Strength of Schedule

rood · Post by **rood** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:19 am

Interesting information: College Hockey News has a computer ranking system that includes strength of schedule:
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/krach.php

Only Miami, Michigan and Michigan State have had tougher schedules than us in the CCHA and BG ranks 17th in the nation.

Freddie · Post by **Freddie** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:32 am

slightly differant method, but similar results on the RPI:

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/rpi.php

rood · Post by **rood** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:37 am

Freddie -

Your signature line is depressing. 20 years since this team has done anything worthwhile? Ouch.

sbkbghockey · Post by **sbkbghockey** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:02 am

The sad thing is, despite are schedule being statistically strong, most of the games BG lost were because of BG not playing a full 60 mins of hockey and our players talents not being used. We saw a glimpse of what the team would look like when everything is working on Friday against Michigan.
BG could have easily been in the top 5 in the CCHA standings

Freddie · Post by **Freddie** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:54 am

rood wrote:Freddie -

Your signature line is depressing. 20 years since this team has done anything worthwhile? Ouch.

Sorry, I certainly don't mean it that way. There are several great meds on the market that may be able to help you deal with your depression

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:18 pm

Freddie wrote:
rood wrote:Freddie -

Your signature line is depressing. 20 years since this team has done anything worthwhile? Ouch.
Sorry, I certainly don't mean it that way. There are several great meds on the market that may be able to help you deal with your depression

Better Living Through Chemistry!!

DWhite21 · Post by **DWhite21** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:22 pm

A lot of our strength of schedule ranking probably has to do with us playing the current #1 team in the nation four times.

rood · Post by **rood** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:10 pm

BC was number one when we played them in October. That makes 5.

McConvey · Post by **McConvey** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:35 am

Strength of schedule at this point in the season doesn't mean much. It's going to change throughout the season based on what BG does and what those other teams do.

And I guarantee it will drop quite a bit after the last 1/3 or so of the season, based on the records of all of those teams.

Freddie · Post by **Freddie** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:48 am

Good point, McConvey.
A fresh look at the RPI shows that our "strenth of schedule" dropped "from #13 to #20 after this weekends games.