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Davidson always seems to be in your Top 20 rankings. I have no idea what kind of drugs your algorithm is on, but your algorithm needs a detox.

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:30 pm Davidson always seems to be in your Top 20 rankings. I have no idea what kind of drugs your algorithm is on, but your algorithm needs a detox.

Who would you have in the last spot instead of them?

laxreference wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:42 am

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:30 pm Davidson always seems to be in your Top 20 rankings. I have no idea what kind of drugs your algorithm is on, but your algorithm needs a detox.

Who would you have in the last spot instead of them?

Their schedule is a joke. Their best win is Mercer and they lost to Cincy. There's a bunch of teams that play harder schedules that should be ahead of Davidson even if they don't have better records. PSU is also 7-2 with wins over Princeton, Rutgers, Towson and Drexel. Davidson has no wins that come close to any of those. Something is wrong with your algorithm if Davidson is ranked ahead of PSU. Navy shouldn't be ranked ahead of PSU either.

laxreference wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:42 am

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:30 pm Davidson always seems to be in your Top 20 rankings. I have no idea what kind of drugs your algorithm is on, but your algorithm needs a detox.

Who would you have in the last spot instead of them?

Any of the following would make more sense.
Darien (Conn.)
St. Paul's (Md.)
New Canaan (Conn.)
St. Anthony's (N.Y.)
McDonogh (Md.)
Archbishop Carroll (Pa.)
Episcopal (Pa.)
Archbishop Spalding (Md.)
Baldwinsville (N.Y.)
Manhasset (N.Y.)

njbill wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:25 am

looks like a good list to me!

Especially no. 7, right?

Here's the Specialists Matrix for DI WLAX. Best goalies are on top; best draw control units are to the right.

Here are the 3 Stars for Mar 25th in DI WLAX

Here are the 3 Stars for Mar 26th in DI WLAX

Here is how the DI MLAX computer rankings ended the weekend

Moving Up: Boston College, USC, Richmond, Navy

In: Penn State

Moving Down: Denver, Maryland, Stony Brook, Virginia

Out: Notre Dame

DAVIDSON!

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:52 pmDAVIDSON!

Davidson has wins over:
Highpoint, Coastal Carolina, Mercer, Winthrop, Gardner Webb, Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, VCU, and George Washington.

Losses to:

Duke and Cincinnati

Why are they ranked 20th?

Davidson is a juggernaut! Those overtime wins vs VCU and St. Bonnies rocketed them to the top.

Brownlax wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:07 pm

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:52 pmDAVIDSON!

Davidson has wins over:
Highpoint, Coastal Carolina, Mercer, Winthrop, Gardner Webb, Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, VCU, and George Washington.

Losses to:

Duke and Cincinnati

Why are they ranked 20th?

Brownlax wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:07 pm

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:52 pmDAVIDSON!

Davidson has wins over:
Highpoint, Coastal Carolina, Mercer, Winthrop, Gardner Webb, Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, VCU, and George Washington.

Losses to:

Duke and Cincinnati

Why are they ranked 20th?

Highpoint 1-6, Coastal Carolina 6-3, Mercer 6-2, Winthrop 3-4, Garner Webb 1-7, Duquesne 1-9, St. Bonaventure 4-7, VCU 5-6, GW 1-9

28 Wins versus 53 Losses - not great competition

laxreference wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:56 am Here is how the DI MLAX computer rankings ended the weekend

Moving Up: Boston College, USC, Richmond, Navy

In: Penn State

Moving Down: Denver, Maryland, Stony Brook, Virginia

Out: Notre Dame



lacrossereference_rankings_20230327_NCAAD1Women.jpg

This looks pretty good except I would make 2 changes,

flip flop UMASS and UVA

Drop Maryland below Davidson

Brownlax wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:07 pm

@inthe8m wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:52 pmDAVIDSON!

Davidson has wins over:
Highpoint, Coastal Carolina, Mercer, Winthrop, Gardner Webb, Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, VCU, and George Washington.

Losses to:

Duke and Cincinnati

Why are they ranked 20th?

Boy, we really hate Davidson being on here, haha.

Ok, if not them, who would you put ahead of them in the 20th spot? Davidson's 9-2 record gives them the 24th best SOR in the country. Their LaxElo rating puts them 18th. That's why they ended up 20th.

Marquette was #21, and they do have the superior resume in terms of wins and losses (their SOR is 9th), but the Golden Eagles are 38th in the LaxElo ratings, meaning they'd be projected to lose to the 37 teams ahead of them on a neutral field.