Nick Lopez
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HSAC featured in @AdamMinter's Bloomberg opinion this morning. Check it out! "'Teams that are top-heavy tend to have worse winning percentages,' explains @meron_ben , a recently graduated member of HSAC who contributed to the analysis."

Looking back at the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, @nicklopez86 and Victor Zeidenfeld discuss just how unique the Florida Panthers’ playoff success was in HSAC’s latest article: harvardsportsanalysis.org/2023/09/roarin…





Recently, in the wake of the Celtics' nailbiting 3-0 comeback attempt, I wrote a piece for @Harvard_Sports about what it means to be "streaky" in the NBA. I found that the Celtics were pretty streaky this season, so perhaps their ECF performance shouldn't come as a surprise.







Do big deals really make NFL teams better? Even before Russel, the stats supporting superstar contracts rarely justify the costs. Check out our newest article, introducing a new statistic - NFL-HHI - that measures cap concentration in NFL teams. harvardsportsanalysis.org/2022/10/when-n…

Who's the best in the NFL? You decide. Read our newest article, by @nick_lopez86 and @ElliotKChin, and try out our customizable, linear-algebra based #NFL team ranking model. Who does your model have on top? If it's another team, comment down below! harvardsportsanalysis.org/2022/01/whos-t…



