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2019-20 pwr

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dinocoach said:
I have been watching these posts for a few years, and they always interest me. However, I am not a math major (actually American History!), so my question: Is there someplace I can go to find an explanation of KRACH, PairWise and the RPI and, explain it to me like I am a 6-year-old?
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On the bottom of the PWR rankings, they provide a brief explanation for that one.
 
Re: 2019-20 pwr

dinocoach said:
I have been watching these posts for a few years, and they always interest me. However, I am not a math major (actually American History!), so my question: Is there someplace I can go to find an explanation of KRACH, PairWise and the RPI and, explain it to me like I am a 6-year-old?
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The only thing that matters is the PWR, as far as an AL bid goes.
 
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Fishman'81 said:
The only thing that matters is the PWR, as far as an AL bid goes.
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Because of the fact that the pairwise has 3 elements - Head to Head, Common Opponents, and RPI and most teams haven't played each other, the RPI and PWR are almost identical. If you read down the RPI rank column on the PWR, you usually see that the PWR and RPI rank are the same. Scanning the current PWR, there are only 4 instances of teams with ranks in the PWR different from their ranks in the RPI, and those differences are only one position.
 
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NUProf said:
Because of the fact that the pairwise has 3 elements - Head to Head, Common Opponents, and RPI and most teams haven't played each other, the RPI and PWR are almost identical. If you read down the RPI rank column on the PWR, you usually see that the PWR and RPI rank are the same. Scanning the current PWR, there are only 4 instances of teams with ranks in the PWR different from their ranks in the RPI, and those differences are only one position.
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In the Men's Div I PWR, you have to go all the way to #27 before the RPI and PWR differ.... and, like Div III, it's only one spot. I found one school AIC (#38 PWR) who was two spots higher in the PWR than their RPI ranking.
 
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NUProf said:
Because of the fact that the pairwise has 3 elements - Head to Head, Common Opponents, and RPI and most teams haven't played each other, the RPI and PWR are almost identical. If you read down the RPI rank column on the PWR, you usually see that the PWR and RPI rank are the same. Scanning the current PWR, there are only 4 instances of teams with ranks in the PWR different from their ranks in the RPI, and those differences are only one position.
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Yeah, it's like that every year. I don't suppose it hurts to include H2H and COP, but, as you've alluded-to, that very rarely matters in either case.

I'm sure a more thorough metric will be employed in the future, but at least we -at long last- have an objective one, as imperfect as it is.

That sure beats the smoky rooms and the invented "rankings", a la the old D-3 Hockey site's constructs, which were pulled that out of thin air for the most part.

;)
 
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Utica still has to play Manhattanville tomorrow, but after tonight’s games with 6 weeks left to play...

Williams at Geneseo winner at Norwich
Plymouth at UNE winner at Utica
Stevenson at Trinity winner at Babson
Augsburg at Eau Claire winner at Lake Forest

So much hockey left to be played still...
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Utica still has to play Manhattanville tomorrow, but after tonight’s games with 6 weeks left to play...

Williams at Geneseo winner at Norwich
Plymouth at UNE winner at Utica
Stevenson at Trinity winner at Babson
Augsburg at Eau Claire winner at Lake Forest

So much hockey left to be played still...
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I like that bracket!
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Utica still has to play Manhattanville tomorrow, but after tonight’s games with 6 weeks left to play...

Williams at Geneseo winner at Norwich
Plymouth at UNE winner at Utica
Stevenson at Trinity winner at Babson
Augsburg at Eau Claire winner at Lake Forest

So much hockey left to be played still...
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I came up with the same bracket...
 
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Does anybody know of a PWR customizing tool for D3 like the one CollegeHockeyNews.com has for D1? I'd love to see how much that loss to Northland screwed over UWSP.
 
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Quasi Hatrack said:
Does anybody know of a PWR customizing tool for D3 like the one CollegeHockeyNews.com has for D1? I'd love to see how much that loss to Northland screwed over UWSP.
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I've looked for a PW predictor for D-3 as well, and not finding it thus far.

Our sport of choice just hasn't generated that level of interest yet.
 
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Fishman'81 said:
I've looked for a PW predictor for D-3 as well, and not finding it thus far.

Our sport of choice just hasn't generated that level of interest yet.
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The D-1 women only have one because a dedicated fan created a working one...
 
5 weeks left....

Updated matchups.

Hobart (9) at Geneseo (8) vs. Norwich (1)
Augsburg (30) at Eau Claire (5) vs. Lake Forest (3)
Plymouth State (56) at Williams (6) vs. UNE (3)
Elmira (10) at Babson (6) vs. Utica (2)
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
5 weeks left....

Updated matchups.

Hobart (9) at Geneseo (8) vs. Norwich (1)
Augsburg (30) at Eau Claire (5) vs. Lake Forest (3)
Plymouth State (56) at Williams (6) vs. UNE (3)
Elmira (10) at Babson (6) vs. Utica (2)
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Wilkes in place of Elmira though, right?
 
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jcase said:
Wilkes in place of Elmira though, right?
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Correct. I'm sorry. Good catch! I made a mistake and had Utica as the UCHC champion, which right now Wilkes is on top so yes, swap out Elmira for Wilkes and the rest actually remains the same thankfully.
 
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