Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 – A roundup of some of the key sports technology stories you need to know, including SportTechie’s own content and stories from around the web.
- The NCAA will allow the Mountain West conference to use ShotTracker data during all regular season basketball games this season. This is the first time that the NCAA has granted a waiver to use on-bench technology during regular season games. Every men’s and women’s team in the conference will wear ShotTracker player sensors and play with ShotTracker sensor-embedded basketballs. The NCAA will ask all Mountain West teams to submit data as part of a study that will evaluate the long-term viability of such in-game technology.