Tues. 1/31/12
Prep RPI Rankings
Given that the end of January is soon upon us and teams are beginning to separate themselves from the pack, we felt that it was time to post the current RPI rankings for NEPSHIA teams. Before we get to the rankings, however, we felt that a quick reminder of what goes into the rankings would be important. RPI is set up as a way to rank the NEPSHIA teams in an equitable manner and attempts to take into account how well a team has performed and the strength of its schedule.
The RPI calculations are based on three categories:
1. The first portion of the calculation is based on the team’s own winning percentage, simply put, this is how well a team performs in their own games. This is important as a team needs to be successful in its own schedule no matter who they play. A team’s winning percentage is calculated by adding the number of wins plus ½ the number of ties and dividing this total by the number of games played. Winning percentage accounts for 25% of the total RPI calculation.
2. The second portion of the RPI calculation is based on your opponents’ winning percentage. In other words how good are the teams that you are playing (during the current season)? Winning percentage is calculated the same way as above, but this time it is calculated based on the total number of your opponents’ wins, plus half their number of ties. Then divide that total by the number of games played by your opponents. This category is worth 21% of the RPI calculation because how you play (your own winning percentage) should be worth more than how your opponents play (the second category).
3. The third portion of the RPI is based on your opponents’ opponents winning percentage. This is basically set up as a strength of schedule component, and is an attempt to eliminate much of the variation that can happen to teams on a yearly basis in terms of wins and losses. This helps to eliminate the need for changing schedules because one team may be stronger or weaker from one year or the next. This also eliminates the possibility that you can decrease your own RPI by defeating another team. This third category is worth 54% of the RPI calculation.
The RPI calculations used by NEPSHIA outlined above is the same RPI calculation procedure that is used by Division I college hockey and adopted for use in 2006. The NEPSIHA playoffs, however, are not just determined based on RPI, but just as college hockey has a system for comparing the top teams (Pairwise Rankings) we have a system to compare the top teams and how they have played against each other known as the JSPR Rankings. At this point in the season the RPI rankings give the best point of comparison, but in a week or two we will post the first set of JSPR Rankings, along with an explanation of how those numbers are calculated. For starters, keep in mind that, in order for a team to be considered for the JSPR, they must be in the top 16 teams in terms of RPI. Here then , are the prep RPI rankings going into Wednesday’s games.
1. Nobles .63214
2. Exeter .62830
3. Lawrence .62007
4. Salisbury .61185
5. Gunnery .60481
6. Albany Academy .60354
7. KUA .60209
8. Berkshire .59147
9. Avon Old Farms .58241
10. Cushing .58039
11. St. Paul's .57568
12. South Kent .56901
13. Belmont Hill .56554
14. Holderness .56174
15. Choate .55825
16. Kent .54991
17. St. Sebastian's .54893
18. Westminster .54519
19. Dexter .53965
20. Governor's .52509
21. Kents Hill .52320
22. Brunswick .52199
23. Brooks .51935
24. St. Mark's .51763
Mon. 1/30/12
Schedule, Week of Jan. 30
Mon. Jan. 30
Tilton @ New Hampton, 4:30 pm
Hebron @ Brewster Academy, 5:00 pm
Westminster @ Kingswood-Oxford, 5:00 pm
Pomfret @ Loomis-Chaffee, 6:30 pm
Tues. Jan. 31
North Yarmouth vs. Beaver Country Day , 4:30 pm (@ Governor’s)
Portledge @ Rye Country Day, 5:00 pm
Wed. Feb. 1
Tabor @ Rivers, 2:45 pm
Groton @ Middlesex, 2:45 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Gunnery, 3:00 pm
New Hampton @ Cushing, 3:00 pm
Andover @ Exeter, 3:00 pm
Northfield - Mt. Hermon @ Choate, 3:00 pm
Taft @ Williston-Northampton, 3:00 pm
Kimball Union vs. Kents Hill, 3:00 pm (@ Exeter)
Millbrook @ Kingswood-Oxford, 3:00 pm
Thayer @ Brooks, 3:30 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Milton, 3:30 pm
Holderness @ Hebron, 3:30 pm
Proctor @ Vermont Academy, 3:30 pm
Newton CD @ Dana Hall, 3:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ St. George's, 4:00 pm
Pingree @ Berwick, 4:00 pm
Southfield @ Winsor, 4:00 pm
Governor's @ BB&N, 4:30 pm
St. Paul's @ St. Mark's, 4:30 pm
Greenwich @ Kent, 4:30 pm
Stanstead College @ Tilton, 4:30 pm
Westminster @ Pomfret, 4:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Berkshire, 5:00 pm
Canterbury @ Lawrenceville, 5:30 pm
Worcester Academy @ Southfield, 5:30 pm
Fri. Feb. 3
St. Paul's @ Exeter, 4:30 pm
Southfield @ St. Mark's, 5:00 pm
Newton CD @ Portsmouth Abbey, 5:00 pm
Rye Country Day @ Princeton Day, 5:00 pm
Hebron @ Middlesex, 5:30 pm
Vermont Academy @ Worcester Academy, 5:45 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Tabor, 6:30 pm
Sat. Feb. 4
Hebron @ Rivers, 12:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 1:00 pm
Kents Hill @ Southfield, 1:00 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Groton, 1:00 pm
Holderness vs. North Yarmouth, 1:15 pm
Worcester Academy @ Portsmouth Abbey, 1:30 pm
Milton @ Thayer, 1:45 pm
Winsor @ Berwick, 1:45 pm
Greenwich @ Winchendon, 2:00 pm
Beaver Country Day @ Milton JV, 2:00 pm (S)
New Hampton School @ Andover, 2:15 pm
Tabor @ St. Mark's, 2:30 pm
Governor's @ St. George's, 3:00 pm
Exeter @ BB&N, 3:15 pm
Brooks @ Noble & Greenough, 3:45 pm
Kimball Union @ Proctor, 4:00 pm
Pingree @ Tilton, 4:30 pm
Mon. Feb. 6
Holderness @ Tilton, 2:45 pm
Morristown Beard @ Greenwich, 3:45 pm
Pingree @ Newton CD, 4:30 pm
St. George's @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:30 pm
Dana Hall @ Rivers JV, 5:00 pm (S)
Sat. 1/28/12
Div. II Rankings
Here are the girls' Div. II rankings as of this morning.
1. Middlesex
2. K-O
3. Proctor
4. Rivers
5. Greenwich
6. Southfield
7. Brooks (tie)
Gunnery (tie)
9. Berwick
10. Governor's
11. Thayer
12. Tilton
13. Groton
Notes:
The top six teams are really bunched together. And #7-13 are also really close and can easily move in the next four weeks.
Thurs. 1/26/12
Div. I Rankings
Given that we are well past the season's halfway point, today we sharpened up the #2 pencils, plugged this years's game results into the NEPSIHA formula, and, just like that, came up with these standings.
1. Nobles
2. Winchendon
3. Westminster
4. Berkshire
5. Tabor
6. BB&N (tie)
Williston (tie)
8. Cushing (tie)
NMH (tie)
10. Deerfield
Note:
#10 Deerfield is a big of a sleeper. With a bunch of big games ahead, they have some control over their destiny. There is a big drop-off to #11 and below -- Brewster, Lawrence, Loomis, and St. Mark's.
Mon. 1/23/12
Schedule, Week of Jan. 23
Mon. Jan. 23
Darien HS @ Greenwich, 3:45 pm (S)
Brewster Academy @ New Hampton School, 4:15 pm
Westminster @ Hotchkiss, 5:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Exeter, 5:15 pm
Rye Country Day @ Portledge, 5:30 pm
Wed. Jan. 25
Hotchkiss @ Millbrook, 2:00 pm
Tilton @ Exeter, 2:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Westminster, 2:45 pm
Vermont Academy @ Stanstead College, 3:00 pm
St. George's @ Worcester Academy, 3:15 pm
BB&N @ Brooks, 3:30 pm
Andover @ Cushing, 3:30 pm
Berwick @ Newton CD, 3:30 pm
Groton @ Pingree, 3:30 pm
Choate @ Kent, 3:30 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Noble & Greenough, 3:45 pm
Gunnery @ Berkshire, 4:00 pm
Brooks @ Brewster Academy, 4:00 pm
Hebron @ New Hampton School, 4:00 pm
Taft @ Loomis-Chaffee, 4:00 pm
Holderness @ Kimball Union, 4:00 pm
Brooks @ Berkshire, 4:00 pm
Beaver Country Day @ Winsor, 4:00 pm
St. Paul's @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:30 pm
Middlesex @ Southfield, 4:30 pm
Deerfield @ Pomfret, 4:45 pm
Thayer @ Rivers, 5:00 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Kingswood-Oxford, 5:00 pm
Greenwich @ Canterbury, 5:15 pm
Rye Country Day vs. Princeton High School, 6:00 pm (neutral site game)
North Yarmouth @ Proctor, 6:15 pm
Thurs. Jan. 26
Loomis-Chaffee @ Kingswood-Oxford, 4:45 pm
NEWHL @ Kimball Union, 6:00 pm (S)
Fri. Jan. 27
Dana Hall @ Winsor, 4:00 pm
New Hampton School @ St. Paul's, 4:30 pm
North Yarmouth @ Berwick, 4:30 pm
Holderness @ Tilton, 4:30 pm
Hebron @ Exeter, 5:00 pm
Cushing @ Noble & Greenough, 5:30 pm
Governor's @ Tilton, 6:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ Winchendon, 7:00 pm
Sat. Jan. 28
Rivers @ Milton, 12:00 pm
Rye Country Day @ Summit HS, 12:15 pm
Thayer @ Middlesex, 2:30 pm
Canterbury @ Kent, 2:30 pm
New Hampton School @ Winchendon, 3:00 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Greenwich, 3:00 pm
Southfield @ Brooks, 3:00 pm
Worcester Academy @ North Yarmouth, 3:15 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Hotchkiss, 3:30 pm
Groton @ Holderness, 3:30 pm
Pingree @ St. George's, 4:00 pm
Deerfield @ Andover, 4:00 pm
Brewster Academy @ Choate, 4:30 pm
Taft @ Cushing, 4:30 pm
Pomfret @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:30 pm
Westminster @ Gunnery, 5:00 pm
Mon. Jan. 30
Tilton @ New Hampton School, 4:30 pm
Hebron @ Brewster Academy, 5:00 pm
Westminster @ Kingswood-Oxford, 5:00 pm
Pomfret @ Loomis-Chaffee, 6:30 pm
Mon. 1/16/12
Schedule, Week of Jan. 16
Mon. Jan. 16
Canterbury @ Gunnery, 4:30 pm
Brewster Academy @ Exeter, 5:00 pm
Tues. Jan. 17
Marshall @ Taft, 3:45 pm (S)
Pomfret @ St. Mary Bay View, 4:15 pm (S)
Hebron @ North Yarmouth, 5:00 pm
Wed. Jan. 18
St. Mark's @ Middlesex, 2:30 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Williston-Northampton, 2:45 pm
Northfield - Mt. Hermon @ Berkshire, 3:00 pm
Brewster Academy @ Noble & Greenough, 3:00 pm
Exeter @ Holderness, 3:00 pm
Winchendon @ New Hampton School, 3:00 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Taft, 3:00 pm
Millbrook @ Westminster, 3:00 pm
Pingree @ Worcester Academy, 3:15 pm
St. Paul's @ Thayer, 3:30 pm
Cushing vs. Hotchkiss, 3:30 pm (@ Amherst)
Kimball Union @ Vermont Academy, 3:30 pm
Proctor @ Groton, 3:30 pm
Andover @ Lawrence Academy, 3:30 pm
Choate @ Deerfield, 3:30 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Newton CD, 3:45 pm
Rivers @ BB&N, 4:30 pm
Dana Hall @ Berwick, 4:30 pm
Pomfret @ Kent, 4:30 pm
Southfield @ Governor's, 5:00 pm
Pingry @ Rye Country Day, 5:30 pm
NEWHL @ Brooks, 6:00 pm (S)
Thurs. Jan. 19
Marshall @ Choate, 4:00 pm (S)
Fri. Jan. 20
Hebron @ BB&N, 3:45 pm
Hingham High School @ Thayer, 4:00 pm (S)
New Hampton School @ Deerfield, 4:00 pm
Cushing @ Middlesex, 4:30 pm
Hebron @ Exeter, 5:00 pm
Groton @ Rivers, 5:00 pm
Princeton Day School @ Rye Country Day, 5:00 pm
Newton CD @ Pingree, 5:45 pm
Governor's @ Kimball Union, 6:45 pm
Sat. Jan. 21
Berwick @ Kimball Union, 1:00 pm
Southfield @ Holderness, 1:00 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Kent, 1:30 pm
Brewster(NY) @ Gunnery, 1:45 pm (S)
Kents Hill @ Thayer, 2:00 pm
Winchendon @ BB&N, 2:00 pm
Brewster Academy @ Rivers, 2:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Exeter, 2:00 pm
Deerfield @ Taft, 2:00 pm
Westminster @ Hotchkiss, 2:00 pm
St. Mark's @ Andover, 2:30 pm
Canterbury @ Kingswood-Oxford, 3:00 pm
Pingree @ Portsmouth Abbey, 3:30 pm
St. Paul's @ Milton, 4:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ New Hampton School, 4:00 pm
Pomfret @ Loomis-Chaffee, 4:00 pm
Tilton @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:15 pm
Greenwich @ Millbrook, 4:30 pm
Dana Hall @ Beaver Country Day , 4:30 pm
North Yarmouth @ Worcester Academy, 5:15 pm
Berkshire @ Lawrence Academy, 6:15 pm
Proctor @ Hebron, 7:00 pm
Sun. Jan. 22
Proctor @ Kents Hill, 12:00 pm
Berkshire @ Cushing, 12:30 pm
Mon. Jan. 23
Darien HS @ Greenwich, 3:45 pm (S)
Brewster Academy @ New Hampton School, 4:15 pm
Rye Country Day @ Portledge, 5:30 pm
Mon. 1/9/12
This Week’s Schedule
Mon. Jan. 9
Andover @ Brooks, 4:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Gunnery, 5:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Rivers, 5:00 pm
Tues. Jan. 10
NH Avalanche @ Proctor, 5:00 pm (S)
Wed. Jan. 11
Tilton @ Holderness, 2:00 pm
Deerfield @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 2:30 pm
Millbrook @ Canterbury, 2:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Berkshire, 3:00 pm
St. Mark's @ Lawrence Academy, 3:00 pm
Brooks @ St. Paul's, 3:00 pm
Kent @ Loomis-Chaffee, 3:00 pm
Governor's @ Milton, 3:15 pm
Berwick @ North Yarmouth, 3:15 pm
Pomfret @ Taft, 3:30 pm
Vermont Academy @ Groton, 3:30 pm
Cushing @ Brewster Academy, 4:00 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Winsor, 4:00 pm
Proctor @ Winchendon, 4:00 pm
Westminster @ Choate, 4:00 pm
Stanstead College @ Kimball Union, 4:00 pm
BB&N @ Tabor, 4:15 pm
Greenwich @ Hotchkiss, 4:30 pm
Middlesex @ Noble & Greenough, 4:30 pm
Rye Country Day @ Kingswood-Oxford, 4:30 pm
Dana Hall @ Pingree, 5:00 pm
Beaver Country Day @ Milton J.V., 5:15 pm (S)
NEWHL @ Gunnery, 5:30 pm (S)
Hebron @ Kents Hill, 5:30 pm
Fri. Jan. 13
Newton CD @ Kingswood-Oxford, 12:00 pm
Morristown Beard @ Millbrook, 2:30 pm
Brewster Academy @ Andover, 3:30 pm
Newton CD @ Winsor, 4:00 pm
Winchendon @ Holderness, 4:30 pm
Dana Hall @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:30 pm
Berwick @ Kents Hill, 5:00 pm
Pingree @ Beaver Country Day , 5:00 pm
Milton @ Southfield, 5:45 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Pomfret, 6:00 pm
Sat. Jan. 14
Noble & Greenough @ Berkshire, 1:00 pm
Brewster Academy @ Tabor, 1:00 pm
Milton @ Groton, 1:00 pm
Cushing @ St. Mark's, 1:30 pm
North Yarmouth @ Tilton, 1:30 pm
Thayer @ Southfield, 2:00 pm
Deerfield @ Exeter, 2:00 pm
Kimball Union @ Holderness, 2:00 pm
Winchendon @ Rivers, 2:00 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Brooks, 2:00 pm
Middlesex @ Governor's, 2:15 pm
New Hampton School @ BB&N, 2:30 pm
Proctor @ Pingree, 2:30 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Hotchkiss, 3:00 pm
Westminster @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:00 pm
Lawrenceville @ Kent, 4:00 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Gunnery, 4:15 pm
Andover @ St. Paul's, 4:30 pm
Taft @ Choate, 4:30 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Canterbury, 4:30 pm
St. George's (neutral site) Kents Hill, 4:30 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Vermont Academy, 5:00 pm
Stanstead College @ Hebron, 7:00 pm
Sun. Jan. 15
New Hampton School (neutral site) Pomfret, 11:00 am
Mon. Jan. 16
Canterbury @ Gunnery, 4:30 pm
Brewster Academy @ Exeter, 5:00 pm
Mon. 1/2/12
This Week’s Schedule
Wed. Jan. 4
Pomfret @ Exeter, 3:15 pm
Milton @ BB&N, 3:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Rivers, 3:30 pm
Tabor @ Southfield, 3:30 pm
New Hampton School @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:00 pm
Tilton @ Hebron, 4:00 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Kent, 5:00 pm
Westminster @ Greenwich, 5:15 pm
Thurs. Jan. 5
Thayer @ St. Mark's, 5:00 pm
Summit HS @ Rye Country Day, 5:00 pm
Connecticut Stars @ Choate, 7:00 pm (S)
Fri. Jan. 6
Holderness @ New Hampton, 2:30 pm
Southfield JV @ Winsor, 3:30 pm
Dana Hall @ Lawrence Academy JV, 4:00 pm (S)
Portsmouth Abbey @ Beaver Country Day , 5:00 pm
Kent @ Taft, 5:30 pm
Worcester Academy @ Kingswood-Oxford, 5:30 pm
North Yarmouth @ St. George's, 6:30 pm
NEWHL @ Proctor, 6:30 pm (S)
N.E. Falcons @ Deerfield, 7:30 pm (S)
Sat. Jan. 7
Thayer @ Milton, 1:00 pm
Pingree @ Hebron, 1:00 pm
Choate @ Andover, 1:15 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Cushing, 1:30 pm
Berwick @ Portsmouth Abbey, 1:30 pm
Greenwich @ Gunnery, 1:45 pm
Southfield @ Exeter, 2:00 pm
New Hampton School @ Proctor, 2:00 pm
Winchendon @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 2:00 pm
Newton CD @ Kingswood-Oxford, 2:00 pm
Westminster @ Taft, 2:30 pm
Groton @ Governor's, 2:30 pm
Deerfield @ Noble & Greenough, 2:45 pm
Vermont Academy @ St. Paul's, 3:00 pm
Brewster Academy @ BB&N, 3:30 pm
Brooks @ Rivers, 3:45 pm
Hotchkiss @ Pomfret, 4:00 pm
St. George's @ St. Mark's, 4:30 pm
Middlesex @ Holderness, 4:30 pm
Tabor @ Williston-Northampton, 4:45 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Berkshire, 7:00 pm
Kimball Union @ Canterbury, 7:00 pm
Tilton @ Millbrook, 7:00 pm
Sun. Jan. 8
New Hampton School, 12:00 pm (S)
Kimball Union @ Millbrook, 12:00 pm
Tilton @ Canterbury, 1:00 pm
Mon. Jan. 9
Andover @ Brooks, 4:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Gunnery, 5:00 pm
