While these models won’t necessarily help you win bets, they can help you better understand how certain sports statistics have lead to certain outcomes. We’ve combed the archives of models from the BigML Gallery and highlighted a few interesting sports related models. Whether it’s Obama filling out his NCAA tournament bracket, or the Nevada books setting the point spread for the Superbowl, we are driven to better understand what will happen on a field, pitch, or court. Prediction and professional sports has long been a national pastime, maybe even an obsession.