MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[NCC_alum62]

To all,
         As a new reader/poster of the CCIW I had a question about a post by Mr. YPSI about a fantasy team, what is it and how do you get one and is there a league?

In past years the CCIW fantasy league was run by NPU alumnus and long-time CCIW Chat lurker Ron Swanson (whom I mentioned in my last post). Last season it was run by our self-exiled Hall of Famer, Wheaton alumna April Lee. Those of us who were active participants last year included myself, April, Ron, Titan Q, Kenosha Mark, Mr. Ypsi, Ryan Knuppel ... OK, guys, who am I forgetting?

We haven't discussed a 2007-08 edition of the league amongst ourselves yet.

April was not only a great poster on this board but also on the CCIW football board.  Great fan of Wheaton College and great poster since I've read D3Sports.com

[Gregory Sager]

To all,
         As a new reader/poster of the CCIW I had a question about a post by Mr. YPSI about a fantasy team, what is it and how do you get one and is there a league?

In past years the CCIW fantasy league was run by NPU alumnus and long-time CCIW Chat lurker Ron Swanson (whom I mentioned in my last post). Last season it was run by our self-exiled Hall of Famer, Wheaton alumna April Lee. Those of us who were active participants last year included myself, April, Ron, Titan Q, Kenosha Mark, Mr. Ypsi, Ryan Knuppel ... OK, guys, who am I forgetting?

We haven't discussed a 2007-08 edition of the league amongst ourselves yet.

April was not only a great poster on this board but also on the CCIW football board.  Great fan of Wheaton College and great poster since I've read D3Sports.com

A lot of us miss April.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Greg, you got all the fantasy participants.  Since we each drafted 7 players (5 active, 2 replacements or emergency subs), and the league only has 40 starters and maybe 25-30 other players with any significant PT, the number of participants was probably at about the max.  [My thanks again to April for running it and for keeping me out of the basement by drawing my name for first draft pick - Zach Freeman got me nearly half my points, far higher than any other participant needed from a single player! ]

[CardinalAlum]

A lot of us miss April.

Ditto!! 

[CardinalAlum]

Former Augie Viking in the news!   Now she's a catch! 

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/561695,6_1_NA18_STATE2_S1.article

[Titan Q]

Former Augie Viking in the news!   Now she's a catch! 

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/561695,6_1_NA18_STATE2_S1.article

I'm not sure the word "standout" comes to mind when thinking of former Augie Vike Bill Goehrke on the hardwood (6.2 ppg as a senior), but  I guess "role player" doesn't quite have the same ring!

[joehakes]

Q,

Be careful when you typecast people.  To Greg, he might be a superstar.   

[cciwgrad]

Tough crowd... guess I just need to stay in the weeds and watch the fun!!

[David Collinge]

Can any of you provide any background on Patrick Bernhard of Sleepy Hollow?  He's been announced as an Oberlin recruit, and his 3-point shooting (46%) and defense seem to have garnered some recognition from the Daily Herald and some all-this-n-that awards.  If there's anyone who knows McHenry County hoops, I'd appreciate any info on this player, preferably posted in the NCAC room.  TIA.

[Pat Coleman]

I miss April too.

I mean, you know, I miss March a little more. And I miss November and December. But I miss April.

[markerickson]

I'd be curious to read about the longest period of continuity of CCIW head coaches in the last 20 or so years.  Who will be the next CCIW head coach to leave?

[Titan Q]

This was posted in one of the Multi-region threads.  The new index, which replaces the Quality of Wins Index (QOWI),  should have a significant impact.  I'm not sure we'll really know how much until some real calculations are done though.

QOWI rewarded teams strictly based on their opponents' in-region record.  The new index also takes into the account the opponents' opponents' in-region record.  It takes the evaluation one step further to look at the strength of the opponents' competition.  I believe this is designed to compensate for differences in conference strength and it seems to function like the RPI.

With the release of the soccer championship handbooks, we get the first look at the new strength of schedule factors. Here's the next from the NCAA (it appears to be boilerplate for all D3):

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Appendix A
Opponents' Average Winning Percentage (OWP) and Opponents' Opponents' Average Winning Percentage (OOWP) Calculation Explanation

Opponents' Average Winning Percentage (OWP). Take each opponent's won-lost percentage against other Division III teams (excluding the results against the team in question) and average the percentages.
To calculate: Team A Schedule is as follows:
Opponent Overall Record  vs Team A  Revised Revised Record W-L Percentage
Team B 21-7 0-1 21-6 .7778
Team C 11-15 0-1 11-14 .4400
Team D 7-20 0-1 7-19 .2692
Team E 13-13 0-1 13-12 .5200
Team F 23-6 1-0 22-6 .7857
Total 75-61 (.5514) 74-56 (.5692) .5585 (OWP)
Team A's Opponents' Average Winning Percentage = .5585

Opponents' Opponents' Average Winning Percentage (OOWP). The strength of each opponents' schedule is measured by computing each of their opponents' winning percentages, then averaging the percentages. This recognizes the fact that two opponents with similar won-lost records may have played far different schedules (in terms of strength of opponents).
To calculate: Take Team B, C, D, E and F schedules and perform the same calculation as above (OWP). It is important to note that the OOWP will support the OWP (i.e., if Teams A and B have the same OWP of .5692; Team A has a OOWP of .6125 and Team B has a OOWP of .4567; it would indicate team A has the stronger strength of schedule).

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(sorry, the table doesn't copy well - I may try to reformat later).

These are the same calculations that are currently done in D1 as part of the RPI calculation.

The "Strength of Schedule" is the combination of these two - how they're combined, it doesn't say.

It takes the place of the QOWI/SOSI index in the calculations, as one of the five primary factors for consideration.

[Mr. Ypsi]

That should be a real boon to leagues like the CCIW and WIAC, and encourage all pool C aspirants to upgrade their schedules (which should also help the 'power' leagues).

The only downside is that any of us so inspired could calculate a QOWI in a few minutes (then gnash our teeth at its failings! ) - I hope Pat will provide frequent SOS (or whatever they'll call it) computations in the last few weeks of the season.

[sac]

That should be a real boon to leagues like the CCIW and WIAC, and encourage all pool C aspirants to upgrade their schedules (which should also help the 'power' leagues).

The only downside is that any of us so inspired could calculate a QOWI in a few minutes (then gnash our teeth at its failings! ) - I hope Pat will provide frequent SOS (or whatever they'll call it) computations in the last few weeks of the season.

I agree it will improve the chances of the stronger leagues getting their #2 and #3's into the tournament.  Or at least it should.  I think we figured out last spring that 4 or 5 NESCAC teams would have been in the top 18 Pool C's based solely on QOWI.

Unfortunately being discussed as a Pool C candidate still comes down to where you are ranked within your region.  The imbalance in # of teams ranked in each region is still there.  Also, it will only improve if the region commitee's take into account the new QOWI to rank teams in their region.

My fingers are crossed anyway.

[Titan Q]

It will be interesting to see if it impacts scheduling.  The new index definitely changes things.  In the past you could load up on good teams from bad leagues and end up very nice in the QOWI game.  With the opponents' opponents' consideration thrown in, that won't be the case.

With the new index, the strong conferences are rewarded since the majority of any team's games played are within the league (in the CCIW 14 of 25 games)...the opponents' opponents' winning % for all teams in a strong league should be good.