What a year it has been. When Groger Ranks started back in October with the first rankings, we had no idea how big it would become. Now, at the conclusion of the 2018-19 high school quizbowl season (with NASAT happening last week), we can finally make our last post of the season. Over the past … Continue reading 2018-19 GROGER RANKS AWARDS
Category: Analysis
2018-19 HSQB PRE-NATIONALS POLL PODCAST
As a companion to the results to our Pre-Nationals Poll, here is our promised podcast discussing the results of the poll and our predictions for nationals. Thanks as always to our subscribers on Patreon: Vikshar Athreya Felix Wang Fred Morlan Sindhu Nair Gomathy Srinivasan https://soundcloud.com/anson-berns/pre-nats-groger-ranks-podcast
2018-19 HSQB PRE-NATIONALS POLL RESULTS
The following article was a contribution by the entire Groger Ranks staff and many members of the HSQB community who helped out with this poll. Thank you. After the success of the 2018-19 Midseason Poll, we here at Groger Ranks dared to run a Pre-Nationals Poll. We opened the poll up to anyone to fill … Continue reading 2018-19 HSQB PRE-NATIONALS POLL RESULTS
Systematically Underranked Teams: An Analysis
The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member Arjun Nageswaran This article will act as much of an analysis article as a disclaimer for our rankings. As you may know, there are several criteria that must be met in order to be considered for rankings (the criteria being at least 18 adjust PPB … Continue reading Systematically Underranked Teams: An Analysis
DC Metro Groger Ranks Write-Up: An Analysis
The following article was a guest contribution by Abhinav Karthikeyan and Chris Tong 1. Thomas Jefferson High School A Undisputed #1 team in the country and PACE title favorites, TJ A has proved itself on many sets and contains extreme depth that is almost unheard of. Led by the aforementioned and formidable Fred Zhang, TJ … Continue reading DC Metro Groger Ranks Write-Up: An Analysis
Weighted Rankings: An Analysis
The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member Arjun Nageswaran So as you may (or may not) know, ever since we started back in October, Groger Ranks has been ranking teams on their best performance only. This seemed to make sense when we started, as taking improvement into account ahead of nationals, every … Continue reading Weighted Rankings: An Analysis
IPNCT Preview Podcast
On March 28th, we recorded this podcast about our predictions for this weekend's Individual Player National Championship Tournament. As always, this is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the best players, just some of our late-night discussion. As such, we apologize in advance if we did not include discussion of a qualified player. … Continue reading IPNCT Preview Podcast
Missouri Groger Ranks Write-Up: An Analysis
The following article was a guest contribution by Felix Wang With the NAQT MO Qualifier ending just a few days ago serving as sort of a faux state championship for the top teams in Missouri I think now would be a good time to look over the season and analyze who the best teams were. Disclaimer, … Continue reading Missouri Groger Ranks Write-Up: An Analysis
Modified Liu Adjustments: An Analysis
The following article was a contribution by Groger Ranks member Steven Liu As you may have noticed, Groger Ranks is now using the so-called Modified Liu Adjustments for PPBs. While the conversion from adjusted stats to Groger Score and power adjustments are calculated as they were before, the bonus adjustments use this new methodology. … Continue reading Modified Liu Adjustments: An Analysis
2018-19 HSQB MIDSEASON POLL RESULTS
The following article was a contribution by the entire Groger Ranks staff and many members of the HSQB community who helped out with this poll. Thank you. We did it! After weeks of polling, with some 30 responses, we are pleased to announce the final results of the 2018-19 HSQB Midseason Poll. We opened the … Continue reading 2018-19 HSQB MIDSEASON POLL RESULTS
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