Today in East Lansing, two Michigan schools took part in a double header that will likely be the last Michigan v. Michigan games prior to the Michigan Dodgeball Cup (MDC).
Michigan State played host to Grand Valley in the second doubleheader of the season for these two teams.
The results from the doubleheader are as follows:
MSU def GVSU 2-1 (OT)
GVSU def MSU 3-0
Here are my picks for the most notable players from today’s matches:
EAST LANSING – IM West:
MSU def GVSU 2-1 OT
GVSU def MSU 3-0
PENN STATE – White Building:
PSU def Ohio 4-3 OT
VCU def Akron 3-2
Ohio def Akron 2-0
PSU def VCU 3-2
VCU def Ohio 3-0
PSU def Akron 3-1
CHICAGO – Ray Meyer: for the 2017 Chicago Dodgeball Open,
SVSU def UWP 8-0
BGSU def DePaul 4-0
SVSU def DePaul 7-0
BGSU def UWP 5-0
SVSU def BGSU 3-1
DePaul def UWP 4-0
Match Analytics Source Sheet Continue reading “2017 Chicago Dodgeball Open”
As UW-Whitewater joins the NCDA as the 44th School to compete, we now have 29 active teams listed in the Standings. We only had 3 matches played in the West since the last Standings post.
| Win | Loss | Exchange |
| UWP (40.417) | DePaul (37.857) | 0.744 |
| DePaul (37.113) | UWW (40.000+3) | 1.589 (90.85%) |
| UWP (41.161) | UWW (38.411+3) | 1.025 (4.25%) |
To start backwards, UWP’s slight, technical upset win over a home UWW netted them 1.025 Gonzalez points and was 211th of 221 total upsets. That’s the low 4th percentile.
DePaul’s upset win over the home court boosted UWW have the teams exchanging 1.589 in a relatively close match. It is close to the 91st percentile, with just 19 upsets greater than it. We should look out for another UWW/DePaul matchup when Whitewater has more games under their belt (at least 6).
A UWW venue is the most neutral location for a UWP/DePaul matchup (just a two hour drive!) and marks great potential for a new event location, as long as UW Whitewater gets gym space sorted out. This weekend marks the 10th time UWP and DePaul have played, although they’ve played a few times before accurate record keeping started in 2010. UWP is 10-0 versus DePaul, with 3 of those being minor upset wins and even two where UWP topped a DePaul home team. This year DePaul has a much closer rating to UWP, who still leads that middle section of the Standings along with VCU.
On December 4, 2016 Platteville, Whitewater, and DePaul came together to play in the Whitewater Winter Basher in Whitewater, Wisconsin. With Whitewater’s first game, the league officially added another club and Platteville is no longer the only team from Wisconsin. Let’s take a look at the results of the games played. Continue reading “Whitewater Winter Basher Recap”
WHITEWATER – Williams Gym, Russel Court: In the Whitewater Winter Basher,
UWP def DePaul 2-0
DePaul def UWW 3-0 (Inducting)
UWP def UWW 6-0 Continue reading “Whitewater joins the NCDA”
With the six matches hosted by UNG this weekend, we see both of the GA region teams have 5 matches this season. We should still consider these two ratings provisional until they play a few more other teams. But for now, their ratings have floated to a better expected rating for most new teams. Continue reading “Standings as of 2016-11-21”
We had twenty matches over two events this weekend. Dodgeball has returned to IM West for the annual Spartan Invite, and the same can be said for a reactivated Miami. BGSU set a new record for most games played in a weekend outside of Nationals (6 matches) by participating at both events this past weekend. Continue reading “Standings as of 2016-11-14”
CHICAGO – Office of the Director of Officiating (and Records):
The NCDA conducted another survey of the abilities of the League’s student-athletes during Nationals 2016 in Bowling Green, Ohio. This year’s Fastest Arm was named in honor of the current record holder, Wes Hopkins of Kentucky, and presented by the DePaul Dodgeball Society for supplying the radar gun. Mr. Hopkins’ record from Nationals 2013 still stands at 83 miles per hour. Continue reading “2016 Wes Hopkins Fastest Arm Contest”
Holy cow, we are at 28 rated Member Teams. U of North Georgia enters the rankings at a healthy #10 in the Gonzalez Standings by pulling two road wins against their host Georgia Southern. We’ll see both teams again later in the month when UNG hosts WKU and VCU. The predicted exchanges for that schedule will be valuable to their each competitor’s rating. Continue reading “Standings as of 2016-11-07”
TOWSON – Burdick: In Michigan Versus the East Coast,
JMU def Towson 2-1
GVSU def Towson 3-1
JMU def UMD 3-1
GVSU def UMD 4-0
GVSU def JMU 2-1 OT
Towson def UMD 3-1
STATESBORO – RAC AUX: In the Georgian Civil War,
UNG def GSU 9-0
UNG def GSU 8-0 Continue reading “Georgian Civil War”
GVSU takes a minor hit to their top rating from the matches, but is still games ahead of any opponent. I could give you exactly where SVSU’s Battle of the Valley’s OT upset ranks in the history of upsets, but I’m currently still working on some data for the 1000 match articles. It’s about 3rd or 4th in OT upsets though, around the top ten for all upsets, certainly around the 95th percentile upsets either way. SVSU is now on the cusp of climbing past OSU and JMU with even a small win (winning on any team that is within 8.730 of SV’s 45.076).
While UK’s took two wins this weekend in a double header, their opponent was out of their caliber and gives the minimum exchange for the wide rating gap (12.458 with UK’s home court advantage). UK (and Kent) drop a place to make room for Towson’s climb back to #4. This is a good example of how better quality wins can do more for a team’s rating and allow them to climb higher.
Continue reading “Standings as of 2016-11-01”
BOWLING GREEN – Perry Fieldhouse: In the BG Invitational,
BGSU def BW (F)
Akron def BW (F)
BGSU def Akron 4-3 OT
BGSU def Akron 3-1
