Final Four begins on Saturday, but the four schools participating are already active on social media.
The Final Four is not just a showcase of the best college basketball players in the country. It is also a one-week golden opportunity for the participating schools to showcase their athletic department and university to the entire sports world watching. SportTechie’s Ben Glidden takes a look at how each school is taking advantage of the extra attention this week and breaking down their social media strategy.
Michigan. Louisville. Wichita State. Syracuse.
These four universities have punched their tickets and are heading down to Atlanta for the Final Four. Michigan hasn’t advanced this far in the Big Dance since a team dubbed the Fab Five. Louisville is making consecutive trips after participating last year in New Orleans. Wichita State, the lone Cinderella remaining, follows the trend of a ninth seed or higher reaching the national semifinals within the last three seasons. And a decade has gone by from the time when Syracuse’s last appearance led by someone named Carmelo Anthony.
