At 2:45 PM 2/21/96, Charlie Shub wrote:
>=3D>                          Weight     35%         50%         15%
>=3D>                       G   W  L  T   win% rank   opp% rank  opp-opp    =
 Total
>=3D>  2 Colorado College  33  26- 3- 4  84.85 ( 2)  50.36 (21)  51.25 ( 6) =
 62.56
>=3D>  3 Minnesota         34  25- 7- 2  76.47 ( 5)  55.61 ( 2)  50.68 (23) =
 62.17
>
>it boggles my mind that the numbers are so disparite, yet the results
>so close.  Here's some data from the maine archives....
...
>extra games
>        minnesota       2 2 (against two teams tied for 4th in wcha)
>        cc              4 0 (against 6th and 10th wcha teams)
>non conference
>        minnesota       4 0 (against harvard, bowling green, mich, mich st.=
)
>        cc              2 1 (against air force, denver)
>
>It is amazing to me that the difference in opponent's winning percentage is
>made up entirely of the difference in the 4 odd wcha games, and the 3
>or 4 non-conference games. (and the wisconsin and st cloud games still
>to come)  Can mike (or some other guru) give me some warm fuzzies
>about this.
 
Well, look at who the odd games were against.  CC played two teams with a=
 very low Win% twice each - Air Force and NMU.  So, factor those low Win%'s=
 in four times.  Minnesota played all eight of their odd games against teams=
 that are either .500 or have a very good Win%.
 
I don't know what that will do for you in the warm fuzzy department :-), but=
 it definitely explains the difference in OppWin%.
 
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