Quote from: jellybelly on November 05, 2010, 11:55:03 PM
Johnboy,

You can find  strength of schedule at http://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/110410aaa.html

Ahhh.....so that's what those blue things were: links. Duh.

Quote from: Dfense1 on November 05, 2010, 07:34:42 PM

Quote from: Becks on November 05, 2010, 05:01:32 PM
Look out, machine.  I don't think Dfense1 is going to like you calling his purple cows "Philistines."  

Far be it from me to quote from scripture.

I will say however that there is not a snowball's chance in that very hot place that Midd can pull off an upset tomorrow!

I think that any team that can put up 3 goals on Amherst in 9 minutes should not be taken lightly, irrespective of the score of a previous game.

Quote from: deiscanton on November 05, 2010, 08:20:10 AM
Brandeis's Pool C resume--

#3 in New England rankings this week.

In-region record is 13-4-1  (.750 in-region winning percentage)

In-region Strength of schedule ranking is .618  (Highest among New England DIII teams through Oct. 31)

(snip)

Where did you get the strength of schedule percentage? Did you calculate it? Or is it published somewhere? Is that this weighted average of OWP and OOWP the NCAA DIII Championship manual refers to? Or are you referring to the Massey ratings? Or something else?

Do you know how the SOS gets folded in to the regional rankings?

Sorry for all the questions, but you seem knowledgeable about these matters, and I would like to be also.

For at-large (Pool C) bids, it also depends on which teams from this list (and the national list, and the lists for the other regions) get an AQ from winning their conference tournament. Eastern Conn (ranked #8 nationally) lost on PKs in the semifinals of the Little East tournament tonight, so they will need to get a Pool C bid to make the tournament (which, though they may drop in the final NE rankings, will almost surely happen). One other team ranked in the NCAA national top-25 (Cal Lutheran, #17) lost in the semifinals of the SCIAC (no other SCIAC teams were ranked in the top 25), and this might make it harder for a NESCAC non-champion to get a Pool C bid, since there are only 20 Pool C bids available.

Quote from: pcc on September 11, 2010, 05:15:28 PM
Becks was wrong abot the Wes score today! He must be happy!

I'm sure he is: Wesleyan played very well today.

I was assuming a day apart, hence 9 days for me.

But I'm not trying to rush you, of course.

Thanks for doing this. It's really interesting and I find your comments very insightful. Will you be doing them in alphabetical order? Then I have to wait a week or so...