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Date: | Fri, 3 Dec 1993 23:40:55 -0600 |
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Clark Bundy writes:
>If a team is 10-0, it's opponents have at least 10 losses. If a team is
>5-5, it's opponents will have 5 more wins, and 5 less losses. This is the
>key problem with ratings systems that include strength of opponent teams:
>if you lose, that rating increases, whereas if you win, it decreases.
>Therefore, I propose the following change to ratings systems: when
>calculating a team's opponent's strength, do not include the opponent's
>game(s) played against the team. This will eliminate the penalty to a
>team's opponent's record for beating the opponent.
Correct. The Rating Percentage Index method, used in the RPICH ratings I
have posted to HOCKEY-L the last two seasons, does not include those games.
-- Erik
-- GO GOPHERS!
-- Minnesota's Pride on Ice
P.S. I expect to start compiling and posting RPICH sometime before Christmas.
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