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
SSNCT PRE-NATIONALS RANKING
After a lot of requests, we are pleased to finally unveil our pre-nationals ranking for SSNCT. The methodology for ranking this was a lot different from what we normally use. For one, we eliminated the 18 ppb barrier that exists in our normal ranks, and considered A-sets as SSNCT is much easier than normal HS … Continue reading SSNCT PRE-NATIONALS RANKING
April 19, 2019 Rankings
It's been about a month, which it means it's time for some new rankings. For the first time in months, TJ's score on Penn Bowl is no longer the best Groger Score. However, it has been replaced with another dominant TJ performance, this time on SCT DII. We've heard a lot of people asking if … Continue reading April 19, 2019 Rankings
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
March 25, 2019 Rankings: Top 250
It's already the end of March and nationals season is approaching quickly (much quicker than some of us would like to admit)! Hopefully all the teams have been studying hard to prepare for deep nationals runs at one or both of the nationals. If teams would like to prepare for hard nationals-level questions against other … Continue reading March 25, 2019 Rankings: Top 250
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
February 25, 2019 Rankings
Some big tournaments have allowed us to add BHSAT and SCT-DII, and (after additional mirrors) we finally have enough data to re-include ATHENA and SSNCT. A new podcast will be coming soon. Thanks to the following people for supporting us on Patreon: Vikshar Athreya Felix Wang Sindhu Nair And of course here is the ranking … Continue reading February 25, 2019 Rankings
February 13, 2019 Rankings
As you may know, we recently bought a domain name and upgraded this site. However, there are understandably costs associated for that. We would encourage anyone who can to either sign up to be a patron at patreon.com/grogerranks or order a Groger Ranks customized personal quizbowl notebook at tinyurl.com/grogerstore. Now that all that is out … Continue reading February 13, 2019 Rankings
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
January 28, 2019 Rankings
Welcome back to Groger Ranks for the first rankings of 2019! We hadn't posted all this while for a combination of factors (mainly the lack of major tournaments and business with the midseason poll), but now as the season gets back into the swing of things, so will we. This particular set of rankings may … Continue reading January 28, 2019 Rankings
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