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HSAC’s Review of the 2017 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

March 6, 2017
by harvardsports
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This past weekend, the sports industry converged on Boston’s Hynes Convention Center for the 11th annual Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. A few of our members attended and decided to share their thoughts on the...

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Elo Ratings for The Challenge: Rivals III

May 4, 2016
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By Harrison Chase The opening episode of America’s fifth major sport, the Challenge, premieres on MTV tonight. As a sports analytics blog, it would be almost unethical for us not provide some statistical insight into what...

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Sports Interviews: Let’s “Talk About” Who Talks the Most

March 11, 2015
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by Tomo Lazovich Over the past month, my colleague Adam Gilfix has put together great analyses of sports interviews and some of the phrases that have become standard in interview questions, like “talk about…” and “how big...

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The Most Boring Part of the Sports Year

March 9, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Dylan McDonough In mid-February, the weekly HSAC meeting was opened with the icebreaker: What’s your favorite underrated sport to watch? It was a funny, unusual opener. Icebreakers are typically bold predictions for...

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Sports Interviews: Let’s “Talk About” “How Big” They Are

February 26, 2015
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By Adam Gilfix About three weeks ago, I put up a post on that annoying phrase so often used by the media: “talk about.”  Having broken down its prevalence using metrics on the percentage of interviews and questions that...

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Boston: The Most Successful Sports Town of the 21st Century

February 9, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Harrison Chase Full disclosure: I am a Boston fan. As many of you may have heard, the Patriots won the Super Bowl last week, their 4th since 2001, and cemented their place as one of the best football teams ever. While some...

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Can We Talk More About “Talk About”?: The Numbers Behind the Talk

February 6, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Adam Gilfix A few weeks ago, an article by Grantland writer Bryan Curtis addressing the prevalence of sports’ most dreaded question, the Talk About, was sent around our group’s mailing list.  Watching a press conference...

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HSAC on Grantland: There Is No Red Zone

January 18, 2013
by harvardsports
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HSAC appeared on Grantland today, examining how Expected Points in the NFL change across game states and how teams can use this information to win games. Read it here. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditLinkedInGoogleLike this:Like...

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Links We Like: Good Reads From the Week in Sports Analysis

January 18, 2013
by harvardsports
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We’re unveiling a weekly feature in which we compile our favorite pieces of sports analysis from the week that was. Here goes nothing: Nate Silver’s Analysis of the Baseball Hall of Fame Snubs: Nate takes a closer...

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The ‘SAC Scours the Web: This Week’s Links

November 13, 2009
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Compiled by John Ezekowitz A very interesting expected points analysis of whether to accept a 5-yard penalty for 1st and 5 or to decline and take 2nd and short. [Advanced NFL Statistics] A satirical look at trends in college...

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