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Conference Bias in the NCAA Tournament

March 16, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Kurt Bullard With the brackets now set and Harvard cementing its status as an Ivy League dynasty with four straight NCAA Tournament bids, over 40 million people will begin to fill out brackets for the chance to win bragging...

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Sports Interviews: Let’s “Talk About” Who Talks the Most

March 11, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Tomo Lazovich Over the past month, my colleague Adam Gilfix has put together great analyses of sports interviews and some of the phrases that have become standard in interview questions, like “talk about…” and “how big...

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LeBron’s Free Throw Unlikeliness

March 2, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Kurt Bullard On Sunday afternoon, LeBron James stepped up to the free-throw line down one point to the Houston Rockets with four seconds left in overtime. His first attempt clanked off the rim. The second did the same, as...

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The Combine Actually Matters, Part Three: Predicting the Draft

February 25, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Bill Lotter Yesterday, we saw that we can predict future NFL success from the combine.  We compared the prediction accuracy of our model to the implicit predictions made by the draft.  Today we ask a different question: ...

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The Combine Actually Matters, Part Two

February 24, 2015
by harvardsports
13 min read
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by Bill Lotter Yesterday I made a bunch of claims about the NFL Combine.  Now it’s time to back it up.  For quantifying performance, I explained why I will be using the 3 Year Approximate Value (3YAV).  Just think of this as...

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NBA Trade Deadline: General Chaos, the Sixers and Suns

February 20, 2015
by harvardsports
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With so much craziness happening yesterday, we figured we’d give you a two-for-one special, featuring the record levels of trades and the epic tank job by the Sixers.  Harrison Chase:  The 2015 NBA trade deadline was the...

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Have MLB’s Efforts to Preserve Competitive Balance Done Enough?

February 13, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Evan Zepfel Since the advent of free agency in 1975, certain Major League Baseball teams have benefited from the ability to acquire talented players through free agency.  This system, however, rewards the teams with the...

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NBA Eastern Conference: Weakness in Numbers

February 12, 2015
by harvardsports
4 min read
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by Kurt Bullard It seems like there’s never a time in the NBA season without critics of the league calling to improve the fairness of the league. Last season, it was all about tanking. Several teams – such as the 76ers...

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Boston: The Most Successful Sports Town of the 21st Century

February 9, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Harrison Chase Full disclosure: I am a Boston fan. As many of you may have heard, the Patriots won the Super Bowl last week, their 4th since 2001, and cemented their place as one of the best football teams ever. While some...

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Can We Talk More About “Talk About”?: The Numbers Behind the Talk

February 6, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Adam Gilfix A few weeks ago, an article by Grantland writer Bryan Curtis addressing the prevalence of sports’ most dreaded question, the Talk About, was sent around our group’s mailing list.  Watching a press conference...

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