The losing team had far more to lose than the winning team to gain in an upset from the KRACH perspective.MNHockeyFan wrote:I was surprised to see the huge impact that Mounds View's loss last night had on their KRACH ranking. They dropped 443 points, from 819 to 376 (-54%)! I guess this is because White Bear Lake was ranked so far below them, at #58.
At the same time I was also surprised that the impact on WBL for their win was relatively minor. They only gained 2 points, going from 10.5 to 12. 5 (+19%). Their ranking did climb 15 places, from #58 to #43.
Would appreciate hearing your explanation, ghshockeyfan, as to why a huge upset like this, so late in the season, appears to impact the losing team (the favorite) so much more than the winning team (the underdog).
Why? Because, as I understand it, KRACH takes WBLs best prior loss and turns that into a win. So, let's just say they lost to a team ranked 45 before last night. Beating the #1 team essentially makes that #45 loss a W. Maybe I'm wrong on this, but it should make sense as to why it didn't help WBL that much if KRACH handles this in such a way.***
MV on the other hand now has their best W become a L. I don't know the best team on their schedule that they beat before, but essentially that becomes a L in KRACH's eyes so-to-speak.
This is how it was explained to me by some experts some time ago. Maybe I misinterpreted what they were saying, but in the extreme case like MV (undefeated #1), it kind of makes sense as to why this happened as it did in KRACH.
***There's a bit more detail to this but I'm going to leave it out, for now, as it could complicate the discussion and really doesn't add much value to the high-level idea.
