John Edwards writes:
 
>This brings up another question, in my mind. If the intent of the
>"last-20" comparison is to reward teams playing well toward the end of
>the season, would it not make more sense to talk about "Last 10" or "Last
>15"?
 
>20 games is, at this point, about half the season for most teams. It's
>actually more than half for the Ivies. Going back 20 games brings us
>either to the Christmas tournaments, or sometime in January. That seems
>to me too far back to get an adequate idea of how a team is doing toward
>the end of the season.
 
        The NCAA is considering modifying the "last 20" criterion for
just that reason.  See
<http://www.ncaa.org/news/19970804/active/3429n11.html>.
 
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
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