Sheffield Brookside - 6

Sullivan Black River - 0   

Tonight was the first time I went to a Brookside game,  the weather was not very good for baseball, but I enjoyed watching the game and look forward to the games on Saturday.

Brookside will play Bay Village in the first round of the playoffs next week.

Bay Village (12-5)  vs. Sheffield Brookside (9-9)

My ranking system weighs: record, history, and, success against strength of schedule.  The best history rating possible is 45.86, this would be a team that has won the State Title 3 years consecutively.  The best success rating is a 9, this would be the equivalent of going undefeated and playing all Division I teams with a .500 record or better.

Bay Village:  Historical Rating - 0, Success Rating - 2.823

Sheffield Brookside: Historical Rating - 4.6, Success Rating -3.862

Even though Bay Village has a better overall record and ranking, I would choose Brookside to win this game based on Historical and Success Rating.  It will probably take a year or two to improve weighting so the overall rating will reflect a favored team without recalculating each category.

Good Luck both teams!!

Division I

1. Lakota West   2. Zanesville  3. Cincinnati Moeller   4. Cincinnati Elder  5.  Hilliard Darby

Division II

1. Defiance  2. Washington Court House  3. Walsh Jesuit  4. Tallmadge   5. Columbus DeSales

Division III

1. Heath  2. Canton Central Catholic  3. Cincinnati Hills Christian   4. Youngstown Ursuline  5. Woodbridge

Division IV

1. Newark Catholic  2. Minster  3.  Fort Loramie  4. Fremont St. Joseph  5. Berlin Hiland

1.  Cincinnati Enquirer

2.  Mid Ohio Athletic Conference

3.  Cleveland.com

4.  Columbus Dispatch

5.  Newark's Advocate

1. Dayton Daily News

2. Vindicator

3. Toledo Blade 

4. Lima News 

8 months in the works is finally complete and MACattacksports unveils the first Baseball Power Poll which includes every team in the great state of Ohio!

7140+ games are now entered into the database with 519 teams being compared!!  Click on the Divisions listed at the bottom of the Power Poll section to see everything rated.

Youngstown and Dayton area teams I really need team records click on the "fans" link below to help.

I really need all the help I can get with assigning teams to divisions!!!!  and sources for scores, TEAM RECORDS, and statistical information.  Please email the information by clicking on fans@macattacksports.com and I'll start the updates immediately.  If your favorite team is missing or the record is incorrect just click on the "fans" link and send me the information.

Every team is now available under the link "My Team Ohio"  Any corrections may be sent to the above email address.

Mac

108 Days to go!!  Sunday, May 4th

Click on fans@macattacksports.com and send your team's returning starters. Name, Position, and Number of years started

Any coaching changes or information will also be greatly appreciated!!

The Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Assocation

&

The Buckeye Scout

They are located in the Links and Resources area under MACattack Top Picks

MACattack Overall Record - (51-13)!!!

Margin of Victory Correct - 2

Missed Games:

Kansas State over USC 80-67

Texas A&M over BYU 67-62

Western Kentucky over Drake 101-99 OT

San Diego over Connecticut 70-69

Siena over Vanderbilt 83-62

Villanova over Clemson 75-69

West Virginia over Duke 73-67

Michigan State over Pittsburgh 65-54

Davidson over Georgetown 74-70

Louisville over Tennessee 79-60

Davidson over Wisconsin 73-56

Kansas over North Carolina 84-66

#1 Lakewood St Edward  vs. #15 Newark * I don't think senior players should be able to talk to colleges until after the season is over.  This would have greatly changed the outcome of this game!

#5 Toledo Libbey vs. #8 Chillicothe * Mr Basketball might be from Chillicothe rather than Libbey.  Mr Basketball players take over when the game counts and delivers.  This didn't happen here!

#25 Ottawa-Glandorf vs. Sugarcreek Garaway * Glandorf's players were men against boys!

#1 New Knoxville vs. #2 Worthington Christian * New Knoxville could have played against any team in state!

This year I compiled the information on 9,420 games not counting the final 4 games tomorrow.  I was very lucky to have 2, #1 teams go wire to wire and lottery lucky to have New Knoxville vs. Worthington Christian go preseason #1 and #2 to the Championship game!

Some minor changes have to be made to my ranking system to close the gap where strength of schedule performed better than records.  So I'll tell you how insignificant the change will be.  The win multiplier will drop by 0.1, Strength of Schedule will increase by 0.2, the remaining changes will be almost un-noticeable.

Mac

February 8, 2008

Canton McKinley Bulldogs

A number of coaches are being interviewed and some of the more visible are: Stephen Tutsie @ Warren Cental, Indianapolis,  Parma Normandy's Rich Turner, Ron Johnson @ Middletown, and Art Bortnick @ Cleveland Benedictine to name a few.  I believe if the Bulldogs want to get their program back to being Regional or State finalists they will have to pick Art Bortnick.

• 1. Cincinnati Enquirer
• 2. Dayton Daily News
• 3. Davey1.com
• 4. Mid Ohio Athletic Conferece
• 5. Loraincounty.com
• 6. Sciotobasketball.com
• 7. Crosscountyconference.com

Any help with divisional reassignments will be greatly appreciated!  The overall numerical rating is historical driven this week only, every week after will be a combination of weighting, wins, strength of schedule, and historical success.  As with football, my rankings do not attempt to pick a State Champion but to predict the likelihood of the team winning their next game.  Later in the season the rankings can identify "stand out" teams that can go deep into the playoffs or even win it all.  My Team Ohio still organizes the teams by division, conference, mascot, etc so if you see an error or have an update please click on fans@macattacksports.com and we will make the appropriate changes quickly.

If you know the current records of any team in the state please email those results to the email highlighted above, Thank you very much!!

Thanks for your support!!

MACattack

The Rankings work across all 6 divisions.  The quickest way to explain how they work is the team with the higher overall rating would be the favored team in the game.  Quality Win points are awarded to a team that defeats a team in the Top 13 positions with the points varying for Home and Away games.  Success is the team's ability to win against their schedule.  Historical Performance is the teams rating over the past 30 weeks including their coach and returning starters.

We have added a Power Ranking Report where all divisions are compared together.  There are a few errors with my data entry and I will have to fix them over the next couple weeks.  Having this report I will be able to check margin of victory a lot easier and be able to make trivial adjustments to my ranking equation.

more later....

The famous MACattack Power Rank Numbers for team overall and Coaches records + ranks are now included for all teams. Plus a MACattack Power Rank of all teams and all of the 4 Ohio Areas now in an easy report.

MAC

As promised (the cool upcoming features), the myTEAMOHIO section has new information for each team. The current OHSAA point totals (AVG-LEVEL1-LEVEL2) are updated now for week 5 and will continue for the entire season.

Also state wide ranking OHSAA numbers for TOTAL AVG and LEVEL 2 are now included. Interesting to see the best Level 2 (secondary) points in the state. Those secondary points are the key to making the playoffs - you know the motto: "The biggest FAN of the teams you defeat is YOU!".

MAC 

MACattack sports is proud to announce the new myTEAMOHIO section is now up. myTEAMOHIO is the data of all OHSAA teams in a easy to find place. Nowhere else on the web can you search for teams in Ohio by School Name, Team Name, Mascot, Conference Division and Regions.

The Team Pages have all the vital information about that team now, but it will be the ultimate resource as we add much more information. We plan to add info like: Stadium Location, Best area restaurants, Lodging, weekly team info, team senior players, starters, MAC power rankings and much much more.

Best of all, we want to involve you - THE FANS. Unlike the other "FORUM" type sites where there is mudslinging and name calling, MACattack team pages will just have the best info to enjoy High School Sports at the highest level - the informed fan.

CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT

-MAC

Welcome to the new MACattacksports.com

MACattacksports.com will undergo a serious facelift in the next couple of weeks. The site will primarily be an informational center for Schools, Teams, Rosters, Conferences, Key Players, Rankings, and few other things in the near future.

Thank you for visiting our site. 

MACattack