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Reply To: | Brian F. x5107 |
Date: | Wed, 5 Jan 1994 16:51:44 CST |
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While looking through the ranks of teams from the various objective ratings
systems (i.e. those based only on data rather than subjective poll responses),
I noticed that the TCHCR and RPICH ranked the Western teams consistently
higher than the CHODR and, conversely, that the CHODR ranked the Eastern teams
consistently higher than TCHCR and RPICH. I did not actually regress the
results, but a statistically significant variation is clear from just
eyeballing the results. Here are some of the most obvious differences between
the ratings, and they are by no means the only examples:
> HOCKEY-L TCHCR RPICH CHODR
> Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank
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> Wisconsin 12-5-1 3 2 2 7
> Boston University 12-4 4 7 3 2
> Harvard 8-3-1 8 18 17 3
> RPI 8-5 10 17 11 9
> Brown 6-4-2 15 23 19 12
> Minnesota 7-8-3 9 13 24
> Western Michigan 10-7-2 13 9 23
> Boston College 8-6-1 26 26 10
The only blatant exception to the rule was in the case of Northeastern, which
was rated better in the TCHCR and RPICH despite being an eastern team:
> HOCKEY-L TCHCR RPICH CHODR
> Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank
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> Northeastern 10-3-2 9 8 6 14
I am wondering if the differences shown in the ratings are just a fluke caused
by the different bases between the ratings systems (my first thought) or if
they actually reflect a real difference between styles of play in the east and
west. Obviously, the different bases have a significant effect on teams ranks,
but that really does not explain why the geographic split is so pronounced.
Any thoughts?
Brian F.
CU '91, '92
Go Big Red!
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