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“That was a close one!”: Margin of Victory in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64

March 21, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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by Tomo Lazovich The past two days of this year’s NCAA tournament have been filled with upsets, close calls, and nail biting finishes. This round of 64 has been so exciting that I began to wonder how close the games of the 2015...

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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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Conference Bias in the NCAA Tournament

March 16, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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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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How Distracting is ASU’s “Curtain of Distraction”?

February 3, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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By Austin Tymins In Arizona State’s 78-72 win over Colorado, the Buffalo players lining up for free throws were treated to the sight of two students dressed up as unicorns aggressively kissing as a packed student section (the...

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Can Kentucky Be Perfect?

January 9, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
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By Julian Ryan Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats are primed for a run at greatness this season. With a deluge of McDonald’s All-Americans on the roster, Coach Cal has been dominating with his platoon system, and even the loss of...

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What if the Ivy League had a Conference Tournament?

January 7, 2015
by harvardsports
5 min read
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By Will Ezekowitz and Harrison Chase Play in the most unique college basketball conference, the Ivy League, is about to start up again this Saturday. The Ivy League is the only conference in the country that doesn’t have a...

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What If All Sports Were Like Boxing?

January 5, 2015
by harvardsports
6 min read
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by Ben Zauzmer Of all the methods of awarding a championship, none is stranger than boxing. To become the champion, you simply have to beat the current champion. No matter if you lost the vast majority of your fights this year...

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Is Harvard going back to the NCAA Tournament?

November 14, 2014
by harvardsports
4 min read
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By Julian Ryan Harvard basketball was ranked #25 in the AP preseason poll, marking the first top-25 preseason ranking in school history. The last time an Ivy program was ranked in the preseason was Penn in 1975. The ranking...

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