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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 4, 2019 14:23:11 GMT -5
Interesting post by StablerBum on the Lehigh board --
I compared the preseason coaches poll vs the final order of finish of every school for the past 4 seasons (i.e. if you were picked 2nd but finished 4th you would get a "-2" for that season). Some of the results were pretty surprising to me. Ranked below from biggest overachievers (total difference between poll rank vs final standing rank) to underachievers:
Navy +13 Colgate +10 Bucknell +4 Army +2 Lafayette & Loyola +1 American -1 Lehigh -3 Holy Cross - 5 BU -6
- This is harsh on Bucknell as they have won or tied for each conference regular season championship - they have just been picked towards the top of the conference every year as well. So they have had very high expectations and still overachieved. - Langel has been better than I realized over the past 4 years, and DeChellis as well deserves some respect for overachievement - Lehigh was picked 1st in three of the last 4 seasons, finishing with two seconds and a third in those years - Lehigh overachieved once in those 4 seasons, picked 4th in 17-18 and finishing third.
No surprise to those who have been paying attention during the Carmody era.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Apr 4, 2019 14:31:52 GMT -5
But, but, but Carmody was good at Princeton 20 years ago and Northwestern was a really hard job!!
Next year is our year!! Go Cross Go!!!!
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Post by hc6774 on Apr 4, 2019 15:59:05 GMT -5
If I understand S'Bum's methodology... HC's underachievement as judged by league coaches is due to this season only.
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