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  • NBA Basketball

What is the chance of an NBA comeback when down by 35?

December 25, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Professor Carl Morris The Sacramento Kings came back to win on Monday night (Dec 21), when down by 35 points against the Bulls in Chicago with 20 minutes and 50 seconds (20:50) left.  When two even NBA teams play the...

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What Do Professional Athletes Have in Common With Bankers?

December 22, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Daniel Adler Today, we will examine two industries.  Neither produces a tangible product.  Both have close ties to the government and receive billions of dollars in government assistance.  Both pay their top performers...

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  • NCAA Football

No Less Worth Despite Their Girth: A Study of Overweight Coaches

December 21, 2009
by harvardsports
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By David Roher If you missed Saturday’s post on RAP, a new college coaching stat, you should read it here. When Kansas’ Mark Mangino and Notre Dame’s Charlie Weis departed at the end of the regular season, many...

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  • NCAA Basketball

Introducing RAP: A New Stat for College Coaches

December 19, 2009
by harvardsports
5 min read
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By David Roher Coach evaluation is a difficult task to approach analytically. I’m currently working on a paper on NBA coaching with other HSAC members, and it’s been very difficult work. Coaches can’t be held...

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  • NBA Basketball

The Iverson Gap: Why Valuing Players Is Even Harder Than You Think

December 17, 2009
by harvardsports
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By David Roher Note: This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. The value of Allen Iverson is one of the most contentious topics in the world of basketball statistics. HuffPost’s own Dave Berri is well known...

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  • NFL Football

Weighing In On NFL Running Backs: Is Bigger Always Better?

December 16, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Jake Fisher and Elizabeth Fryman NFL running backs come in all shapes and sizes. Relative to other backs, Darren McFadden is tall (6’2) and skinny (210 lbs). Jerome Bettis was average (5’11) and large (255 lbs). The...

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How will Tiger do? A Statistical Look at Returns from Scandals Past

December 13, 2009
by harvardsports
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And that last part is kind of the point of this exercise. When Tiger does come back, the media is going to assign some causality to the current scandal, even if there is none whatsoever. If he's bad early, it'll because he's...

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Guest Speaker: Boston Celtics President Rich Gotham

December 11, 2009
by harvardsports
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By Elizabeth Fryman On the eve of the Boston Celtics’ ninth straight win, HSAC welcomed Celtics Team President Rich Gotham to speak at our last meeting of the semester. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditLinkedInEmailLike...

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  • MLB Baseball

A New Way to Measure Payroll Efficiency (And what it says about the Yankees and Parity)

December 10, 2009
by harvardsports
4 min read
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By David Roher Note: This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post. Did the 2009 New York Yankees have the most efficient payroll in baseball? According to some recent research we’ve done, they did indeed. Just...

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Consistency: The One Thing The Nets Are Good At? Part 1 of a Series.

December 8, 2009
by harvardsports
4 min read
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By David Roher Consistency is funny. We usually consider it a good thing to have, and we remember prolonged, steady excellence for a long time. Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak. Cal Ripken’s 2,632 consecutive games...

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