The grill has a very powerful smell to it after a day-long smokefest of shortribs and babybacks, I'm running low on beer, my belly is still full, and there are a few conference-specific projection threads popping-up, so it must be time to launch the annual...
The Completely Unofficial Pre-Pre-Season Polls Thread!
"What's this all about?" "What do I have to do?", you might ask. It’s simple, just rank the pre-season top-10 (yes, 10!), and you will be scored on how well you picked 'em, in a method that is (as always) completely void of any statistical merit! No prizes awarded, other than pride.
Like prior years, the scores will be tallied once the offical USCHO poll comes-out, which is typically mid-October. Then, I’ll go through the same scoring exercise mid-season and at the end of the year as well.
So here we go...
The Method to the Madness
What is required of you is simple, just post your top 10 (again - yes, 10... I am 'old school'! You can do 15 if you wish, but only the top 10 will be used for scoring purposes), and the scoring is performed as follows:
Points For Your Pick
Your pick positions are assigned a point value, called "Points for Your Pick" (PFYP).
First Place Pick - 10pts
Second Place Pick - 9pts
Third Place Pick - 8pts
...
Tenth Place Pick - 1pt
Position Points
Once the Official USCHO Pre-Season Poll is announced, "Position Points" (PP) are calculated for each of your picks based upon the Official Poll Points (OPPts) the respective team received in the Official Poll. Each of your picks that appear in the Official Pre-Season Poll will receive Position Points according to the following:
(Points For Your Pick / 10) * Official Poll Points
And these will be added together to obtain a Position Points Total (PPT).
Accuracy Factor
How well did you position your picks will also come into play, by determining an Accuracy Factory (AF). This is calculated for each of your picks by taking Your Pick Position (YPP) [1-10], and weighing it against the Official USCHO Pre-Season Poll Position (OPPos).
The value for OPPos is between 1 and the maximum number of positions in the poll. If a team in your picks fails to make the Official Poll (at any position), it is assigned a default OPPos of 33. The formula for calculating the Accuracy Factor for each of your picks is:
(1 / (1 + ABS(YPP - OPPos))) * 10
Your Total Score
Your Total Score takes into account the Sum of your Accuracy Factors (AFT), and your Total Position Points (PPT) as follows:
(AFT / 100) * PPT
"It's just that easy".
A Few "Rules" (for lack of a better term):
Ties, in either posted listings or the Official USCHO Polls, will be handled by assigning the respective positions based upon their as-listed positions in the post/Poll. The tied team listed on the "higher-side" of the post/Poll will have the higher ranking.
In the event of multiple posts (entries), the first chronological post will be used in scoring, and the subsequent post, well... ignored.
Start posting your overall DIII "top tens", and enjoy the pain that comes form those teams that under/over perform though the course of the year.
Cheers!!!
History...
2002-2003:
Pre-Season Winner = Purple_and_Gold10: 315.80
Pre-Season “Boob” = NUHockeynut: 161.84
Mid-Season Winner = Bill-R-: 189.43
Mid-Season “Boob” = CrosbyNU63: 68.14
Nostradamus Award = komey1: 168.02
End-of-Season “Boob” = WillieC: 82.28
2003-2004:
Pre-Season Winner = dmoody: 664.45
Pre-Season “Boob” = komey1: 356.05
Mid-Season Winner = oilers: 385.69
Mis-Season “Boob” = ECACNEPUCK: 143.11
Nostradamus Award = oilers: 251.30
End-of-Season “Boob” = ECACNEPUCK: 96.43
2004-2005:
Pre-Season Winner = CROSBYNU63: 463.44
Pre-Season “Boob” = oilers: 295.89
Mid-Season Winner = PointersXRC: 317.21
Mid-Season “Boob” = komey1: 153.07
Nostradamus Award = komey1: 541.31
End-of-Season “Boob” = ECACNEPUCK: 248.11
2005-2010 = “The Dark Years...”
2010-2011:
Pre-Season Winner = ThatGuy_11: 598.00
Pre-Season “Boob” = NESCAC Fan: 251.40
Mid-Season Winner = ThatGuy_11: 275.40
Mid-Season “Boob” = Pioneers#1: 162.60
Nostradamus Award = Irishdave: 543.49
End-of-Season “Boob” = NESCAC Fan: 264.49
2011-2012:
Pre-Season Winner = collegehcky2: 1008.4
Pre-Season “Boob” = AldenPartidge1819: 439.2
Mid-Season Winner = LakerEagleLover: 346.8
Mid-Season “Boob” = aefwaf: 180.59
Nostradamus Award = PrezdeJohnson09: 487.69
End-of-Season “Boob” = jerrynu26: 208.74
The Completely Unofficial Pre-Pre-Season Polls Thread!
"What's this all about?" "What do I have to do?", you might ask. It’s simple, just rank the pre-season top-10 (yes, 10!), and you will be scored on how well you picked 'em, in a method that is (as always) completely void of any statistical merit! No prizes awarded, other than pride.
Like prior years, the scores will be tallied once the offical USCHO poll comes-out, which is typically mid-October. Then, I’ll go through the same scoring exercise mid-season and at the end of the year as well.
So here we go...
The Method to the Madness
What is required of you is simple, just post your top 10 (again - yes, 10... I am 'old school'! You can do 15 if you wish, but only the top 10 will be used for scoring purposes), and the scoring is performed as follows:
Points For Your Pick
Your pick positions are assigned a point value, called "Points for Your Pick" (PFYP).
First Place Pick - 10pts
Second Place Pick - 9pts
Third Place Pick - 8pts
...
Tenth Place Pick - 1pt
Position Points
Once the Official USCHO Pre-Season Poll is announced, "Position Points" (PP) are calculated for each of your picks based upon the Official Poll Points (OPPts) the respective team received in the Official Poll. Each of your picks that appear in the Official Pre-Season Poll will receive Position Points according to the following:
(Points For Your Pick / 10) * Official Poll Points
And these will be added together to obtain a Position Points Total (PPT).
Accuracy Factor
How well did you position your picks will also come into play, by determining an Accuracy Factory (AF). This is calculated for each of your picks by taking Your Pick Position (YPP) [1-10], and weighing it against the Official USCHO Pre-Season Poll Position (OPPos).
The value for OPPos is between 1 and the maximum number of positions in the poll. If a team in your picks fails to make the Official Poll (at any position), it is assigned a default OPPos of 33. The formula for calculating the Accuracy Factor for each of your picks is:
(1 / (1 + ABS(YPP - OPPos))) * 10
Your Total Score
Your Total Score takes into account the Sum of your Accuracy Factors (AFT), and your Total Position Points (PPT) as follows:
(AFT / 100) * PPT
"It's just that easy".
A Few "Rules" (for lack of a better term):
Ties, in either posted listings or the Official USCHO Polls, will be handled by assigning the respective positions based upon their as-listed positions in the post/Poll. The tied team listed on the "higher-side" of the post/Poll will have the higher ranking.
In the event of multiple posts (entries), the first chronological post will be used in scoring, and the subsequent post, well... ignored.
Start posting your overall DIII "top tens", and enjoy the pain that comes form those teams that under/over perform though the course of the year.
Cheers!!!
History...
2002-2003:
Pre-Season Winner = Purple_and_Gold10: 315.80
Pre-Season “Boob” = NUHockeynut: 161.84
Mid-Season Winner = Bill-R-: 189.43
Mid-Season “Boob” = CrosbyNU63: 68.14
Nostradamus Award = komey1: 168.02
End-of-Season “Boob” = WillieC: 82.28
2003-2004:
Pre-Season Winner = dmoody: 664.45
Pre-Season “Boob” = komey1: 356.05
Mid-Season Winner = oilers: 385.69
Mis-Season “Boob” = ECACNEPUCK: 143.11
Nostradamus Award = oilers: 251.30
End-of-Season “Boob” = ECACNEPUCK: 96.43
2004-2005:
Pre-Season Winner = CROSBYNU63: 463.44
Pre-Season “Boob” = oilers: 295.89
Mid-Season Winner = PointersXRC: 317.21
Mid-Season “Boob” = komey1: 153.07
Nostradamus Award = komey1: 541.31
End-of-Season “Boob” = ECACNEPUCK: 248.11
2005-2010 = “The Dark Years...”
2010-2011:
Pre-Season Winner = ThatGuy_11: 598.00
Pre-Season “Boob” = NESCAC Fan: 251.40
Mid-Season Winner = ThatGuy_11: 275.40
Mid-Season “Boob” = Pioneers#1: 162.60
Nostradamus Award = Irishdave: 543.49
End-of-Season “Boob” = NESCAC Fan: 264.49
2011-2012:
Pre-Season Winner = collegehcky2: 1008.4
Pre-Season “Boob” = AldenPartidge1819: 439.2
Mid-Season Winner = LakerEagleLover: 346.8
Mid-Season “Boob” = aefwaf: 180.59
Nostradamus Award = PrezdeJohnson09: 487.69
End-of-Season “Boob” = jerrynu26: 208.74
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