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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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HSAC’s 68 Facts: March Madness 2016

March 16, 2016
by harvardsports
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By William Ezekowitz Here’s a dirty little secret about March Madness. The difference between a bad bracket and a good bracket is skill, but the difference between a good bracket and a great bracket is luck. Anyone who has won...

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Don’t Trust Teams That Have Outperformed Expectations

March 15, 2016
by harvardsports
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by William Ezekowitz Preseason rankings. Irrelevant in professional sports, weirdly important in college basketball. I have shown in the past that they overvalue previous year’s tournament success, so they clearly aren’t...

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Is Tom Izzo The God of March or Has MSU Just Been Underseeded?

March 15, 2016
by harvardsports
4 min read
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By Kurt Bullard Come March Madness, there are few things that one should undoubtedly expect to unfold. But over the last decade or so, one thing that people have grown accustomed to is Michigan State outperforming its seed. The...

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Who Will Win the Ivy League?

November 18, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Kurt Bullard Tens of thousands of people will travel to New Haven this Saturday to Harvard will take on Yale this weekend in what is the 132th rendition of The Game. Last year, the stakes of the rivalry game were clear: a...

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The Seven Tiers of NFL Teams

November 5, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Harrison Chase and Austin Tymins Over the past two weeks, we have been putting out articles with our POWER rankings for the 2015 NFL season, which are based on average win expectancy over the course of the game. While we have...

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Which Teams got the Most Unlucky with Interceptions?

October 19, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Kurt Bullard Not all turnovers are created equal. Just ask Utah wideout Kaelin Clay, who last year had just torched the Oregon defense for what appeared to be a 78-yard score before he Desean Jackson’d the ball at the...

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Chollima Tactics: North Korean Team Strategy at the 1966 FIFA World Cup

October 16, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Brendan Kent In very few nations does politics become entangled with everything else so much as in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Political ideology manifests itself in film, music, cultural celebrations, and...

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  • Fantasy Sports
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Is it Time to Give up on [Insert Underperforming Fantasy Player Here]?

October 9, 2015
by harvardsports
6 min read
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DeMarco Murray came into the season one of the top ranked running backs, and has put up only 8.1 points per game so far this season – falling drastically in the rankings as a result. Still, he’s doing better than C.J...

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Insert Title Here: Why Manchester United Desperately Need a Title This Season

September 25, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Nathan Goldberg, Maja Campara, Christopher Martinez, and Siqi Zhao After a glorious 26 year and 38 trophy spell at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson decided to step down from his role as manager immediately after winning...

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