Max/Cal preps computer rating to seed tournament in Mass

[BackinBlack86]

I think this would work great in DE as the computer ratings are usually pretty spot in in a small state like this..Thoughts?


The statewide tournament proposal passed by a 193-140 vote:

https://www.gazettenet.com/MIAA-approves-move-to-statewide-tournament-for-2021-season-32985157

Seeding solution: MaxPreps

Other inconsistencies and inequality among the state’s four sections were addressed with the passing vote. For example, currently, the North, South and Central regions seed tournament teams by winning percentage and use a series of tiebreakers to seed teams with matching records in most sports. In the West and in some sports in the Central, the Walker system is used. It weighs teams based on winning percentage, strength of schedule and record against teams that qualified for the postseason.

Under the new format, MaxPreps — an online high school sports database that ranks teams and keeps statistics and records, among other things — will seed teams. Its seeding formula is proprietary.

“I think I feel like everyone else, there is a need for a change, and we want to make it fair and equitable, but I don’t think this is it,” Holyoke athletic director Melanie Martin said.

The vote was contentious among schools across the state because different sections value the current format differently. The tournaments started in the 1970s and included three divisions. In 2014, a fourth division was added.

 

[Titanium Shadow]

The computer ranking systems rely on accurate, compete data. If the data is wrong or missing, the rankings are going to be inaccurate.

Using computer rankings is not going to be without its own controversies, but it will be interesting to see how it works out.

 

[Rockem sockem]

Seems like you circle around this every year. You are a redundant man, woman, or shim that is politically correct. You bring these ideas up of others but never offer how to implement these ideas for this area. Just pulling grab bag ideas with no intent of replacing your idea of subpar ideas.

 

[BackinBlack86]

Seems like you circle around this every year. You are a redundant man, woman, or shim that is politically correct. You bring these ideas up of others but never offer how to implement these ideas for this area. Just pulling grab bag ideas with no intent of replacing your idea of subpar ideas.

 

[Rockem sockem]

I’ll be the douchebag of the year to point out the obvious.

 

[Titanium Shadow]

If Max/Cal preps was used for DII in Delaware last year the same eight teams would have made the playoffs, but the seeding would have been slightly different.

 

[BackinBlack86]

If Max/Cal preps was used for DII in Delaware last year the same eight teams would have made the playoffs, but the seeding would have been slightly different.

How did you get the ratings pre-play-offs? Because obviously the play-off results make the current ratings more accurate.

 

[BackinBlack86]

Looking at D1 and trying to estimate the ratings after week 10 it looks like Dover would have gotten in over Concord...

 

[Titanium Shadow]

How did you get the ratings pre-play-offs? Because obviously the play-off results make the current ratings more accurate.

Working from memory, but the final ratings currently listed have the same 8 teams and the only one that would have dropped significantly after the season ended would have been Tower Hill.