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    WJC - 2026

    in Non-collegiate sports

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    25 minutes ago, brianvf said:

    Even you'd have to admit (as a Gopher fan) that Mooney is not the best forward option on the WJC team to be throwing out in short-handed or defensive shutdown situations.
    Mooney has elite stickhandling which can be great on the PP, but is easily tossed off the puck and has shown to turn it over when pressured. 

    Jayden Perron holding on line one for you...

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    2025-26 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

    in Men's Hockey

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    5 hours ago, brianvf said:

    UND up to #3 in NPI thanks to ASU's win over Dartmouth!

    Moving up while not even playing, noice.  :)  

    So just for fun, I google what the difference was between the Pairwise ranking system and the new NPI.  When they moved to NPI this year I thought it was kinda crazy but this explanation makes sense on the surface.  Either way, it's much better than the fiasco that college football goes through every year determining who's in or out of their fake ESPN influenced playoff field.

     

    The main difference is that Pairwise was a multi-step comparison system using RPI, common opponents, and head-to-head results to rank teams by wins, while the new NCAA Power Index (NPI) is a single, iterative formula (like KRACH) that combines winning percentage (25%) with a much more robust, recursive strength of schedule (75%), dropping low-value games and aiming for a more accurate, less quirky ranking by focusing on overall schedule strength rather than just common opponents. 
    Pairwise (The Old System)
    • Method: Compared teams head-to-head (H2H), against common opponents (CO), and via their RPI (Rating Percentage Index).
    • Process: Teams earned "points" for winning these comparisons, and the team with more points "won" the comparison. Final rankings were based on the total comparisons won, with NPI (or another metric) as a tiebreaker.
    • Weakness: Could produce odd results from small head-to-head wins or weak schedules, leading to controversy. 
    NPI (The New System)
    • Method: A single, holistic formula combining winning percentage (25%) and strength of schedule (75%).
    • Strength of Schedule: Calculated recursively, similar to KRACH, by averaging the NPI of opponents, giving more weight to the overall strength of the schedule.
    • Key Changes:
      • Drops low-value games: Focuses on overall strength, so bad losses don't disproportionately hurt as much, and quirky schedules matter less.
      • More accurate SOS: Replaces the old RPI's complex SOS calculation with a more direct, iterative one.
      • Quality Wins: Includes quality win bonuses and adjusted home/away/overtime weights, but within one unified index.
    • Goal: To provide a fairer, less controversial picture of the best teams by emphasizing overall performance and schedule strength. 
    In essence, NPI simplifies and refines the process by embedding all factors into one powerful algorithm, moving away from the sometimes confusing "comparison" ladder of Pairwise. 
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