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Do Teams with Star Players Perform Better in March?

March 26, 2021
by harvardsports
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Oral Roberts and Syracuse have ridden their stars to surprise berths in the Sweet Sixteen. HSAC examines whether more teams should rely on their stars to succeed in March.

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March Madness Week 1 Recap – HSAC Pod Episode 5

March 26, 2021
by harvardsports
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On this episode of the HSAC Pod, David Arkow, Danny Blumenthal, and Julia Blank recap the opening weekend of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, discuss college basketball analytics, and make predictions for the rest of...

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This is One of the Most Upset-Heavy NCAA Tournaments Ever

March 24, 2016
by harvardsports
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By Daniel Alpert Round one of March Madness 2016 is in the books. From 15-seeded Middle Tennessee taking down Michigan St. to UNI hitting a half-court buzzer-beater to sink Texas, this year’s first round was full of upsets...

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The Sweet 16: The Chalkiest Round of March Madness

March 24, 2016
by harvardsports
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By Benedict Brady As we get deeper into the March Madness tournament, it is tough to weight the importance of a team’s seed with its performance in previous tournament games this year. While most people would not initially pick...

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How Does One Year’s Tournament Performance Affect the Next?

March 17, 2015
by harvardsports
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  by Kurt Bullard After finishing the 2014 season 35-1 and running the table in the conference, Wichita State earned a one-seed to the dismay of mid-major haters around the country. The Shockers drew the No. 8 Kentucky in...

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Cinderella or Fairytale: March Madness v. the FA Cup

April 8, 2013
by harvardsports
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by Julian Ryan In America, March is the month of the Cinderella story for even the most casual of college basketball followers.  Millions of fans will turn on their televisions in the hope of watching the next Butler make a run...

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NCAA Basketball: Unprecedented Upsets or Same Old Story?

March 6, 2013
by harvardsports
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By Julian Ryan *Editor’s Note: Written before Week 18 rankings published Is it really that crazy a college basketball season? Most college hoops fans would argue that this season has seen an unprecedented amount of upsets...

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In Which an Infinite Number of Monkeys Brag About Picking Northern Iowa

March 24, 2010
by harvardsports
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By David Roher There are over nine quintillion ways to fill out your bracket, and over four hundred trillion ways to predict the first two rounds alone. Based on the craziness of the first four days of the tournament, I bet you...

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Predicting NCAA Tournament Upsets: Favorite Vulnerability

March 17, 2010
by harvardsports
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By John Ezekowitz On Tuesday, I looked at predicting upsets in the NCAA Tournament. Today I’m looking at which favorites are vulnerable to upsets. Again, I created a database of NCAA Tournament favorites’ tempo-free...

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Predicting NCAA Tournament Upsets: The Underdogs

March 15, 2010
by harvardsports
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By John Ezekowitz A few weeks ago, when I started analyzing the effects of tempo on NCAA Tournament upsets, I got a crazy idea: what if I could find a model that would predict factors of successful underdogs? I’ve always...

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