This will be the sixth Ohio Dodgeball Cup on record, continually held at slightly rotating locations since 2011. Some people might draw comparisons to the earlier held Michigan Dodgeball Cup, I get it. But I don’t think that comparison is really fair. This is a different set of teams, a different set of traditions, a different caliber of dodgeball with a similar name. It was two Ohio teams that claim the first intercollegiate dodgeball match in history, touted as the Battle for Ohio Dodgeball Supremacy back in March of 2003. But I’m from Illinois; the teams could tell me off and that’d be fine. Let’s look at the Gonzalez exchanges for this event: Continue reading “2016 ODC Gonzalez Exchanges”
Standings as of 2016-03-01
Standings as of 2016-03-01:
Please note, there are no ties. There are an extensive set of tiebreakers to cover every instance. In three cases, the teams that played more matches win the tiebreaker.
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Chaos Continues…
Who Benefits Most from the MDC & BEAST?
Anyone who follows the National Collegiate Dodgeball Association closely knows that saying this season has been confusing is an understatement. There have been huge shifts in the NCDA Standings throughout the year, and as we prepare for them to come out on Tuesday, March 1st, there are certain to be some big changes in store.
This past weekend, the Michigan Region teams competed in the annual Michigan Dodgeball Cup hosted by Michigan State. Over on the East Coast, the second half of their season finally kicked off, as five teams took part in the rescheduled BEAST V tournament held at James Madison.
Both of these tournaments involved some exciting match-ups, and both had upsets. While we all are trying to recover from another stellar weekend of dodgeball, let me help pick up the pieces from this confusing set of tournaments by giving you my list of five teams that benefited most from this weekend of chaos:
Continue reading “Chaos Continues…”
BEAST V
HARRISONBURG – UREC, in BEAST V, U of Virginia makes their inducting matches to join the League as the 39th team overall.
JMU def Towson 2-1
VCU def UVA 7-0
Towson def UMD 3-2
JMU-JV def UVA 2-1
JMU def UMD 3-1
Towson def VCU 4-1
JMU-JV def VCU-JV 2-1
UMD def UVA 5-0
Towson def UVA 2-1
VCU def UMD 2-1
2016 Michigan Dodgeball Cup
EAST LANSING – IM West, the 2016 Michigan Dodgeball Cup:
GVSU def CMU 1-0
SVSU def MSU 2-1
GVSU def MSU 2-1 OT
SVSU def CMU 2-1 OT
CMU def MSU 2-1
GVSU def SVSU 2-1
What an MDC Championship Would Mean for Each Team
Ask any dodgeball team in Michigan what their #1 goal is for the season and they will say win a national championship. Goal 1B is to win the Michigan Dodgeball Cup. Currently, as far as I know, there are only two trophies in the NCDA, and they correspond with both of the previously mentioned tournaments. The MDC means more to the state of Michigan than any other tournament does to any other team in the league (perhaps biased but I think most would agree to that claim). So for the final MDC preview article I am going to look at what taking home the Michigan Dodgeball Cup would mean to each of the four teams.
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Michigan Dodgeball Cup Pt 2: Predictions and X-Factors
As our very own Kevin Bailey touched on beautifully, the parity that has gone on in the state of Michigan this season has been one for the books. Never have all four squads been so close in talent. While many believe that Saginaw Valley State University is on a tier below Central Michigan University, Michigan State University and Grand Valley State University, they have shown on more than one occasion that they can compete with any team in the country. Pt. 1 of the Michigan Dodgeball Cup Preview focused on the past match-ups that had taken place so far throughout the season and how they will have an impact on each match that takes place on February 27th. This article won’t focus on such nonsense. The winner of the MDC will be the team that comes to play, makes few mistakes and leaves everything they have on the court. Period.
So lets get started… Continue reading “Michigan Dodgeball Cup Pt 2: Predictions and X-Factors”
Standings as of 2016-02-23
12-15 swap up with UWP’s victories this weekend. Also, I altered this slightly to include a Team’s Win Percentage. What do you think? Also, remember there are no ties in the standings. There is an intense set of tiebreakers which cover all instances. Continue reading “Standings as of 2016-02-23”
BEAST V Preview
On Sunday, Feb. 28th, James Madison University will play host to four other East Coast Region schools in the fifth annual BEAST Tournament. BEAST V was scheduled for earlier this year, but due to gym renovations at JMU, the tourney was rescheduled for the 28th. Despite this sudden change, JMU managed to get a 5-team event planned, and it should be a very telling weekend for East Coast dodgeball. Here is a brief game-by-game preview of BEAST V with brief analysis and predictions from Sean Smith (TU) and myself:
Gonzalez Exchanges for BEAST V
BEAST V! I remember the first Beast way back when, and I’m always excited to see how events grow and evolve. We’ll be seeing a new Member Team’s inducting matches at this one, University of Virginia. Exciting. They come in with a Gonzalez rating of 40. Let’s see how it pans out… Continue reading “Gonzalez Exchanges for BEAST V”
AJP 2016-02-22: MDC Preview
A preview of the 2016 Michigan Dodgeball Cup, as well as touching on the All Star Game and some Nationals previews.
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Zanderthon Throw-Down Recap
By: Erik Zander and Matt Bautch (both UWP) with Zigmas Maloni in parenthesis for minor additional commentary.
So Saturday, February 20, 2016, three teams came together to battle in the Zanderthon Throw-Down. These teams were Platteville, Nebraska, and DePaul, it was a mix of very different styles of play which made for some good matches. Here is the breakdown of the matches from that day. Continue reading “Zanderthon Throw-Down Recap”
Zanderthon Throw-down
PLATTEVILLE – Williams: the Zanderthon Throw-down.
UNL def UWP-JV 3-2
DePaul def UNL 3-0
UWP def DePaul 4-1
UWP def UNL 5-0
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Zanderthon Throw-Down Preview
Erik Zander [UWP-C] writes…
I would first like to say thanks for the teams that are making Platteville’s first ever real home tournament possible. The teams involved on Feb 20, 2016 at Williams Field House are: Platteville Pioneers, DePaul Dodgeball Society, and Nebraska Cornhuskers.
| 10:00am | UWP-JV | UNL |
| 11:15am | DePaul | UNL |
| 12:30pm | UWP | DePaul |
| 1:45pm | UWP | UNL |
2016 MDC Gonzalez Exchanges
The oldest collegiate dodgeball event is the Michigan Dodgeball Cup. This MDC will feature #1, 2, 4, 5 in the Gonzalez Standings.
Let’s start by comparing averages.
League Rating Average: 42.091 and a spread of 25.848
MDC Rating Average: 55.526 and a spread of 9.402
GVSU/CMU/MSU Rating Average: 57.690 and a spread of 1.272.
That top three is a huge fight of the top percentile; all Gonzalez ratings are relatively close and this triumvirate is fighting for 1/2/3 in the overall NCDA Ranking. The “predicted exchanges” do not have a high degree of predictability here, because there certainly is a difference between a technical upset and a statistically influential upset. GV/CMU, GV/MSU, CMU/MSU could go either way with the ratings being so close. There is a lot to gain and lot to lose. but events are rarely this influential.