NE Region General Questions

[remsleep]

LLL....thanks for the clarification on absence of MK on your summary.....now I get it

[pjunito]

Any new regional rankings?

[7express]

Any new regional rankings?

Pat Coleman would know this more, but IIRC the first regional rankings will be getting released sometime this coming Wednesday afternoon.

[pjunito]

Thanks 7.

[Hugenerd]

Any new regional rankings?

Pat Coleman would know this more, but IIRC the first regional rankings will be getting released sometime this coming Wednesday afternoon.

There are only 3 regional rankings this year prior to NCAA selections. The first is not released this Wednesday, but the following Wednesday, February 8.

[Hugenerd]

New rankings out:

http://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2011-12/week10

Midd drops to 2
MIT at 5
Amherst at 6
Keene jumps in at 21
Albertus in at 24

Williams drops out.

Williams, RIC, WPI, East Conn, and Wesleyan all ORV

[pjunito]

Regional Rankings will be interesting as well; first one comes out this Wednesday. The teams that play the best in February usually make big runs in Conference Tournaments and beyond... Are there any teams that might be off the radar right know that anyone thinks might have a run left in their respective conferences?

In the GNAC, I think Johnson and Wales could be dangerous. They have a great scorer in Lamont Thomas; they won the conference last year and have the ability to shoot the 3 ball very well.

[GoTech73]

They're here...

Northeast
1   Amherst   18-2   20-2
2   Middlebury   18-1   20-1
3   Rhode Island College   16-4   16-4
4   Western Connecticut 17-4   17-4
5   WPI   16-4   16-4
6   Eastern Connecticut 17-4   17-4
7   MIT   20-1   20-1
8   Keene State   14-3   17-4
9   Wesleyan (Conn.)   17-4   17-5
10   Tufts   16-6   16-6
11   Becker   16-4   16-4
12   Albertus Magnus   20-1   20-1

[pjunito]

I thought the BCS was bad.......

[with age came?]

I understand SOS somewhat but to me head to head should always have a say: Middlebury should be number 1 in the region.

[neverwas725]

With age, Why should middlebury be number 1? Amherst and Midd have not played yet this year so there is no head to head data to go by.  Amherst's schedule is harder than midds so they get the top slot.  If Midd wins at amherst on saturday then you can make that arguement. 

[Hugenerd]

Juast as a comparison I ran some weighted OWP numbers comparing MIT and East Conn.

This is what I got through todays games.

MITs weighted OWP for all games: 0.486 (projected at the end of season, with only WPI left: 0.505)
MITs weighted OWP in wins: 0.482 (22 games)
MITs Weighted OWP in losses: 0.571 (1 game)

East Conn's weighted OWP for all games: 0.535 (no projection as they have more than 1 game left)
East Conn's weighted OWP in wins: 0.440 (18 games)
East Conn's weighted OWP in losses: 0.875 (5 games)

So essentially by just showing up for those 5 games, they gained nearly an entire 0.1 in the OWP calculation.  I guess scheduling those games (well actually 3 of them are league games, so they didnt really schedule them, they just showed up) really shows how good they are.

I will try running the same calcs for some other NE region ranked teams if I get some time later.

[pjunito]

This week games are done!

Lots of great action in all leagues; as we come down to the final week of the regular season for some leagues and preparing for the conference tournament in other leagues.. I thought I would have fun (no more football on Sundays; Go Giants!) and give my predictions for Wednesday's Regional Rankings....

Northeast

1.   Amherst
2.   MIT
3.   Middlebury
4.   Albertus Magnus
5.   Keene State
6.   Western Connecticut
7.   Wesleyan
8.   Rhode Island College
9.   Eastern Connecticut
10.   WPI
11.   Becker
12.   Tufts

[Hugenerd]

This week games are done!

Lots of great action in all leagues; as we come down to the final week of the regular season for some leagues and preparing for the conference tournament in other leagues.. I thought I would have fun (no more football on Sundays; Go Giants!) and give my predictions for Wednesday's Regional Rankings....

Northeast

1.   Amherst
2.   MIT
3.   Middlebury
4.   Albertus Magnus
5.   Keene State
6.   Western Connecticut
7.   Wesleyan
8.   Rhode Island College
9.   Eastern Connecticut
10.   WPI
11.   Becker
12.   Tufts

I like yours, but wouldn't be overly optimistic of that order based on last weeks rankings.

Here is my guess (may also be overly optimistic):

1. Amherst
2. Middlebury
3. West Conn
4. MIT
5. East Conn
6. RIC
7. Wesleyan
8. Keene St.
9. Albertus Magnus
10. WPI
11. Becker
12. Tufts

[pjunito]

As you know nerd; I am an Albertus supporter (and maybe a homer..) lol.  So, your probably right with your predictions. I guess we have to wait and see.