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Chicago has so much talent & should be better than their 6-7 record. Dream are moving downward & are playing up to what most people expected at the beginning of the season. As I've mentioned before, it seems like the teams are divided as follows:
1. Minnesota
2. Los Angeles
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3. New York
4. Atlanta
5. Dallas
6. Washington
7. Chicago
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8. Indiana
9. Phoenix
10. Seattle
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11. Connecticut
12. San Antonio
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| Posted: 06/23/16 11:13 am ::: |
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| I'm a Dallas fan,but I have to be honest.How did we jump Atlanta,washington and chicago when all three of those teams recently beat us badly on our home floor ?
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| Posted: 06/27/16 9:57 am ::: |
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Week 6 update
1 Los Angeles
2 Minnesota
3 New York
4 Chicago
5 Phoenix
6 Washington
7 Dallas
8 Seattle
9 Atlanta
10 Indiana
11 San Antonio
12 Connecticut
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| Posted: 06/29/16 12:52 pm ::: |
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WNBA.com's (Brian Martin) Week 7 Power Rankings (6/28/16):
1. Los Angeles Sparks (13-1) ^
2. Minnesota Lynx (13-2) v
3. New York Liberty (10-5)
4. Washington Mystics (8-8 ) ^^
5. Dallas Wings (7-8 ) v
6. Phoenix Mercury (6-9) ^^
7. Atlanta Dream (8-6) vv
8. Chicago Sky (6-8 ) v
9. Seattle Storm (5-9) ^
10. Indiana Fever (5-9) v
11. San Antonio Stars (3-11) ^
12. Connecticut Sun (3-12) v
http://www.wnba.com/news/power-rankings-062816
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| Posted: 06/29/16 2:08 pm ::: |
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| Looks correct. Who'd thought the Mystics would ever be #4?
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| Posted: 06/30/16 9:05 am ::: |
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| Liberty are just two games behind Minnesota for the #2 seed. Lynx are slumping & Liberty are rolling.
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| Posted: 06/30/16 10:48 am ::: |
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My theory is standings are the answer to the question "What have you done so far?" Power rankings are the answer to the question "What have you done lately?" It would be interesting to compare predictions for the following methods for games over say the last 2/3 of the season:
1.) Pick winner based on standings.
2.) Pick winner based on power rankings only.
3.) Pick winner based on "poll of informed fans" (RebKell polls.)
4.) Pick home team to win.
5) Record in last 10 games (ties go to home team)
6.) Vegas spread.
Last night's Liberty/Lynx game would have been predicted wrong by 1-4 (not what 5 or 6 would have predicted) so no method is fool proof. Just going with the home team might end up being as good as anything.
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| Posted: 07/04/16 9:59 pm ::: |
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WNBA.com's (Brian Martin) Week 8 Power Rankings (7/04/16):
1. Los Angeles Sparks (16-1)
2. Minnesota Lynx (14-3)
3. New York Liberty (12-6)
4. Phoenix Mercury (8-10) ^^
5. Washington Mystics (9-9) v
6. Dallas Wings (8-10) v
7. Chicago Sky (7-9) ^
8. Indiana Fever (7-10) ^^
9. Atlanta Dream (8-9) vv
10. Seattle Storm (6-10) v
11. San Antonio Stars (4-13)
12. Connecticut Sun (4-13)
http://www.wnba.com/news/power-rankings-070416
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| Posted: 07/05/16 7:22 am ::: |
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| I'd switch Phoenix & Washington for now. Otherwise it looks correct.
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| Posted: 07/05/16 2:35 pm ::: |
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Week 7 update
1 Los Angeles
2 Minnesota
3 New York
4 Chicago
5 Phoenix
6 Washington
7 Seattle
8 Dallas
9 Indiana
10 Atlanta
11 San Antonio
12 Connecticut
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| Posted: 07/11/16 10:05 am ::: |
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Week 8 update
1 Los Angeles
2 Minnesota
3 New York
4 Chicago
5 Washington
6 Indiana
7 Phoenix
8 Atlanta
9 Seattle
10 Dallas
11 San Antonio
12 Connecticut
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| Posted: 07/11/16 10:23 am ::: |
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How is Dallas that low & Phoenix that high?
1. Los Angeles
2. Minnesota
3. New York
4. Washington
5. Atlanta
6. Chicago
7. Dallas
8. Phoenix
9. Indiana
10. Seattle
11. Connecticut
12. San Antonio
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| Posted: 07/11/16 10:57 am ::: |
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I still wouldn't have them below Phoenix. The league is divided three ways this season. Those 4-9 spots will change weekly.
1. Los Angeles
2. Minnesota
3. New York
4.-9. Washington, Dallas, Chicago, Indiana, Phoenix, Atlanta
10.-12. Seattle, Connecticut, San Antonio
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| Posted: 07/12/16 2:39 pm ::: |
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WNBA.com's (Brian Martin) Week 9 Power Rankings (7/12/16):
1. Los Angeles Sparks (18-1)
2. Minnesota Lynx (16-4)
3. New York Liberty (15-6)
4. Atlanta Dream (11-9) ^^^^^
5. Indiana Fever (9-11) ^^^
6. Chicago Sky (8-11) ^
7. Washington Mystics (9-11) vv
8. Dallas Wings (9-12) vv
9. Phoenix Mercury (8-13) vvvvv
10. Seattle Storm (7-13)
11. Connecticut Sun (5-14) ^
12. San Antonio Stars (5-15) v
http://www.wnba.com/news/power-rankings-071216[/quote]
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| Posted: 07/18/16 9:48 am ::: |
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Week 9 update
1 Los Angeles
2 Minnesota
3 New York
4 Chicago
5 Phoenix
6 Seattle
7 Atlanta
8 Indiana
9 Washington
10 Dallas
11 Connecticut
12 San Antonio
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| Posted: 07/19/16 2:25 pm ::: |
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WNBA.com's (Brian Martin) Week 10 Power Rankings (7/19/16):
1. Los Angeles Sparks (20-2)
2. Minnesota Lynx (19-4)
3. New York Liberty (17-7)
4. Atlanta Dream (12-11)
5. Chicago Sky (10-12) ^
6. Phoenix Mercury (10-13) ^^^
7. Indiana Fever (10-12) vv
8. Seattle Storm (8-14) ^^
9. Washington Mystics (9-13) vv
10. Dallas Wings (9-14) vv
11. Connecticut Sun (6-16)
12. San Antonio Stars (5-17)
http://www.wnba.com/news/power-rankings-071916
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| Posted: 07/19/16 5:33 pm ::: |
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| it'll be interesting to see who ends up with the #4 seed. Likely to be either Phoenix or Chicago with Atlanta as an outside shot. The #7 & #8 seeds seem like a waste, though Indiana typically pulls off some upsets in the play-offs.
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| Posted: 07/25/16 3:38 pm ::: |
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Week 10 update
1 Los Angeles
2 Minnesota
3 New York
4 Chicago
5 Phoenix
6 Indiana
7 Seattle
8 Atlanta
9 Dallas
10 Washington
11 Connecticut
12 San Antonio
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| Posted: 07/25/16 6:11 pm ::: |
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Atlanta's too low.
MINE
1. Los Angeles
2. Minnesota
3. New York
4. Chicago
5. Indiana
6. Atlanta
7. Phoenix
8. Seattle
9. Washington
10. Dallas
11. Connecticut
12. San Antonio
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| Posted: 07/26/16 8:05 pm ::: |
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WNBA.com's (Brian Martin) Week 11 Power Rankings (7/26/16):
1. Los Angeles Sparks (21-3)
2. Minnesota Lynx (21-4)
3. New York Liberty (18-8 )
4. Atlanta Dream (13-12)
5. Indiana Fever (12-12) ^^
6. Chicago Sky (11-13) v
7. Phoenix Mercury (10-14) v
8. Seattle Storm (9-15)
9. Connecticut Sun (8-16) ^^
10. Dallas Wings (9-16)
11. Washington Mystics (9-15) vv
12. San Antonio Stars (5-18 )
http://www.wnba.com/news/olympic-break-power-rankings-072616/
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| Posted: 08/23/16 3:27 pm ::: |
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Four WNBA teams to pay attention to post-Olympic break
http://www.yardbarker.com/mobile/content/article/s1_13132_21633760
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| A league-record 26 players (23 active plus three players under contract who did not report to training camp) represented nine of the 12 Olympic teams, including three apiece for Australia and Brazil as well as two each for Serbia and Spain. In short order, these players will return to their respective WNBA teams in hopes of making a run at the WNBA Finals this fall. |
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here are four teams to keep your eyes on for the remainder of the regular season.
Phoenix Mercury
Arizona’s team had a league-high six players in Rio. Its leaders, Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner, have a bit of work to do as at 10-14, the Mercury has suffered from some uneven play throughout the season. The challenge will also fall to their teammates Lindsey Harding (an American playing for Belarus), Sonja Petrovic (Serbia), Marta Xargay (Spain) and Australia’s Penny Taylor, who is retiring from the league at season’s end.
Phoenix may be the most fascinating team coming back into league play because while it may not take long for the team to find its rhythm together as a unit, you wonder if there’s enough depth on the roster to make a run for one of the lower playoff seeds. Having half of the roster playing more basketball than the rest might be a test of stamina and energy before even adding the stress of trying to resurrect the season.
Minnesota Lynx
The concerns for Phoenix can somewhat be said for the defending champions, who are on a mission to assert themselves as the greatest dynasty in the league’s 20-year existence. Four Americans came from the Lynx — Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus, Lindsay Whalen and Sylvia Fowles. They also happen to be four-fifths of Minnesota’s starting lineup (Rebekkah Brunson is the remaining starter).
In some regards, the Olympics could have been two weeks of nonstop practice for the foursome. However, each of them played significant minutes in the tournament. On top of a title defense and a season-long battle with the Los Angeles Sparks for Western Conference supremacy, they may face similar questions as Phoenix about proper resting of players in the stretch run.
Yet, the Lynx are three-time WNBA champions for a reason, so it would be foolish to discount them.
Los Angeles Sparks
Of course, the excellence of the Olympic team in Rio almost makes you forget the biggest controversy coming into the summer, when Candace Parker was unexpectedly left off the roster. In a sense, you can say that the snub added a bit of a “prove them wrong” element to Parker’s game this season, as her Sparks had been trading off all-time records with the Lynx. Both teams clinched playoff positions before the break, with the Sparks holding a half-game edge over the Lynx.
The rest that Parker got should be a major help given that gunning for history can exhaust any great team. Considering that the Lynx had four active players in Rio, if the Sparks further distance themselves in the standings, it won’t be a surprise if the Olympic break is looked upon as the separator between them.
In addition, Ana Dabovic started for Serbia and played well, so despite a lesser role in Los Angeles, you wonder if the Sparks’ lone Olympian could have earned herself more minutes.
New York Liberty
In a sense, if there’s one team that can get the post-Olympics bounce through the final weeks of the season, it’s the Liberty. Tina Charles, who was the leading MVP candidate for the majority of the season, was the lone Olympian on the roster. Though she carries the bulk of the offense for New York, she didn’t have nearly the same responsibility for Team USA thanks to the frontcourt depth along with Sue Bird, Taurasi and Moore leading the offense. Charles played well in a smaller role and fewer minutes, so perhaps she can return to MVP form for a well-rested Liberty team that sits atop the Eastern Conference standings.
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| Posted: 08/29/16 4:46 pm ::: |
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Inquisitr WNBA Power Rankings
http://www.inquisitr.com/3463452/wnba-playoff-race-whats-wrong-with-the-los-angeles-sparks/
1. Minnesota Lynx (22-5). The Lynx have the best record in the league after defeating Seattle 92-80 on Sunday. Minnesota is the hottest team in the league, winning eight-of-their-last-10 games, and rank second in the league, with 85.6 points per game and second in scoring defense, permitting 76.3 points.
2. Los Angeles Sparks (21-5). The Sparks have the best home record in the WNBA at 11-1.
3. New York Liberty (19-8 ). The Liberty have the best record in the Eastern Conference. New York won its lone game after Olympic break on Friday, defeating San Antonio 84-77. MVP candidate Tina Charles is second in the league with 21.0 points along and leads the WNBA in 9.7 caroms.
4. Atlanta Dream (14-13). The Dream are just 2-4 in their last six games.
5. Chicago Sky (13-13). The Sky have won both of their post-Olympic break games, defeating Atlanta (90-82) and Dallas (92-85). Elena Delle Donne is the top scorer in the WNBA at 21.6 points a game for the third highest scoring team in the league.
6. Indiana Fever (12-13). The Fever had their three-game winning streak snapped by the Washington Wizards (92-69) on August 27. Indiana ranks ninth in the league, with 80.0 points a game and is sixth in points allowed at 81.8.
7. Phoenix Mercury (12-14). The Mercury have won two straight and four-of-five. Phoenix ranks second in the league in scoring (85.5) but is 10th in scoring defense — allowing 84.8 points a contest.
8. Washington Mystics (10-16). The Mystics are currently tied with the Seattle for the final playoff spot. Washington is 1-1 since the Olympic break, defeating Indiana before falling to San Antonio (85-74) on August 28.
Washington is just 1-8 in its last nine games and has a minus-2.9 point differential. The Mystics and the Storm have split their season series with one game remaining in Washington.
9. Seattle Storm (10-16). The Storm has gone through a very tough stretch of their schedule, posting a 4-5 record. In those nine games, Seattle played the Lynx twice, Sparks once, and Liberty once.
Breanna Stewart is having a fabulous rookie campaign, ranking seventh in the league in scoring (18.3 ppg) and second n rebounding (9.2). The Storm is just 3-8 on the road and has a negative-1.8 point differential.
10. Connecticut Sun (9-17). The Sun are one game out of the final playoff spot. Connecticut had its season-high three-game winning streak snapped by Atlanta on August 28.
11. Dallas Wings (9-18 ). The Wings, in their first season in the league [formerly Tulsa Shock], are one-and-a-half games out of the final playoff spot. Dallas has lost eight straight and is the worst defensive team in the league, allowing 88.6 points a contest. Odyssey Sims leads five players with 14.3 points a game.
12. San Antonio Stars (6-19). The Stars ended a six-game losing streak with an 85-74 victory over Washington as Monique Currie, Jazmon Gwathmey, and Astou Ndour scored 16 points apiece. San Antonio is the lowest scoring team in the league at 72.9 points a game. The Stars are also the worst road team in the league, posting a 2-11 record, and possess the league’s worst point differential (7.5).
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