HSAC To Appear in Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports
A paper written by HSAC has been accepted into the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports! This will be the second paper HSAC has published in JQAS. HSAC’s first appearance in the journal came in...
View ArticleGetting Down to Business: Part 1
By Jake Fisher As the title suggests, this multi-part series of posts will take a step off the field and into the front office. The goal of the series is to examine some of the intricacies of the...
View ArticleGetting Down to Business: Part 2
By Jake Fisher In the first installment of this series, I looked at team values provided by Forbes. According to regression analysis, team value is a function of team revenue. I also looked at the...
View ArticleWhere Every Team Is Above Average: Home-Field Advantage and its Effects on...
By David Roher A robust home-field advantage would increase revenue across the board. Had an incredible time at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference yesterday. I got to tell so many people how long...
View ArticleDo All-Star Games Predict Finals Winners? (Or, Another Reason not to Watch...
By David Roher Twitter follower Blake Barfield asked us last night if there was any correlation between the conference winner of the Pro Bowl and that of the Super Bowl. I decided to tackle this...
View ArticleA History of Pro Sports Divisional Parity
By Daniel Granoff Two thirds of the way into the NHL season, the Los Angeles Kings are in last place in their division, on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. They were darlings of the...
View ArticleNHL Team Spending and the Exchange Rate
by Ben Blatt Based on an idea that was discussed at last week’s HSAC meeting, I decided to do a short investigation to see how the exchange rate of the US dollar versus the Canadian dollar impacts team...
View ArticleMovin’ Out: Evaluating Islanders’ Fandom in Brooklyn
By Scott Sherman The big news out of the National Hockey League this afternoon was not an end to the ongoing lockout, but instead surrounded the surprising announcement that the New York Islanders...
View ArticleThe 2012 World Series Effect: Is it better to enter a playoff series coming...
By Harry Chiel Every so often, a playoff series in the NHL, MLB, or NBA will be fought between a team that has just come off of a sweep and a team that has barely survived a competitive 7-game series....
View ArticleBlackhawks vs. Heat: Which Streak is More Unlikely?
William Marks As of this writing, the Miami Heat have won 22 consecutive games. Meanwhile over in the NHL, from January 19th through March 6th, the Chicago Blackhawks earned at least one point in 24...
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