The Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective

Can we find the statistic most strongly associated with playoff success in the NBA?

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2024/06/playoff-prophecy-which-regular-season-stats-spell-postseason-glory/

What do statistical methods tell us about the different types of running backs in the NFL today? And how do these players morph over time?

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2024/06/running-to-the-top-investigating-running-back-archetypes-and-player-trajectories/

An analysis of how March Madness performances translate to NBA success.

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2024/05/discovering-the-nba-talent-in-march-madness/

By: Evelyn Tjoa, Daniel Bittner, Victor Zeidenfeld, Matt Melucci, Matthew Doctoroff, Jennifer Yu, Andrew Christie, Arthur Macedo, Praveen Kumar, Cyril Leahy

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2023/09/stats-for-success-linebackers-and-tight-ends/

The 2023 Florida Panthers’ Unprecedented Playoff Surge By Nicholas Lopez and Victor Zeidenfeld Historically Unparalleled SuccessIn a word, the 2023 Florida Panthers’ playoff performance was n...

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2023/09/roaring-to-glory/

By Elliot Chin Do you ever turn on a game in the fourth quarter, only to see that you’ve caught the tail end of a barely competitive blowout? Alternatively, do you ever watch your team go blow-...

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2023/08/what-minute-matters-most-scoring-in-college-basketball/

By Miller MacDonald Le Tour––the race of the year, a French cultural monument, a celebration of cycling’s simultaneous beauty and punishing ferocity—is widely regarded as one of the most ...

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2023/07/has-the-tour-de-france-gotten-easier-over-time/

By Elliot Chin Recently, as the Boston Celtics were on the brink of history, attempting to be the first team to come back from a 3-0 series deficit, a friend asked me if streakiness had anything ...

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2023/06/hot-hands-cold-slumps-demystifying-nba-streakiness/

As many readers of the HSAC blog may have heard, beloved HSAC founding advisor Carl Morris recently passed away. Carl was instrumental in the creation of HSAC and the club would not exist in...

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2023/06/remembering-carl-morris/

By David Arkow, Ronan Jachuck, Luke Kolar There are 30 teams in the NBA summing to over 400 players each season. Maximizing points scored (offense) and minimizing points allowed (defense) are cri...

https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2023/05/moneyb-ball-an-analysis-of-over-and-undervalued-nba-statistics/