December 22, 2015 Dual Impact Index p/b @NCOWrestling
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Things I found interesting:
133 - Brock #1
149 - Kemerer #3, Max Thomsen #19, Stroker #25
157 - I-MAR #4
184 - Brooks #2
P4P - Sorenson #3
133 - Brock #1
149 - Kemerer #3, Max Thomsen #19, Stroker #25
157 - I-MAR #4
184 - Brooks #2
P4P - Sorenson #3
PapaBear, yes, but it's a dual ranking made by matching up all of the teams' individuals against each other.
I hear what you're saying, pumpdog, but don't bash the whole thing because it needs a simple tweak. This and andegre's site are nice additions to the landscape. I think this one probably just needs less weight given to strength of schedule and more given to returning NCAA points or some other variable that more fully captures Imar's dominance. On the whole it's reasonably consistent with the human-based rankings, and to the extent that it can add something to the conversation that those rankings may overlook, I think that's great.
Sure, these are good for unknown up and coming individuals who we can only guess how'd they do. Or for P4P lists where obviously wrestlers aren't going to wrestle each other if they're not in the same weight class. I'll concede to that.
Pump is right in that everything gets settled on the mat. These rankings allow us all to geek out a little bit and give us something to talk about during the season. I'm guessing by the time March rolls around these rankings won't be too far off. Just a little skewed due to small sample size.
I would guess it'd be closest to the rankings going into the NCAA tournament. Crazy things happen every year at the tournament. Can't expect things like Moisey and Brewer to happen very often.
It does eliminate ranker bias, though. Consider FLO's #8 Manley (18-4) and #16 Thorn (17-4). Thorn has beaten FLO's #8 Manley 2x and #14 Cruz, while losing to the #1, 3, 6, and 11.
Manley has beaten the #9, 17, and 19, while losing to #16 Thorn 2x, D2 Nate Rodriguez, and teammate Barnes.
Other sites rank Thorn:
Open Mat.......7
AWP..............10
Intermat.........11
WR................11
SHP................11
WIN................12
WresStat.......13
Like matching up all OSU individuals vs the Mizzou individuals?
See where I'm going here?
Other examples but this was 1st on the list going down.
Last year's for reference.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jKKpktHHARbkOr0gATNJ71RcwPenYKs377va3hpuVMw/pubhtml#
Hey folks, this isn't a ranking...it's an index. An index gives you a relative comparison tool based on domination and strength of competition. Let's not get too bogged down into bashing it's value because these results are different from the eye test.
