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Should LeBron Be Worried about the Cavs’ Lack of Postseason Experience?

June 3, 2015
by harvardsports
6 min read
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By Harrison Chase (Originally posted at Nylon Calculus) Before the playoffs began, LeBron James was quoted multiple times about his concern over the Cavs’ lack of postseason experience. Thought it hasn’t ended up...

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Extending the NFL Season to a Million Games

June 2, 2015
by harvardsports
10 min read
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By Bill Lotter If time, money, and brain damage weren’t an issue, how would you decide if Nick Foles or Sam Bradford is better?  You’d take a generic team, plug in Nick Foles, and play a million games.  You’d do the same...

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Player Progression in the NBA

May 18, 2015
by harvardsports
11 min read
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By Harrison Chase, Nathaniel Ver Steeg, and Daniel Smith One of the most important jobs of any NBA team is player development. For as much money is spent on scouts and coaches to find and develop the potential of players...

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NBA MVP Voting: How Playing on the West Coast and Late-Season Surges Affect the Race

May 1, 2015
by harvardsports
7 min read
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By Barrett Hansen The NBA’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) award has had its fair share of controversy in its half-century history. As in baseball, football and hockey, the MVP is currently determined by a panel of sportswriters...

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Predicting the NFL Draft Using Seven Numbers

April 29, 2015
by harvardsports
4 min read
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by Bill Lotter I know you’ve probably seen 17 mock drafts, so I’m gonna keep this short and sweet.  Back in February, I built models to predict where a player will be drafted and how well they will do in the NFL using...

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The Steve Kerr Effect

April 13, 2015
by harvardsports
6 min read
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By Harrison Chase Coming off a fifty win season last year, the Golden State Warriors fired coach Mark Jackson and brought in unproven Steve Kerr. The results have nothing short of amazing. They have been the best team in the...

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NCAA Tournament: Which Rounds See the Biggest Improvement in Seeds?

March 26, 2015
by harvardsports
2 min read
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by Henry Johnson The NCAA Tournament’s round of 16 teams is deemed sweet for good reason: it’s when the matchups heat up. Gone are the pretenders, the double digit seeds biting at the ankles of favorites, the one-round...

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What are the Chances Your Team Knocks Off Kentucky?

March 18, 2015
by harvardsports
4 min read
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by Harrison Chase Kentucky is by far the best team in the nation, and the clear favorite to win the NCAA tournament, no matter what metric you look at. Still, even being the biggest favorite in history, KenPom, one of the premier...

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HSAC’s 65 Facts: March Madness 2015

March 17, 2015
by harvardsports
11 min read
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by Will Ezekowitz It is important to remember that statistically predicting the NCAA tournament, despite what FiveThirtyEight and others may tell you, is largely a fool’s errand. Most of these games are close to coin tosses...

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

March 17, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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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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