Boston University tied New Hampshire, beat Maine and beat
Cornell, all OSR top ten teams in your ranking system for the week
in question.

Still, I find using last year's ranking and record vs current OSR top-
ten to be unfair.

Sean Pickett

On 1 Jan 2002, at 14:20, Mel Oliveira wrote:

> I agree there are significant differences in some of the rank
> positions between the OSR and the PWR, but I do not see this as a
> flaw.  The rating is definitely not perfect.
>
> One of the OSR Rating derivatives is the number of wins versus top ten
> teams, as ranked according to the OSR during that week of competition.
> Boston University currently has only 1 tie versus top teams.  During
> January that should change, as they go up against Northeastern, Boston
> College, and New Hampshire.  I put a more detailed description of the
> OSR Rating on the web site.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Sean Pickett
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: OSR Sports Rating 12-26
>
>
> Because of the difference of BU's ranking between the PWR and
> OSR I decided to look at the PWR and compare the top 10 teams
> in it with their rank in the OSR.  Below is the difference between the
> two systems.  Teams are listed according their PWR rank with the
> difference between the PWr and OSR also listed (i.e., Denver is first
> in the PWR and fourth in the OSR, -3 positions).
>
> Team difference
> Denver  -3
> St. Cloud  -1
> UMass Lowell - 3
> Minnesota +3
> New Hampshire  0
> Cornell  -4
> Boston University  -16
> Michigan State  +6
> Colorado College  -7
> Michigan  +2
>
> I think the 7 position drop by CC and 6 position rise by MSU are
> extreme enough, but a 16 position drop for BU?  To me this
> confirms that the OSR has a fatal flaw.
>
> Sean
>
> On 28 Dec 2001, at 9:27, Mel Oliveira wrote:
>
> > OSR Top Ten
> >
> > The OSR Sports Rating for NCAA Division I Ice Hockey, for the week
> > of 12/26/01.
> >
> > 1 Minnesota ( Minneapolis, MN )       WCHA 12-2-3   80.70
> > 2 Michigan State ( East Lansing, MI ) CCHA 12-3-2   79.06
> > 3 St. Cloud ( St Cloud, MN )          WCHA 17-2-1   67.83
> > 4 Denver ( Denver, CO )               WCHA 14-2-0   59.67
> > 5 New Hampshire ( Durham, NH )        HE   10-4-2   53.17
> > 6 UMass-Lowell ( Lowell, MA )         HE   11-3-0   50.58
> > 7 Maine ( Orono, ME )                 HE    8-5-3   48.55
> > 8 Michigan ( Ann Arbor, MI )          CCHA 10-5-3   48.45
> > 9 Wisconsin ( Madison, WI )           WCHA  8-7-1   45.20
> > 10 Cornell ( Ithaca, NY )             ECAC  8-2-1   40.96
> >
> > The full ratings can be viewed at the following site:
> > http://home.nycap.rr.com/lscape/OSRD1HData.xml
> >
> > I have been computing this rating for about six years now, and have
> > it very well tweaked.  The rating takes into account a teams current
> > record, success against top teams, success on the road and failure
> > at home, scoring capability, defense, and a proportional mix of last
> > years rating.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Mel Oliveira
> >
> > ---(: GO Union :)---
>
>
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> Go Terriers             Boston University Hockey


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