Or is it just very good evidence that 41 is the weakest weight class in the nation (by far) top-to-bottom?
Given the B1G's weakness at 41, how on earth did they get an allocation of 9 slots?
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Understand it, but what does that suggest/imply about how weak 41 is at the national level?
Your question was "how on earth did they get an allocation of 9 slots?". Again, do you understand? Serious question...which can be answered in one sentence;
...because the B1G had 9 of the top-29 or so wrestlers in the country.
...because the B1G had 9 of the top-29 or so wrestlers in the country.
Again, hard to believe given how weak the weight class was in-conference.... Additionally, the "9 of the top-29" is still highly subjective and not nearly as "objective" as you want to make it sound (especially given that it is based upon records prior to the Conference Tourneys).
Okay, let me ask you a question - do you really believe TODAY that the B1G has 9 of the absolute best 29 wrestlers @ 41?
Not sure this will help, let's try these 3 -- RPI, Coaches Ranking, and Win %. And that's all there is to say.
RPI and Coaches Ranking are very subjective (and subject to "bias") as WrestleStat confirms....
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The RPI is subjective? You either don't know what the RPI is or you don't know what the word subjective means.
The RPI is subjective? You either don't know what the RPI is or you don't know what the word subjective means.
Yes, because it is a calculation of your average opponent strength I believe.......winning percentage is "objective". Just because you wrestled on average weaker opposition doesn't objectively suggest or demonstrate a correlation that you are equally weaker and your winning percentage therefore should be discounted.
Yes. Just mostly outside the top 10. It's possible to have 8 wrestlers in the 11-29 range.
RPI isn't perfect but it's a solid metric to determine SOS. It hurts guys like Nolf who are so dominant that they get dinged for not being able to wrestle themselves, but with the parity it evens out far and away for the field. Guys like Nolf are also uncommon/outliers.
