Check out the potential exchanges according to the Gonzalez Ranking System. Continue reading “2015 Spartan Invite – Gonzalez Exchanges”
Spartan Invite Preview
*This is the first of three previews for the Spartan Invite. Previews from Colin O’Brien and Jacob Leski will be published in the near future.
This Sunday, Michigan State University is set to host the annual Spartan Invite at IM West. Michigan State along with Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, DePaul, Bowling Green State, and Kent State will take part in a big-time tournament.
As we close in on the end of the fall semester, this tournament will likely determine who the top dog in the NCDA is at the halfway point in the season. All eyes will be on the matches that take place between MSU, GVSU, and CMU. Each of these teams has beaten the others at least once so far this fall. The circle of parity at the top of the league is more severe than in years past, but there is still over half a season left. If any of these schools has plans of distancing themselves to become the #1 team in the league, this tournament will certainly be a strong stepping stone in that effort.
Bragging rights will be on the line Sunday when MSU, GVSU, CMU, BGSU, DePaul, and Kent face off in the annual Spartan Invite. Here are my predictions for this weekend’s matches:
2015 Death Valley
SAGINAW – Ryder Center: in the Death Valley Invitational,
SVSU def BGSU 5-0
CMU def Ohio 8-0
MSU def SVSU 4-0
BGSU def Ohio 4-1
SVSU def Ohio 5-0
CMU def MSU 2-1 OT
CMU def SVSU 6-1
MSU def BGSU 1-0
Death Valley Invitational Preview
This Sunday, Saginaw Valley State University will host their first home tournament of the 2015 season when Central Michigan, Michigan State, Bowling Green State, and Ohio make the trip to SVSU’s campus for the Death Valley Invitational (props to whoever chose the name for this event).
The schedule for this tournament is listed below, with a few comments and predictions included by yours truly.
University of Akron’s “Pink Out”
Written by: Adam Pfeifer [Akron]
The University of Akron hosted the first annual Pink Out tournament over the weekend which had 3 teams attend. 3 of the 4 teams had roughly the same skill level, that being Akron OU and BW, and Kent State being the outlier. Baldwin Wallace came into the tournament ranked 14th, Akron ranked 15th, Ohio university ranked 16th and Kent state ranked 6th Continue reading “University of Akron’s “Pink Out””
Standings as of 2015-10-26
Below: As of 2015-10-26 Continue reading “Standings as of 2015-10-26”
Grand Valley Gauntlet Part 3
ALLENDALE – GVSU Fieldhouse, Grand Valley Gauntlet
UK def BGSU 2-1
GVSU def CMU 2-1 OT
CMU def SVSU 2-1
GVSU def MSU 1-0
UK def GV-JV 2-0
MSU def SVSU 2-1 OT
CMU def BGSU 4-1
MSU def BGSU 2-0
GVSU def UK 4-1
SVSU def UK 3-0
BGSU played GV-JV
Pink Out I
AKRON – Rec Center: finals out of the Pink Out and #CampusForTheCure:
Kent def Akron 3-0
BW def Ohio 6-0
Akron def BW 4-1
Kent def Ohio 7-0
Akron def Ohio 4-1
Kent def BW 4-0
Akron def Kent 1-0
BW def Ohio 1-0 Continue reading “Pink Out I”
Grievance Report from Pumpkinfest II
This document acts as a report from the Office of the President that was filed following several complaints from Members regarding a recent NCDA-Sanctioned Event. Continue reading “Grievance Report from Pumpkinfest II”
NCDA Standings 2015-10-23
Akron hosts the first Pink Out
Alrighty, for Akron’s Pink Out tournament we have a lot of teams with similar ratings! Aside from Kent, most teams playing at Akron this Saturday have a average rating of 39.287 and a median rating of 38.585. That’s quite balanced… even with a spread of just 5.991 rating points from the highest rated team to the lowest rated team. In comparison, the League spread is 25.742 Continue reading “Akron hosts the first Pink Out”
Grand Valley Gauntlet Preview
This Sunday, Grand Valley State University will play host to some of the top teams in the nation in the Grand Valley Gauntlet dodgeball tournament. This event will feature the four Michigan schools along with Bowling Green State and Kentucky. Due to late two schools dropping out of the tournament, there will not be as many great match-ups played this weekend, but there certainly will be a few. Continue reading “Grand Valley Gauntlet Preview”
ROTM: 2015 September
Yes, September ended many weeks ago, but the content team decided that since we have a baller of the month, it is only right that the many rookies in our league get acknowledgement for their immediate contribution to their respectful teams this season. Our first rookie of the month comes from a team that seems to lose lots of talent year after year, but never struggles to be a title contender. Saginaw Valley State University has a knack for recruiting great players and inserting them immediately into their line-up and that is exactly what they have done with Kyle Bruce. Since Kyle is a rookie and has only played a handful of games, he has yet to have a picture taken of him playing dodgeball, so if you want to know what he looks like then you will have to meet him at a tournament or simply look him up on Facebook. Continue reading “ROTM: 2015 September”
Summit Street Slugfest 2: The Sluggening Recap
Kent State hosted four teams this past weekend in the Summit Street Slugfest and the tournament name was quite an apt way to describe what transpired on Sunday. Along with in state schools Ohio State and Akron, out of state schools Kentucky and Michigan State also made the trip to Kent, Ohio to take part in the five team tournament. A highly competitive day of dodgeball resulted in four tough games for each team. By the end of the tournament, every team had very little left in the tank. Continue reading “Summit Street Slugfest 2: The Sluggening Recap”
Previewing Pumpkinfest 2
| Time | High Seed | Low Seed | Pre Event Rating | Pre Event Rating | Predicted Exchange | Exchange if Upset |
| 10:00 | Towson | UMD | 44.806 | 40.985 | 0.618 | 1.382 |
| 10:00 | VCU | JMU-JV | ||||
| 10:00 | JMU-JV | VCU-JV | ||||
| 11:00 | JMU | UMD | 57.207 | 40.985 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 11:00 | Towson | Kent | 44.806 | 43.426 | 0.862 | 1.138 |
| 11:00 | PSU | VCU | 37.644 | 32.224 | 0.458 | 1.542 |
| 12:00 | JMU | Towson | 57.207 | 44.806 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 12:00 | Kent | PSU | 43.426 | 37.644 | 0.422 | 1.578 |
| 12:00 | UMD | VCU | 40.985 | 32.224 | 0.124 | 1.876 |
| 2:00 | JMU | Kent | 57.207 | 43.426 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 2:00 | UMD | PSU | 40.985 | 37.644 | 0.666 | 1.334 |
| 2:00 | Towson | VCU | 44.806 | 32.224 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 3:00 | JMU | PSU | 57.207 | 37.644 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
| 3:00 | Towson | JMU-JV | ||||
| 3:00 | Kent | VCU | 43.426 | 32.224 | 0.010 | 2.000 |
Initial Ratings:
JMU: 57.207 (inc +3 for home advantage) (#3 in Gonzalez Standings)
Towson: 44.806 (#7)
Kent: 43.426 (#9)
UMD: 40.985 (#11)
PSU: 37.644 (#15)
VCU: 32.224 (#24)
JV and B team matches are recorded, but do not count towards primer standings.
You may note there’s a lot of potential exchanges at the minimum, 0.010. This is a sign that those matches are not between teams of similar strength. Over the years, I’ve found our East Coast region to be a sort of microcosm of the entire League. You may also note that JMU’s home rating (57.207) rivals GVSU current neutral court rating (57.357). That’d be a #1 and #2 in Gonzalez rating if GVSU has a chance to visit JMU’s home court again.