Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
[quote=Anonymous]This is not just a numbers game. These are real people playing a live game, not machines!
When the NCAA rounds begin there WILL be upsets and the better team may go home early. It happens every year in every sport.
As each round advances any team can win or lose on any given day.
We wouldn't bother with playoffs if it was just about who finished in first place at the end of the regular season.


Some on this site do not understand that. There is one lunatic who is obsessed with his own predictions.

Rankings should be based on actual results and a teams year to date body of work. Strength of schedule should be considered and most recent performance and trend should be given more consideration.



So says the Windbag who proclaims what rankings "should be." Computers are good for what you suggest, not humans. Too much bias, as indicated by your own statements on here. The only computer ranking that really matters is the final one, once the computers have all the necessary data. Your methodology has too few data points to be very accurate this early in the season. It is therefore a poor way to try to understand which teams are stronger than others. And therefore renders your ranking system as, at best, very flawed for now. I know you are afraid to stick your neck out and make any kind of forward-looking statement for fear of being wrong, but try. I'm not obsessed with my own predictions, I'm trying to get some discussion going with people who have actual knowledge of the teams and their strengths and weaknesses. If you have any knowledge, as you profess to have (see your statement that Hompe was not a key loss for Princeton) please engage in the conversation with your opinions. I would love to hear from informed individuals about their views of the teams. I welcome yours.

So in your opinion, which teams are better than you thought they would be this year? Which are underperforming your expectations? What have been the reasons for each? Do you think they will remain over/under achieving teams throughout the season? Which teams do you think, based on your deep knowledge, will be there in the end? Who will win it all?

Take the leap, it'll feel good. You are allowed to be wrong. It's ok. But put something out there that furthers the discussion, rather than just posing questions you don't answer and saying all you can rely on is what has already happened. It's not true. People have to make educated decisions about an uncertain future all the time.



You do realize that you have been responding to multiple people. Also, you should not be calling anyone a windbag.

BTW, here is a hint regarding Princeton. The Goalie was their biggest loss and the most difficult to replace.

Ok Mr. Don't Tear Down The Girls ... way to call out Princeton's goalie. Nice. You're despicable.


Oh please, nobody tried to tear down anyone and nobody was called out. The (other) poster stated that the loss of an Attacker was too much for the team to overcome (was the poster calling out the current Princeton Attack? No, I do not think so) I was pointing out that although the loss of an attacker was certainly a loss it was not as big of a loss or as difficult to overcome as losing the best goalie in the country for two years running. There are many other players on offense to make up for the production loss of one individual. Maybe you do not have that 100 point scorer but maybe you have three players with 40 points each. There is only one goalie and when you lose a Two Time First Team All American that is the toughest player to replace. That is not a knock on current players.

The intent was to point out that losing an exceptional goalie is a bigger loss than losing an exceptional Attacker and that it is the most difficult position to replace. The post did not call out anyone or try to tear anyone down. In my opinion finding a game changing goalie is much more difficult than finding a high scoring attacker.

So please do not try to spin it any other way. Again, I do not recall you being outraged when the other poster brought up the key loss of the attacker. (I guess you could be the same poster. IDK)



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