Last night, my cousin and fellow sports junkie Sam pitched the idea to me that we should start a sports talk podcast. I immediately thought this idea was fantastic, seeing that we already have hour long phone calls regularly to talk about sports. Now at least our banter would have a point and others could listen to our ideas and perhaps even be involved as well. So at 11:00 last night, Sam and I recorded the first episode of our podcast Tuori Sports Talk.
We spent 28 minutes talking about teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble and our opinions on what they need to do to get into the Big Dance. At the very end, we also decided to name our current Final Four teams and National Champion regardless of tournament draw.
I feel for a first episode that we not only pitched, researched and found the proper software all within a few hours, we did pretty well. I know that we will never run out of things to talk about so the results will only improve. Check it out here.
Monday, February 29, 2016
Thursday, January 7, 2016
College Hockey Power Index 1/7
Welcome to the second week of the CHPI, which was filled with a light schedule as a result of most schools still being on break. The biggest climb in the polls was the Dartmouth Big Green, who rose fourteen spots from 55 to 41. On the contrast, Brown, Maine and Mercyhurst all fell six spots. Without further ado, the latest CHPI rankings with a brief review of how the rankings are compiled.
These rankings are based off of four major components that consist of many different values:
1-Expected Victories based off of goals scored/allowed (Pythagorean W-L)
2-Strength of Schedule
3-Game Control
4-Scoring Efficiency
The January 7 College Hockey Power Index
These rankings are based off of four major components that consist of many different values:
1-Expected Victories based off of goals scored/allowed (Pythagorean W-L)
2-Strength of Schedule
3-Game Control
4-Scoring Efficiency
The January 7 College Hockey Power Index
| 1-St Cloud State | NCHC | 2.112628 |
| 2-Boston College | HCKYE | 1.969721 |
| 3-North Dakota | NCHC | 1.957811 |
| 4-Quinnipiac | ECAC | 1.956636 |
| 5-Nebraska-O | NCHC | 1.920704 |
| 6-Harvard | ECAC | 1.897867 |
| 7-Providence | HCKYE | 1.882921 |
| 8-Penn State | B1G | 1.729383 |
| 9-Cornell | ECAC | 1.664696 |
| 10-St. Lawrence | ECAC | 1.661099 |
| 11-Michigan | B1G | 1.636778 |
| 12-Rob. Morris | ACHA | 1.61929 |
| 13-UMASS-Lwl | HCKYE | 1.584811 |
| 14-Holy Cross | ACHA | 1.47138 |
| 15-Notre Dame | HCKYE | 1.445407 |
| 16-Bowling Grn | WCHA | 1.407581 |
| 17-Renesselaer | ECAC | 1.407106 |
| 18-Minn-Duluth | NCHC | 1.374566 |
| 19-Mich Tech | WCHA | 1.35598 |
| 20-Boston U | HCKYE | 1.335863 |
| 21-Union | ECAC | 1.331994 |
| 22-New Hamp | HCKYE | 1.331576 |
| 23-Yale | ECAC | 1.257565 |
| 24-Denver | NCHC | 1.209534 |
| 25-Ohio State | B1G | 1.187871 |
| 26-Anchorage | WCHA | 1.178804 |
| 27-Minnesota | B1G | 1.177174 |
| 28-Merrimack | HCKYE | 1.144884 |
| 29Minnesota St | WCHA | 1.136676 |
| 30-Bentley | ACHA | 1.131174 |
| 31-RIT | ACHA | 1.122453 |
| 32-Vermont | HCKYE | 1.111991 |
| 33-Ferris State | WCHA | 1.09702 |
| 34-Mercyhurst | ACHA | 1.080552 |
| 35-Northern MI | WCHA | 1.072706 |
| 36-Sacred Heart | ACHA | 1.068421 |
| 37-Western MI | NCHC | 1.03522 |
| 38-Wisconsin | B1G | 1.023277 |
| 39-Miami | NCHC | 1.005602 |
| 40-Bemidji St | WCHA | 0.989718 |
| 41-Dartmouth | ECAC | 0.989083 |
| 42-Michigan St | B1G | 0.982379 |
| 43-Air Force | ACHA | 0.981515 |
| 44-UMASS | HCKYE | 0.965942 |
| 45-Brown | ECAC | 0.941089 |
| 46-Clarkson | ECAC | 0.939239 |
| 47-Connecticut | HCKYE | 0.910424 |
| 48-Alaska | WCHA | 0.89154 |
| 49-Lake State | WCHA | 0.876511 |
| 50-Princeton | ECAC | 0.84621 |
| 51-Army | ACHA | 0.778678 |
| 52-Colgate | ECAC | 0.772251 |
| 53-Norteastern | HCKYE | 0.756337 |
| 54-AL-Hunstvlle | WCHA | 0.742092 |
| 55-Maine | HCKYE | 0.73996 |
| 56-Canisius | ACHA | 0.731994 |
| 57-Niagara | ACHA | 0.596968 |
| 58-Col. Collge | NCHC | 0.591595 |
| 59-Americn Intl | ACHA | 0.588042 |
| 60-Arizona St | 0.423084 |
Thursday, December 31, 2015
College Hockey Power Index
Since the beginning of the college hockey season, I have been compiling a rankings system that I believe truly justifies the top team in the NCAA. This venture started as an inspiration based off of the KPI (Kevin Pauga Index) and my new-found love for college hockey(I currently hold season tickets for Michigan State). These rankings are based off of four major components that consist of many different values:
1-Expected Victories based off of goals scored/allowed (Pythagorean W-L)
2-Strength of Schedule
3-Game Control
4-Scoring Efficiency
The statistics that go into these numbers are then compiled to create a "Score" that is then ranked and the 60 team CHPI is created. I decided to wait until the season got rolling a bit to post my first rankings, and so today on December 31, the inaugural CHPI will be shared online. Enjoy.
1-Expected Victories based off of goals scored/allowed (Pythagorean W-L)
2-Strength of Schedule
3-Game Control
4-Scoring Efficiency
The statistics that go into these numbers are then compiled to create a "Score" that is then ranked and the 60 team CHPI is created. I decided to wait until the season got rolling a bit to post my first rankings, and so today on December 31, the inaugural CHPI will be shared online. Enjoy.
| 1- | St Cloud State | 2.051768 |
| 2- | Quinnipiac | 1.977385 |
| 3- | Boston College | 1.969773 |
| 4- | Providence | 1.950979 |
| 5- | North Dakota | 1.931831 |
| 6- | Nebraska-Omaha | 1.915856 |
| 7- | Harvard | 1.816663 |
| 8- | Robert Morris | 1.748739 |
| 9- | Penn State | 1.734684 |
| 10- | Cornell | 1.660277 |
| 11- | St. Lawrence | 1.649832 |
| 12- | Michigan | 1.636295 |
| 13- | UMASS-Lowell | 1.592167 |
| 14- | Notre Dame | 1.470884 |
| 15- | Renesselaer | 1.443368 |
| 16- | Holy Cross | 1.419919 |
| 17- | Bowling Green | 1.394381 |
| 18- | Minnesota-Duluth | 1.374383 |
| 19- | New Hampshire | 1.368074 |
| 20- | Michigan Tech | 1.365101 |
| 21- | Boston U | 1.34006 |
| 22- | Yale | 1.282587 |
| 23- | Denver | 1.273844 |
| 24- | Merrimack | 1.254102 |
| 25- | Union | 1.252959 |
| 26- | Ohio State | 1.196428 |
| 27- | Anchorage | 1.185033 |
| 28- | Minnesota | 1.178065 |
| 29- | Mercyhurst | 1.177392 |
| 30 | -Minnesota St | 1.138274 |
| 31 | -Bentley | 1.128762 |
| 32 | -Ferris State | 1.079956 |
| 33 | -Northern MI | 1.076374 |
| 34 | -Vermont | 1.060458 |
| 35 | -Western MI | 1.033069 |
| 36 | -Wisconsin | 1.03056 |
| 37 | -Bemidji State | 0.988824 |
| 38 | -Michigan St | 0.984547 |
| 39 | -RIT | 0.975032 |
| 40 | -Air Force | 0.964064 |
| 41 | -Massachusetts | 0.94212 |
| 42 | -Miami | 0.93801 |
| 43 | -Clarkson | 0.931406 |
| 44 | -Brown | 0.906548 |
| 45 | -Sacred Heart | 0.90201 |
| 46 | -Connecticut | 0.893237 |
| 47 | Lake Superior State | 0.876327 |
| 48- | Alaska | 0.874456 |
| 49- | Princeton | 0.850106 |
| 50- | Alabama-Huntsville | 0.796489 |
| 51- | Army | 0.794527 |
| 52- | Colgate | 0.765791 |
| 53- | Northeastern | 0.749195 |
| 54- | Dartmouth | 0.747605 |
| 55- | Maine | 0.742141 |
| 56- | Canisius | 0.730316 |
| 57- | Niagara | 0.665492 |
| 58- | Colorado College | 0.59005 |
| 59- | American Intl | 0.558149 |
| 60- | Arizona State | 0.50332 |
The plan is to release the rankings every week Tuesday-Thursday before the weekend series begin. This will continue until the conference tournaments/NCAA tournament begin when I will give predictions on the College Hockey postseason outlook.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
WELCOME TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S WORST NIGHTMARE
So the CFP committee announced their four team field Sunday and nobody was surprised about a single selection, all teams are worthy of their respective shots at the CFP National Championship. Of course, there is always a complaint about expanding the College Football Playoff to 6 or 8 teams because some big name team is left out each year. As a result, I got crazy and with the combination of the CFP final rankings and the Sagarin College Football Rankings, I did the impossible and created the first annual Nick Tuori 128 team NCAA FBS College Football Championship. I will be using a combination of statistics and analytic methods to project the winners of the respective games and we will culminate with the first ever "True Champion" the same night of the CFP National Championship game (Jan 11).
The Playoff bracket layout consists of four "brackets" consisting of 4 "regions" of 8 teams a piece. The winner of region 1 plays the winner of region 16, region 2 v region 15, etc. Also, within each Region the 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 matchups are shown below. Without further ado, here is the first annual NTCFC bracket:
BRACKET A
The Playoff bracket layout consists of four "brackets" consisting of 4 "regions" of 8 teams a piece. The winner of region 1 plays the winner of region 16, region 2 v region 15, etc. Also, within each Region the 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 matchups are shown below. Without further ado, here is the first annual NTCFC bracket:
BRACKET A
| Region1 | |
| 1 | Clemson |
| 8 | Charlotte |
| 4 | Indiana |
| 5 | WesternMI |
| 3 | TexasAM |
| 6 | NewMexico |
| 2 | WestVirginia |
| 7 | OregonSt |
| Region16 | |
| 1 | OklahomaState |
| 8 | Kansas |
| 4 | PennState |
| 5 | Maryland |
| 3 | WashingtonSt |
| 6 | Kentucky |
| 2 | Baylor |
| 7 | Army |
| Region9 | |
| 1 | FloridaSt |
| 8 | TexasSt |
| 4 | GeorgiaTech |
| 5 | Air Force |
| 3 | WesternKY |
| 6 | Ohio |
| 2 | Temple |
| 7 | BallState |
| Region8 | |
| 1 | NotreDame |
| 8 | OldDominion |
| 4 | Arizona |
| 5 | SouthernMiss |
| 3 | ArizonaSt |
| 6 | WakeForest |
| 2 | USC |
| 7 | FloridaAtlantic |
| Region2 | |
| 1 | Alabama |
| 8 | EasternMI |
| 4 | Minnesota |
| 5 | S.Carolina |
| 3 | Pittsburgh |
| 6 | Purdue |
| 2 | Washington |
| 7 | GeorgiaSt |
| Region15 | |
| 1 | Oregon |
| 8 | Idaho |
| 4 | Nebraska |
| 5 | CentralMI |
| 3 | NCState |
| 6 | Vanderbilt |
| 2 | Houston |
| 7 | Tulane |
| Region10 | |
| 1 | N.Carolina |
| 8 | UTEP |
| 4 | SanDiegoSt |
| 5 | N.Illinois |
| 3 | BowlingGreen |
| 6 | Colorado |
| 2 | Tennessee |
| 7 | FloridaInt'l |
| Region7 | |
| 1 | Ohio St |
| 8 | Hawaii |
| 4 | Duke |
| 5 | Virginia |
| 3 | TexasTech |
| 6 | Tulsa |
| 2 | Arkansas |
| 7 | SMU |
| Region3 | |
| 1 | MichiganState |
| 8 | NorthTexas |
| 4 | IowaState |
| 5 | Marshall |
| 3 | California |
| 6 | Nevada |
| 2 | UCLA |
| 7 | Troy |
| Region14 | |
| 1 | Michigan |
| 8 | UTSA |
| 4 | BoiseState |
| 5 | Syracuse |
| 3 | VirginiaTech |
| 6 | BostonCollege |
| 2 | Florida |
| 7 | UMASS |
| Region11 | |
| 1 | TCU |
| 8 | MiamiOH |
| 4 | KansasSt |
| 5 | LouisianaTech |
| 3 | Memphis |
| 6 | ColoradoSt |
| 2 | Utah |
| 7 | MiamiOH |
| Region6 | |
| 1 | Stanford |
| 8 | UCF |
| 4 | Cincinnati |
| 5 | Illinois |
| 3 | Auburn |
| 6 | Rutgers |
| 2 | Wisconsin |
| 7 |
FresnoSt
|
| Region4 | |
| 1 | Oklahoma |
| 8 | ULMonroe |
| 4 | Missouri |
| 5 | ArkansasState |
| 3 | Louisville |
| 6 | SanJoseState |
| 2 | MississippiState |
| 7 | Buffalo |
| Region13 | |
| 1 | Northwestern |
| 8 | Wyoming |
| 4 | Texas |
| 5 | E.Carolina |
| 3 | MiamiFL |
| 6 | MiddleTennSt |
| 2 | LSU |
| 7 | Rice |
| Region12 | |
| 1 | Ole Miss |
| 8 | KentState |
| 4 | S.Florida |
| 5 | GeorgiaSouthern |
| 3 | Toledo |
| 6 | UCONN |
| 2 | Navy |
| 7 | Lafayette |
| Region5 | |
| 1 | Iowa |
| 8 | NewMexicoSt |
| 4 | AppalachianState |
| 5 | UtahSt |
| 3 | BYU |
| 6 | Akron |
| 2 | Georgia |
| 7 | UNLV |
So obviously this is 64 different first round matchups, can you imagine the fun this would be on one single day/two days of college football?! The first round results will be posted Saturday night and the winners of each game will be advancing to the Round of 64. Stay tuned to find out College Football's first True Champion.
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