By: Evelyn Tjoa, Daniel Bittner, Victor Zeidenfeld, Matt Melucci, Matthew Doctoroff, Jennifer Yu, Andrew Christie, Arthur Macedo, Praveen Kumar, Cyril Leahy What do Tom Brady, Johnny Manziel, Brian Bosworth, Shannon Sharpe...
The 2023 Florida Panthers’ Unprecedented Playoff Surge By Nicholas Lopez and Victor Zeidenfeld Historically Unparalleled SuccessIn a word, the 2023 Florida Panthers’ playoff performance was nothing less than...
By Elliot Chin Do you ever turn on a game in the fourth quarter, only to see that you’ve caught the tail end of a barely competitive blowout? Alternatively, do you ever watch your team go blow-for-blow for three quarters (or...
By Miller MacDonald Le Tour––the race of the year, a French cultural monument, a celebration of cycling’s simultaneous beauty and punishing ferocity—is widely regarded as one of the most difficult events in sports...
By Elliot Chin Recently, as the Boston Celtics were on the brink of history, attempting to be the first team to come back from a 3-0 series deficit, a friend asked me if streakiness had anything to do with the Celtics’...
Remembering Carl Morris
Carl Morris, 1938-2023 As many readers of the HSAC blog may have heard, beloved HSAC founding advisor Carl Morris recently passed away. Carl was instrumental in the creation of HSAC and the club would...
By David Arkow, Ronan Jachuck, Luke Kolar There are 30 teams in the NBA summing to over 400 players each season. Maximizing points scored (offense) and minimizing points allowed (defense) are criteria that each team’s...
By Evelyn Tjoa, Matthew Sheridan, Kalman Strauss, Ty Isaksen, and Elliot Chin It’s that time of year again! March has arrived and the madness is sure to follow. The Harvard Sports Analysis Collective returns with our 68...
By: David Arkow Novak Djokovic just won his 22nd Grand Slam and his 10th Australian Open. Now that he has tied Rafael Nadal for the Slam record, fans are wondering how much more he has to go. I published an article at the end...
By: Kobe Chen, Steve Dalla, Michael Hume, Andrew Kelser, Jason Kwak, Ben Meron, and Paurakh Rijal Introduction Money talks… or at least the saying goes, and why wouldn’t it? In sports, common sense leads most fans to...