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 Posted: 05/11/16 7:14 pm ::: 2016 WNBA Power Rankings |
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According to WNBA.com
1. Minnesota Lynx
2. Phoenix Mercury
3. Chicago Sky
4. Indiana Fever
5. New York Liberty
6. Dallas Wings
7. Los Angeles Sparks
8. Seattle Storm
9. Washington Mystics
10. Atlanta Dream
11. Connecticut Sun
12. San Antonio Stars
http://www.wnba.com/news/power-rankings-preseason-051116/
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| Posted: 05/11/16 10:46 pm ::: |
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Connecticut below Atlanta?? I know they're young, but whoever put this list together, did they even bother looking at Atlanta's roster?
I'd say:
1. Phoenix Mercury
2. Minnesota Lynx
3. Chicago Sky
4. New York Liberty
5. Los Angeles Sparks
6. Dallas Wings
7. Indiana Fever
8. Connecticut Sun
9. Seattle Storm
10. Washington Mystics
11. Atlanta Dream
12. San Antonio Stars
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| Posted: 05/12/16 6:59 am ::: |
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| I watched Connecticut for two straight days. Being ranked 8th is way, way too low. I would rank them at least 5th. I think they have a solid team.
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| Posted: 05/12/16 10:55 am ::: |
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I'll go
1 Minnesota
2 Indiana
3 New York
4 Phoenix
5 Chicago
6 Dallas
7 Washington
8 Los Angeles
9 Connecticut
10 Atlanta
11 Seattle
12 San Antonio
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| Posted: 05/12/16 9:16 pm ::: |
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I like these best. NY is too high but otherwise this looks about right. I think Chicago and LA could fight for that #3 spot. Indiana could finish anywhere from 4 to 8, so I like 6 as a guess. And the bottom three seem pretty set.
I'm willing to be surprised though!
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| Posted: 05/12/16 9:29 pm ::: |
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mine just for fun
1. PX
2. Minny
3. Chicago
4. LA
5. Indy
6. NY
7. Dallas
8. Conn
9. Seattle
10. Was
11. Atl
12. SA
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| Posted: 05/12/16 10:16 pm ::: |
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| Indy seem a little higher everywhere for mine.
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| Posted: 05/13/16 12:02 am ::: |
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1. Phoenix
2. Minnesota
3. Chicago
4. New York
5. Indiana
6. Dallas
7. Los Angeles
8. Connecticut
9. Seattle
10. Washington
11. Atlanta
12. San Antonio
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| Posted: 05/13/16 2:57 am ::: |
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| I think it will be interesting how it truly plays out with the new schedule. East coast teams will not play each other as much and west coast teams will play the east more. Every game is going to count differently than it did in the past. The power rankings are basically how things will be staged for the playoffs.
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| Posted: 05/13/16 3:08 am ::: |
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| sportsfan48 wrote: |
| I think it will be interesting how it truly plays out with the new schedule. East coast teams will not play each other as much and west coast teams will play the east more. Every game is going to count differently than it did in the past. The power rankings are basically how things will be staged for the playoffs. |
Others have mentioned this and I'm not sure I follow, in the past while the playoffs were broken up by conference, the records used was the record for the entire season vs all teams, so why do games count differently now that the playoffs format has changed? I understand that looking at the standings is a little different because you can't just look at 6 teams in the conference when figuring out playoff positioning, but it's not like in the past east teams could look at west teams as less important games because those results don't play a part in whether or not they make the playoffs.
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| Posted: 05/13/16 4:50 am ::: |
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| sportsfan48 wrote: |
| I think it will be interesting how it truly plays out with the new schedule. East coast teams will not play each other as much and west coast teams will play the east more. Every game is going to count differently than it did in the past. The power rankings are basically how things will be staged for the playoffs. |
Others have mentioned this and I'm not sure I follow, in the past while the playoffs were broken up by conference, the records used was the record for the entire season vs all teams, so why do games count differently now that the playoffs format has changed? I understand that looking at the standings is a little different because you can't just look at 6 teams in the conference when figuring out playoff positioning, but it's not like in the past east teams could look at west teams as less important games because those results don't play a part in whether or not they make the playoffs. |
Its different because of how often teams play each other. The west has long been thought of as the stronger conference with last year being an extreme difference (mainly because of the western stars that took time off , IMO) This year everyone will play each other three times, at least. I think it could change how things play out. I think it changes some of the dynamics of the rivalries as well.
I could be wrong but I am excited about the possibilities that are out there.
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| Posted: 05/13/16 7:32 am ::: |
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1.Minnesota
2.Phoenix
3.Chicago
4.Indiana
5 Los Angeles
6.Washington
7.New York
8.Dallas
9.Connecticut
10.Seattle
11.Atlanta
12.San Antonio
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| Posted: 05/13/16 7:50 am ::: |
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1. Mercury
2. Lynx
3. Sky
4. Sparks
5. Wings
6. Sun
7. Liberty
8. Fever
9. Mystics
10. Dram
11. Storm
12. Stars
I think 1 and 2 will win more than 26 games.
3-9 are pretty much a tossup
10-12 - probably win single digits in games.
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| Posted: 05/23/16 7:45 am ::: |
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week one update
1 Los Angeles
2 Minnesota
3 Dallas
4 New York
5 Atlanta
6 Indiana
7 Chicago
8 San Antonio
9 Connecticut
10 Phoenix
11 Washington
12 Seattle
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| Posted: 05/23/16 8:10 am ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
week one update
1 Los Angeles
2 Minnesota
3 Dallas
4 New York
5 Atlanta
6 Indiana
7 Chicago
8 San Antonio
9 Connecticut
10 Phoenix
11 Washington
12 Seattle |
You just copied the Net Rating from the WNBA stats page, because no sane person would have San Antonio at #8 right now.
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| Posted: 05/23/16 9:56 am ::: |
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That worked out well didn't it? I guess I will quit doing power rankings.....
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| Posted: 05/23/16 10:44 am ::: |
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| SpaceJunkie wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
week one update
1 Los Angeles
2 Minnesota
3 Dallas
4 New York
5 Atlanta
6 Indiana
7 Chicago
8 San Antonio
9 Connecticut
10 Phoenix
11 Washington
12 Seattle |
You just copied the Net Rating from the WNBA stats page, because no sane person would have San Antonio at #8 right now. |
I ran three different statistical models and San Antonio came out #8 in all three. I picked the one I thought looked best, which happens to match WNBA.com.
1/1/1 Los Angeles
2/2/2 Minnesota
3/4/3 Dallas
4/3/4 New York
5/5/5 Atlanta
6/6/6 Indiana
7/7/7 Chicago
8/8/8 San Antonio
10/9/9 Phoenix
9/12/10 Connecticut
11/10/11 Washington
12/11/12 Seattle
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