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Pikeville's Winning Percentage under the new RPI System
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Buffs19 Wrote:I posted about this previously but didn't get any hits, so I figured I'd start this thread to see if anyone can offer any explanations.

Using the formula described by the KHSAA on its website, I've calculated Pikeville's Winning Percentage ("WP") as 1.107. However, the KHSAA has their WP listed as 1.093. The only logical explanation I can come up with for this discrepancy is that somehow Pikeville is not getting the full win value for their game against Jenkins.

Based on information provided by the KHSAA on its site, Jenkins started the "competitive season", which means they forfeited all remaining games on their schedule. Doesn't that mean that every team that accepted a forfeit from Jenkins should earn the full "win value" for the game based on the KHSAA's game value factors formula (i.e., Pikeville would receive a win value of 1 based on the game involving two Class A schools; 1.323/1.323 = 1).

If Pikeville earned a win value of 1 for the Jenkins game, then their total win value for the 9 games they've played should be 9.966. Divide that by 9 games, and you should get 1.107 as Pikeville's WP (9.966/9 = 1.107). But again, the KHSAA has their WP listed as 1.093. I know that's a very small difference, but every point counts in this new RPI system.

I believe the Jenkins game is this issue because as stated in my other post, I found discrepancies in both Breathitt County and Hazard's Winning Percentages. They both have also "won" games against Jenkins this year. I was curious if anyone had any other explanation for the discrepancies in those teams' Winning Percentages.

No time to do the math but any chance it has already figured in the 0.50 for Ridgeview? I agree it is odd.
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