grecoref Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/14348?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayruss Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Moral of the story, rankings don't mean much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Moral of the story, rankings don't mean much Well...sort of. Those are entire class rankings so they're a little misleading. One way of seeing it is this: if you're not a top 100 recruit (top 10 recruit in your expected college weight among your graduating class), you have a very small chance of being an NCAA all-american. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warsawwrestling Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Well...sort of. Those are entire class rankings so they're a little misleading. One way of seeing it is this: if you're not a top 100 recruit (top 10 recruit in your expected college weight among your graduating class), you have a very small chance of being an NCAA all-american. A little more than a small chance, if my math is correct. 27.5% chance if you are not in the top 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) A little more than a small chance, if my math is correct. 27.5% chance if you are not in the top 100 That should be 17.5% of the all-americans were not ranked in the top 100 recruits coming out. So at a given weight, 6 or 7 of the roughly 40 active D1 guys who were ranked in the top 10 when they graduated in the past 5 years will be all-americans in a certain year. Meanwhile, 1 or 2 of the roughly 200-250 "unranked-recruit" guys who are on D1 rosters at that weight from the last 5 graduating classes will be an all-american in a given year. I'm just saying...the odds are much smaller if you didn't make that list. Edited March 26, 2015 by maligned warsawwrestling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warsawwrestling Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 That should be 17.5% of the all-americans were not ranked in the top 100 recruits coming out. So at a given weight, 6 or 7 of the roughly 40 active D1 guys who were ranked in the top 10 when they graduated in the past 5 years will be all-americans in a certain year. Meanwhile, 1 or 2 of the roughly 200-250 "unranked-recruit" guys who are on D1 rosters at that weight from the last 5 graduating classes will be an all-american in a given year. I'm just saying...the odds are much smaller if you didn't make that list. This is why I leave the math and stats to you guys that are good at it, I can't even subtract 100- 82.5 and come up with the right answer. There are people who get mad if you don't put stats with your statements, that is what I get for trying. So the mean of non-ranked athletes that makes all-american status in D1 is n=17.5. Now what is the standard deviation. Just the fact I know that the terms mean and standard deviation can go together hurts my head!!!!!! Good stats.......gives us people who cheer for the underdog a fighting chance. Major Ursula 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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