{"id":188,"date":"2017-01-23T20:02:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T20:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/?p=188"},"modified":"2017-01-23T22:02:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T22:02:15","slug":"which-classifications-boysgirls-will-be-most-competitive-in-sectionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/2017\/01\/23\/which-classifications-boysgirls-will-be-most-competitive-in-sectionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Which classifications (Boys\/Girls) will be most competitive in Sectionals?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maple Hill and Hoosic Valley are part of one of the most balanced classes in Section 2. (Class C Girls’)<\/p><\/div>\n

After looking at the site\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s updated computer rankings<\/a> I wanted to take a look and see which Section 2 classifications may be the most competitive in the 2016-17 Sectionals.<\/p>\n

On the chart below you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see the 10 classes (Boys\/Girls) listed with their overall standard deviation for all schools in the class, then just the top 4 teams of that class, lastly the top 8 from that class.<\/p>\n

I spoke about standard deviation in a blog post last week<\/a>. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just a simple way to look at a group of teams see how they compare to one another. The smaller the number, the smaller the difference is between the groups listed. Lower number = teams are closer in strength to each other.<\/p>\n

You can take a look at the sortable chart here.<\/a> Click the column heading to sort the columns in different orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Class<\/td>\nOverall Std Deviation<\/td>\nTop 4 Std Deviation<\/td>\nTop 8 Std Deviation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class AA Boys<\/td>\n14.23<\/td>\n1.6<\/td>\n3.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class A Boys<\/td>\n12.27<\/td>\n4.23<\/td>\n8.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class B Boys<\/td>\n13.41<\/td>\n3.74<\/td>\n5.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class C Boys<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n2.1<\/td>\n3.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class D Boys<\/td>\n15.58<\/td>\n6.24<\/td>\n8.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class AA Girls<\/td>\n16.88<\/td>\n5.41<\/td>\n8.07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class A Girls<\/td>\n18.69<\/td>\n8.77<\/td>\n9.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class B Girls<\/td>\n18.79<\/td>\n4.14<\/td>\n8.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class C Girls<\/td>\n16.4<\/td>\n2.84<\/td>\n4.88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class D Girls<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n5.3<\/td>\n6.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The numbers below are assuming that the top 4 & 8 teams in the computer rankings are playing in the final 8 and final 4. (This is just to give you an idea of how close or far apart the higher ranked teams in each class are. I have no idea how committee will seed the teams so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do this\u00c2\u00a0again once the teams are actually picked in Mid-February)<\/p>\n

Quarterfinal round games (top 8 teams) showing which classes may produce close results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Class<\/td>\nTop 8 Std Deviation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class C Boys<\/td>\n3.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class AA Boys<\/td>\n3.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class C Girls<\/td>\n4.88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class B Boys<\/td>\n5.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class D Girls<\/td>\n6.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ok. Now we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take a look at how the top 4 ranked teams in each class look assuming we get final four match-ups close to the current computer rankings. Ranked in order of projected competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Class<\/td>\nTop 4 Std Deviation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class AA Boys<\/td>\n1.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class C Boys<\/td>\n2.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class C Girls<\/td>\n2.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class B Boys<\/td>\n3.74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class B Girls<\/td>\n4.14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Want to know which classes the computer rankings think will be least competitive in the quarterfinal and final four rounds? Here they are.<\/p>\n

Quarterfinal round games (top 8 teams) showing which classes may produce wider margin results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Class<\/td>\nTop 8 Std Deviation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class A Girls<\/td>\n9.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class B Girls<\/td>\n8.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class D Boys<\/td>\n8.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class A Boys<\/td>\n8.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class AA Girls<\/td>\n8.07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a look at what the current rankings think will produce the least competitive semi-final games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Class<\/td>\nTop 4 Std Deviation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class A Girls<\/td>\n8.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class D Boys<\/td>\n6.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class AA Girls<\/td>\n5.41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class D Girls<\/td>\n5.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class A Boys<\/td>\n4.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still plenty of time left in the season for teams to change their ranking. This is just taking an early look to see which games may be a bit more competitive in the quarterfinal and semi-final rounds of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After looking at the site\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s updated computer rankings I wanted to take a look and see which Section 2 classifications may be the most competitive in the 2016-17 Sectionals. On the chart below you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see the 10 classes (Boys\/Girls) listed with their overall standard deviation for all schools in the class, then just the top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.section2basketball.com\/fromthestands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}