Maine fans - do you realize our opponents have the highest winning
percentage of those in the NCAA ?   Here's the numbers...
 
>Subject:      Automated Ratings Percentage index as of Mon Feb  9  1998
>Estimated NCAA Division 1 Ice Hockey ratings percentage index
>        based on 538 games played through 02/08/98
>Game scores for this calculation provided by www.uscollegehockey.com
>
>                         Weight     35%         50%         15%
>                      G   W  L  T   win% rank   opp% rank  opp-opp     Total
>
> 1 Boston University 24  18- 4- 2  79.17 ( 3)  54.31 ( 5)  50.75 (17)  62.48
>19 Maine             24   9-12- 3  43.75 (29)  57.21 ( 1)  51.16 ( 6)  51.59
>
>The total is calculated by the Rating Percentage Index method,
>used as a tool by the NCAA in selecting teams for national
>collegiate tournaments in several sports.  Ratings are derived
>by summing each team's winning percentage, the average winning
>percentage of its opponents, and the average winning percentage
>of its opponents' opponents, multiplied by the given weights.
>Factors such as importance of game, margin of victory, or home
>ice are not included in the calculations.
 
 
 
 
Dan Doucette
UMaine 78 MPA 80
 
*** Beers may now be in the booth, but Jean-Yves Roy ***
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