Key stats and what they mean

[HuskyNan]

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https://www.marygrovemustangs.com/analyzing-womens-basketball-key-stats-and-what-they-mean.html

 

[diggerfoot]

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[OldSchooler]

This may sound like a dumb question, but perhaps someone can enlighten me on this:

When we talk about SoS, does this refer to our opponents' records or rankings at the time we played them, or are these flexible numbers that change as the season for each of these opponents progresses?

 

[maple]

This may sound like a dumb question, but perhaps someone can enlighten me on this:

When we talk about SoS, does this refer to our opponents' records or rankings at the time we played them, or are these flexible numbers that change as the season for each of these opponents progresses?

"At its core, strength of schedule measures the difficulty of a team’s schedule, based on the win percentage of that team’s opponents."

Further in-depth explanation: Explaining college basketball's strength of schedule

 

[fomalhaut]

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https://www.marygrovemustangs.com/analyzing-womens-basketball-key-stats-and-what-they-mean.html

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[NycUcWbbFan]

This may sound like a dumb question, but perhaps someone can enlighten me on this:

When we talk about SoS, does this refer to our opponents' records or rankings at the time we played them, or are these flexible numbers that change as the season for each of these opponents progresses?

It is the latter, in both the NCAA NET system and Massey.

The NCAA revised its SOS measurement as described here (5/6/2025 NCAA article). A team’s SOS is basically the expected win percentage of a specifically-defined NCAA tournament-caliber team playing that team’s schedule. The common measurement allows for ranking all D1 schedules.

Massey’s SOS &1 is a different calculation. It is a proprietarily-defined function of the ratings of a team’s opponents and the team’s performance against those opponents.

• As expressed &1, SOS is the rating of one representative opponent;
• It is not the average of the ratings of a team’s opponents (although Massey’s illustrations &1 can give that impression);

&1 See undergrad thesis (page 39) and FAQ. In both citations, ratings and SOS are expressed in the same unit of measurement (ratings). The ratings and SOS on Massey’s site, however, have been separately transformed and rescaled.

 

[fomalhaut]

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