Presenting Multiagent Challenges in
Team Sports Analytics

Abstract:
This paper draws correlations between several challenges and opportunities within the area of team sports analytics and key research areas within multiagent systems (MAS). We specifically consider invasion games, defined as sports where players invade the opposing team's territory and can interact anywhere on a playing surface such as ice hockey, soccer, and basketball. We argue that MAS is well-equipped to study invasion games and will benefit both MAS and sports analytics fields. Our discussion describes how MAS can produce insights at the two levels where stakeholders make strategic team-based decisions: short-term in-game strategy (coaching) and long-term team planning (management).