Fishman'81
Black Bear since D-2
Re: 2019-20 pwr
Does it control the rating process?
The NCAA does not run the college football playoffs
Does it control the rating process?
The NCAA does not run the college football playoffs
Does it control the rating process?
I read somewhere that NCAA revenues in 2019 were close to $1Billion dollars. In the past, 60% distributed back to D1 institutions and 40% kept by the association - not sure if those percentages change as the revs increase...
Not sure if there’s a rule, but that’d be some entertaining hockey. That championship series would be a bloodbath
Amazingly, Adrian, Eau Claire and Hobart are tied in RPI with only one game left before selections. Hobart is currently fourth in the PWR, I assume because it wins the comparison over Eau Claire on common opponents (Hobart beat St. John's while the Johnnies tied UWEC). That means, at least for now Hobart is in line to host the first-round of the 3-4-5 group of death.
As I see it ...
First round
Adrian at Hobart
St. Thomas at Lake Forest
Plymouth at Endicott
Babson at Trinity
Quarterfinals
Adrian/Hobart at Geneseo
Babson/Trinity at Utica
Plymouth/Endicott at Norwich
St. Thomas/Lake Forest at Eau-Claire
Semis
Norwich pod vs Genseo pod
Utica pod vs UWEC pod
I'm guessing here, but I think Trinity needs to win tomorrow to be in. Williams lost about .004 off its RPI with its loss to Wesleyan today, and the Bantams' lead over Babson is just .0029. It's going to be close either way.
If Trinity wins it's also going to be very close between Trinity and Endicott for #7. That's looking like the difference between hosting #10 Babson or #40 Plymouth State in the first round.
It should also be noted that Hobart has a win over Trinity so if the Bantams win that RPI bump would all but assure Hobart of finishing ahead Adrian and hosting next weekend. If Trinity loses the Statesmen are probably headed to Michigan.
Random guy, you are seeing what I am seeing. I'm guessing you are somebody we know who has changed IDs.
Oh, my......Wesleyan leads Trinity 3-1 at start of 3rd.
Final 7-2 Weslyan over Trinity.
Trinity loss kills Hobart...Statesmen drop from 4th to 6th and now might be looking at a trip to Adrian instead of hosting them...
Knocks Point out of the field, too, doesn't it?
Gotta love those tourney AQ's.![]()
I know this is going to show my ignorance, but how does Babson benefit from being idle for two weeks, after losing to USM, while Trinity played, and won two and lost one during that time? I should have studied harder in math class!
With, what, 3 teams in the field that have no business being there?
Interconnectivity.
Now I'm really showing my ignorance... I don't know what that means in this context.
Wasn't Point the final team in, as of last night?
Learning the D-3 calculus is sort of like attending a divinity school.
Essentially a waste of time and energy.
The RPI includes the Opponents' Winning Percentage and the Opponents' Opponnents' Winning Percentage. Even when you are eliminated, some of your opponents and their opponents continue to play. This means your RPI (the main factor) in the PWR will continue to change up or down, depending on how your opponents do. Your ranking is interconnected with them. There is a math discipline known as graph theory that explains some of how all this works theoretically. I have a master's degree in graph theory.
UWSP was never in the field. The team that is out is Trinity. UWSP needed to beat UWEC to have a chance at the field. Considering the fact that the first 9 teams in the PWR are all in the field, I'd say the system worked as it should.