Monthly Archives: April 2012

Don’t Trade Up in the NFL Draft

Posted on April 25, 2012 by kevinmeers

As the draft looms tomorrow night, NFL teams are (hopefully) finalizing their draft boards and trying to make plans for every conceivable contingency. Whether or not they want to trade, and in which direction, is surely one of those considerations. … Continue reading →

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Can a Computer Generate Belichick Postgame Speeches?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by harvardsportsanalysis

by Harry Chiel & Owen Prunskis In their blog post “Belichick and Brady Address the Media: A Statistical Report,” Ben Blatt and Andrew Mooney accurately describe the mind-numbing, yet occult, phenomenon that is a Bill Belichick postgame interview: “Bill Belichick … Continue reading →

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How Important is a Good April?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by harvardsportsanalysis

by Andrew Mooney This post also appeared on Boston.com here Predictably, the Red Sox’ uneven start to the season brought with it more than its fair share of hand wringing. That’s understandable, given the way the beginning and end of … Continue reading →

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Optimizing Draft Strategies in Fantasy Football: Abstract

Posted on April 13, 2012 by kevinmeers

This is the abstract from the paper “Optimizing Draft Strategies in Fantasy Football” by Papa Chakravarthy. Please find the full text here. Data was collected from ESPN.com and Pro Football Reference to determine a conditionally optimal auction draft strategy contingent on correct … Continue reading →

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Salary Allocation and Risk Preferences in the NFL: Abstract

Posted on April 11, 2012 by kevinmeers

This is the abstract from the paper “Salary Allocation and Risk Preferences in the National Football League: The Implications of Salary Allocation in Understanding the Preferences of NFL Owners” by Papa Chakravarthy. Please find the full text here. The study of risk … Continue reading →

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Brandon Morrow’s Supposed Struggles From the Stretch

Posted on April 10, 2012 by kevinmeers

Please follow this link to read HSAC contributor Sam Waters’s analysis of Brandon Morrow at http://www.baseballanalytics.org. Quick preview: Heading into this year, many still view Morrow as a breakout candidate, but the narrative has changed a little. No one has … Continue reading →

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Analyzing the NFL Draft: The Safest Positions to Target in the First Round

Posted on April 9, 2012 by harvardsportsanalysis

by Robert Bedetti ESPN is once again allowing Mel Kiper to flaunt his homemade haircut and scowl on live television, which can only mean one thing: draft day is approaching. As we count down the days to the start of … Continue reading →

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HSAC Live Chat/Crowdsourcing: Opening Day

Posted on April 5, 2012 by David Roher

By David Roher Fellow sabermetricians, let’s try to take over Twitter today.  Click Here to open up our Opening Day livechat. We’ll coordinate different crowdsourcing initiatives throughout the day. Here’s one to start: use the hashtag #HSAC, the three-letter abbreviation for … Continue reading →

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Dissecting the NBA Draft Lottery

Posted on April 4, 2012 by akoenig14

By Alex Koenig The NBA Draft Lottery was instituted by the league in 1985 after accusations that teams were deliberately tanking to secure the first pick in the draft. The logic went that it was worth a team’s while to … Continue reading →

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