Ratings and feedback

I had a lot of activity on the blog yesterday and I appreciate those of you who have responded or retweeted my blog posts on Twitter.  I have had both athletes and coaches retweet the rankings.

I had a couple of responders who questioned my rankings for their schools and I like the input.  One reader had a problem with Ruskin's ranking in class 4.  I went back and checked their record and scores and found an error in my sorting function that was picking up the wrong team rating.  I corrected that and Ruskin moved up from 26th to 8th in class 4.  I wouldn't have found that error in my spreadsheet without that input.

Another reader questioned Hazelwood Central's rating compared with Hazelwood West.  Central has a 6-4 record with some good wins.  West is only 3-5 but has some really good losses.  When I say "good losses" I mean that they lost to great teams by small margins.  West lost to Chaminade by 13 and Trinity Louisville by 5.  Both teams are highly rated teams.  I expect that West will take off in January and get on the sunny side of a winning record.  Both Hazelwood Central and West will be factors in the play-offs but I still have West higher rated than Central due to score comparisons.  The  record might not be there yet, but West will be a great team down the stretch.

I hope that helps explain things a little.

Keep the feedback coming.  I make mistakes with 600 plus teams and I miss some key games.  If you see something out of whack, I will check it out.  Sometimes the ratings will stand pat.

That's why Mark Twain coined it "Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics".

Friday Teasers:

Lutheran St. Charles at DuBourg (DuBourg by 3)

Vianney at Chaminade ('Nade by 32)

Oakville at Marquette (Stangs by 6)

Parkway South at Kirkwood (Pioneers by 12)

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