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Time To Get A Catcher: An Analysis Of Wins Above Average By Position In Major League Baseball

March 28, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Daniel Alpert and Timothy Pugh Every year, Baseball-Reference comes out with statistics showing each team’s total wins above average (WAA), but also that WAA broken down by position. For those unfamiliar with WAA, it is the...

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Is Women’s Hoops Going Mad Too?

March 23, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Chase Aldridge When people think of March Madness, they often focus on the men’s tournament because of its history of Cinderella’s making deep runs into the tournament (ie. Loyola-Chicago this year). There seems to always...

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HSAC’s 68 Facts: March Madness 2018

March 14, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Daniel Blumenthal and Brendan Connolly As March Madness approaches, HSAC is back (with brand new authors) to provide some last-minute statistical nuggets that could help you fill out your bracket. Overall: 1.) Besides UCONN...

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March Madness: Does Conference Tournament Timing Matter?

March 11, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Brendan Kent This year’s Big Ten tournament was a week earlier than usual, ending a week before Selection Sunday rather than on Selection Sunday. The conference wanted the tournament in Madison Square Garden, but that’s...

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An Analysis Of Aggression In Major European Soccer Rivalries

March 7, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Andrew Puopolo Three years ago, former HSAC Co-President Brendan Kent wrote a piece on aggression in Premier League derbies. In the article, Brendan looked at 8 derbies over a 5 year span and concluded that there is...

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The Importance of Initial Hammer in Olympic Curling

February 26, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Jack Schroeder Around 4:00 am EST Saturday morning, skip John Shuster led Team USA to a 10-7 victory over Sweden in the men’s curling gold medal match in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The result appeared near...

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Do NBA Players Perform Better In Revenge Games?

February 22, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Matty Cheng Not just any other game. December 2nd, 2010: new Miami Heat LeBron James’ revenge game against his former team, the Cavaliers. April 13th, 2013: Carmelo Anthony’s homecoming game against the Denver Nuggets he...

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Are Referees Biased Against Certain Teams In The English Premier League?

February 19, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Andrew Puopolo At the end of the December match between Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns, West Brom’s left-back Kieran Gibbs put in a cross that struck Calum Chambers on the hand, and Mike Dean awarded a...

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How Predictive is the 20-80 Scale in Baseball?

February 13, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Chase Aldridge & PJ Robinson As pitchers and catchers report today in preparation for the 2018 Major League Baseball season, we look forward to the future of baseball – the prospects. Many publications have predicted a...

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How Much Correlation Between Seasons Is There in Each Major North American Sports League?

January 30, 2018
by harvardsports
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By Andrew Puopolo Last week, I wrote a piece about parity in the NFL. Many of the comments on that article claimed that since 5 out of the 6 NFC playoff teams differed from a year ago, there was plenty of parity in the NFL...

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