jimdahl Posted January 30, 2003 Posted January 30, 2003 A complement to the WCHA "what-if calculator", the possibilities page shows the remaining possible outcomes of the WCHA. It also reports if this weekend's games can make any significant changes to the possible outcomes. Though it lacks the fun of interactivity, it's giving you useful information that would be pretty difficult to calculate by hand (for example, spend some time establishing to your satisfaction that AA can't finish higher than 5th -- it's true, but takes a minute or two to confirm "by hand"). Because of the interactions between teams it's not just a matter of adding the possible remaining points to current points and seeing where you land in the current standings. You can't assume all other teams will lose out because every series has to give 4 pts away. The information should also get a lot more interesting in coming weeks (assuming the program can keep up, which is certainly not guaranteed). (Updated -- expanded the description of why this is actually useful and not obvious)
Tommiejo Posted February 3, 2003 Posted February 3, 2003 Hey Jim for the record your stats are not only very impressive but the are also "AWESOME."
jimdahl Posted February 3, 2003 Author Posted February 3, 2003 FYI -- new changes this weekend, it now correctly accounts for ties in the standings (important in determining whether a team has secured home ice or not). Looks like CC can clinch home ice with 3 points this weekend. Things are starting to fall into place.
WPoS Posted February 3, 2003 Posted February 3, 2003 wow! Either you are a sposts nut, or you have way to much time on your hands! Good job! WPoS
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