Fans,
A few minutes ago, I posted my pre-season rankings for Class 1A. Later this weekend I'll do 2A and 3A. 4A will probably be posted early next week. I am so sorry these are so late this year. Like many of you, this past year has been filled with lots of complications and delays.
Anyway, these rankings are based on a formula I've developed over the years that places emphasis on each team's record for the past year combined with the number of key players they have returning along with the actual number of points returning with those key players. Strength of schedule is also a strong consideration. One aspect that is NOT considered is attempting to evaluate players who rarely played at the varsity level during this past season.
Most of the info used for this analysis was derived from the following sources:
* Coaches from 101 schools
* www.maxpreps.com, the IHSAA-endorsed statistical service, provided
usable data for 279 schools.
* E.T.Pearl’s excellent website which provides complete statistical info for
61 schools in North Central Indiana. See etpearl.homestead.com./
* subscribing to six different newspapers
* researching the websites of several other papers and basketball websites.
A big Thank You to everyone who provided information.
For each school, the info below shows this past year's record along with the number of key players and points returning. Where a + is shown, that means that a key player is returning for whom I do not have statistical information.
The “Power Rating” is shown for each school so that readers can see how each of the ranked schools compared with each other. If two or more teams have the same power rating, the number of points returning is used as a “tie breaker.”
One additional note. Unless otherwise known, these evaluations assume all players
stay at the school they were at last year. In this day and age, that is certainly not a very realistic assumption anymore.
If you know of a team that you feel should be ranked, don’t hesitate to let me
know (Dan.Wantz@yahoo.com). It’s possible that I did not have enough information to properly consider them.
And lastly, a big Thank You as always to John Harrell’s great website for all of the
easily accessible historical info that I often reference in these write-ups.
Enjoy,
Daniel Wantz
A few minutes ago, I posted my pre-season rankings for Class 1A. Later this weekend I'll do 2A and 3A. 4A will probably be posted early next week. I am so sorry these are so late this year. Like many of you, this past year has been filled with lots of complications and delays.
Anyway, these rankings are based on a formula I've developed over the years that places emphasis on each team's record for the past year combined with the number of key players they have returning along with the actual number of points returning with those key players. Strength of schedule is also a strong consideration. One aspect that is NOT considered is attempting to evaluate players who rarely played at the varsity level during this past season.
Most of the info used for this analysis was derived from the following sources:
* Coaches from 101 schools
* www.maxpreps.com, the IHSAA-endorsed statistical service, provided
usable data for 279 schools.
* E.T.Pearl’s excellent website which provides complete statistical info for
61 schools in North Central Indiana. See etpearl.homestead.com./
* subscribing to six different newspapers
* researching the websites of several other papers and basketball websites.
A big Thank You to everyone who provided information.
For each school, the info below shows this past year's record along with the number of key players and points returning. Where a + is shown, that means that a key player is returning for whom I do not have statistical information.
The “Power Rating” is shown for each school so that readers can see how each of the ranked schools compared with each other. If two or more teams have the same power rating, the number of points returning is used as a “tie breaker.”
One additional note. Unless otherwise known, these evaluations assume all players
stay at the school they were at last year. In this day and age, that is certainly not a very realistic assumption anymore.
If you know of a team that you feel should be ranked, don’t hesitate to let me
know (Dan.Wantz@yahoo.com). It’s possible that I did not have enough information to properly consider them.
And lastly, a big Thank You as always to John Harrell’s great website for all of the
easily accessible historical info that I often reference in these write-ups.
Enjoy,
Daniel Wantz
