In these previews, I'll be looking at the top-8 Estimated Dynamic NTRP Rating average for each team as that should be a pretty good comparison between teams as you'd expect each team to field their best players. This will avoid lower averages you'd see by averaging the entire roster if you had big rosters with some lower rated players pulling the average down.
So, here are the top-8 averages for the six teams headed to playoffs. The playoff seed is before the team name.
| Team | Average |
|---|---|
| 1 - PL-McGuire | 3.96 |
| 3 - PSC-Yasutake | 3.93 |
| 2 - BELL-Nolan | 3.90 |
| 4 - HBSQ-Harbor Squarrels-Little | 3.90 |
| 6 - BELL-Trott | 3.84 |
| 5 - BETC-Gutierrez | 3.83 |
This one also roughly matches the seeding, and it one of the closer set of teams top to bottom.
The first round matches look like they may follow the seeings, but then the semis could be very close with a 3 favored over a 2.
But as always, average ratings for a team does not tell the whole story, who specifically plays and the match-ups and how each player plays on the given day goes a long way to determining who is going to win the team match.
Good luck gentlemen, may the best team win!
Trott upsets Yasutake 3-2, all three wins in match tie-breaks.
ReplyDeleteHarbor Square wins their match as expected. Semis have Bellingham teams facing off, Nolan higher average, and Pine Lake favored over Harbor Square. Average ratings don't tell the whole story though.
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