Ease into the Week
A Quiet Monday and a quiet newsletter.
Let’s ease into the week. We only had one match yesterday, but Saint Francis seems to be on the verge of something monumental. Don’t sleep on the Red Flash!
I will put out updated VBelo Rankings tomorrow, but in the meantime, feel free to revisit some posts from last week.
It's Time for VBelo Rankings
We are well into March and it is (finally) time to talk about the VBelo ratings and rankings. I still haven’t finished a proper explainer of how the model works, but I’m tired of holding onto these numbers until I find time to write more. Also, there are just so many fun graphs to make!
And The Strongest Conference Is...
Now that the VBelo ratings are out in the wild, a whole new world of information is at our disposal. Today, I wanted to take a look at conference strength. Let’s start with the least interesting way to look at the conferences: average.
Match Recaps
Non-conference
Penn State (83%) def. Saint Francis (17%)
3-2 (25-15, 23-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-7)
Match Projections
No matches today.
As we move into the stretch run where conference matches are Center stage, we will start to see a separation of the top teams and the dark horse type teams. Should be a fun next two weekends.