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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 2369495, member: 730"] What some here don't seem to understand is that Massey is a 100% statisical rating. The first ratings of a new season are totally based on last year's numbers. Massey doesn't take roster changes into account at all. For that reason the ratings in November aren't nearly as reliable as they are at the end of December. And during the season Massey will make no adjustment for injured players so you have to allow for that. But I have found Massey to be one of if not the best predictor anywhere in wbb. So the bottom kline is that yes, given what I said above the ratings listed are for the 17/18 season. As for: There are extensive explanations for how those numbers are generated at the link on the bottom of my post. Probably more than you want to read. For those who enjoy this sort of thing there is an extensive explanation of Massey's SOS ratings which are scewed to give more credit for games against quality opponents and discount games against really bad teams. Massey sees a much bigger difference between beating a 8th ranked team and a 15th ranked team than between a 70th ranked team and a 200th ranked team. [LIST] [*]Rat: Rating overall strength [*]Pwr: Power rating [*]Off: Offensive power to score [*]Def: Defensive power to prevent opponent from scoring [*]HFA: Home Field Advantage [*]SoS: Strength of Schedule - played games only [*]SSF: Strength of Schedule - including future games [*]EW: Expected Wins for remainder of schedule [*]EL: Expected Losses for remainder of schedule [/LIST] [URL='https://www.masseyratings.com/theory/index.htm']Massey Ratings[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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