About the Minnesota hockey team:
 
>top academic student (3.41 grade-point average)
 
>all-time high grade-point average of 2.84
 
>dummy who posted no better than a 2.27
 
Out of context these all mean nothing.  What is the average grade-point of
undergraduate students at Minnesota?  For all I know 2.84 could be good,
bad or about what would be expected.
 
Of course the same thing goes for hockey numbers. A freshman who scored X
points a game in the Green Ice League may or may not be a good recruit.
Was he/she a high scorer for that league?  How highly rated were they in
that league?  Is he/she big enough and/or fast enough to play at a higher
level?  Have players with similar numbers from that league generally make a
successful transition to college play?  Etc.
 
Numbers are fine but the absolute value tells you little.
 
 
Steven Rockey
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