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...thought we had three things go wrong last year that really killed us,” Sullivan said. “Three-point shooting—our makes were down; free-throw shooting; and our assist-to-turnover [ratio] was poor...

Author: By Samita Mannapperuma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Old Meets New As Men’s Hoops Shoots To Contend in Ivies | 11/20/2002 | See Source »

...favorite of Harvard coach Frank Sullivan, who has given him control of the offense for three years in a row and did not recruit a point guard in this year’s freshman class. Despite ball control issues last season (Prasse-Freeman’s assist-to-turnover ratio was 1.1:1), Sullivan thinks maybe the summer will help his floor general improve...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Real-Life Thesis Seminar | 11/20/2002 | See Source »

Morris’ RPG formula can be approximated by just three components. First is the on-base odds, or the ratio of times a player reaches base to the number of times he makes an out. Second is a statistic Morris calls batting texture, which is the average contribution relative to a single a player makes when he reaches base. Walks are worth three-quarters of a single, doubles 1.5 times as much, triples twice as much and home runs three times as much, so a player whose plate appearances resulted only in doubles and outs would have a batting...

Author: By Daniel K. Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Morris Code | 11/14/2002 | See Source »

Early Decision is attractive to colleges in part because locking in substantial portions of their applicant pool increases their yield, or ratio of admitted students to enrolled students, which factors prominently in the annual U.S. News & World Report college rankings...

Author: By Dan Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale, Stanford To End Early Decision Policy | 11/7/2002 | See Source »

According to Dominguez, the widely ranging faculty opinions resulted in the victory of the Core by only a two-to-one ratio. Today, the Faculty typically approves legislation unanimously...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reinventing Harvard’s Core Curriculum | 11/6/2002 | See Source »

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