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Topic: Team Rankings

Topic: Team Rankings

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TomCat
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Team Rankings

Posted: 2/1/2012 9:58:35 PM

SIAP: Rivals Team Rankings show Ohio at #3 in the MAC. However, average stars--the measurement I put most stock in--put the 'Cats at #1, Kudos to Coach Solich and his entire staff!!!

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RE: Team Rankings

Posted: 2/1/2012 10:43:11 PM

TomCat wrote:

SIAP: Rivals Team Rankings show Ohio at #3 in the MAC. However, average stars--the measurement I put most stock in--put the 'Cats at #1, Kudos to Coach Solich and his entire staff!!!

We have a higher star average with these recruits than UConn and only slightly behind Boise State. Not bad for a program that hasn't seen the top 25 since 1968.

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RE: Team Rankings

Posted: 2/1/2012 10:55:50 PM

Awesome!

L.C.
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RE: Team Rankings

Posted: 2/1/2012 11:24:44 PM

...and that was after losing a 3 star and 4 star on the last day.

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RE: Team Rankings

Posted: 2/2/2012 12:07:06 AM

I thought we didn't put much stock in Rivals rankings.

L.C.
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RE: Team Rankings

Posted: 2/2/2012 12:42:41 AM

I personally put more much more stock in Rivals rankings than scout.com rankings, and I put ESPN's rankings in between. I suspect scout's rating at the high end (4-5 stars) are fine, but there are just so many 2-star rankings that they don't even look at, that none of their rankings can mean much. At least rivals tries to make some distinction in the 2-3 star groups (2 star can be 5.2, 5.3, or 5.4, 3-star can be 5.5, 5.6, or 5.7). Thus, at Rivals, a team with generally good 2-star athletes (all 5.4) would rate higher than one with generally weaker ones (all 5.2). At Scout they'd all look the same, just a big heap of 2-stars.

Last Edited: 2/2/2012 1:15:10 PM by L.C.

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Casper71
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RE: Team Rankings

Posted: 2/2/2012 11:44:24 AM

On paper, I think we did really well. Toledo and NIU also had a number of three star recruits. We just need 1to contnue getting better players and coaching them up!

L.C.
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RE: Team Rankings

Posted: 2/2/2012 1:13:24 PM

I would add that rivals no longer gives team rankings below 50 because they recognize that such rankings aren't going to be very accurate. Scout, meanwhile blunders on ranking all the way to 120. The higher you get in either ranking, though, the more accuracy there will be.

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TomCat
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RE: Team Rankings

Posted: 2/2/2012 2:39:02 PM

L. C.'s take on this issue dovetails nicely with my view. To which I add that the Rivals star rankings plus offers from BCS teams, other savvy D1 programs, and journalistic sources shape my opinion. I think this may be Coach Solich's best class.

TomCat

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RE: Team Rankings

Posted: 2/3/2012 10:58:31 PM

I also have a really good feeling about this class watching their highlights. I think this is the best class I have seen come to Ohio since I began following our recruiting about 15 years ago.

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