Sunday, March 13, 2016

NHL power rankings for mid-March


By Rick Morris


NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.


TOP TIER

1 Washington (3-1-1-1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 St. Louis (4-8-6-6-6-5-2)

3 Dallas (2-2-2-3-3-3-4)

4 Chicago (6-6-5-2-2-2-3)

5 Boston (15-10-8-17-16-11-12)

6 Tampa Bay (18-14-13-9-7-7-5)

7 New York Islanders (13-3-3-8-13-10-10)

8 New York Rangers (5-9-12-13-9-8-6)

9 Florida (19-15-7-4-4-4-7)

10 Anaheim (25-26-27-23-19-15-8)

11 Los Angeles (7-5-4-5-5-6-9)

12 Nashville (12-13-14-24-20-17-13)

13 Detroit (11-7-15-7-8-9-11)

14 Pittsburgh (9-19-21-22-22-12-14)

15 San Jose (8-24-25-14-11-14-15)

16 Philadelphia (21-17-20-19-17-20-16)

17 Colorado (28-28-17-16-12-16-17)

18 New Jersey (16-16-10-20-18-13-18)

19 Montreal (1-4-11-18-24-22-19)

20 Ottawa (14-12-16-21-23-23-20)

21 Minnesota (17-11-9-10-21-26-21)

22 Carolina (27-29-19-12-10-19-22)

THIRD TIER

23 Columbus (24-30-30-30-29-27-23)

24 Vancouver (20-25-26-15-15-18-24)

25 Buffalo (22-22-29-29-27-28-27)

26 Arizona (10-20-22-11-14-24-25)

27 Winnipeg (23-23-24-25-25-25-26)

28 Calgary (29-21-18-26-26-21-28)

29 Edmonton (30-18-28-28-28-29-29)

FOURTH TIER

30 Toronto (26-27-23-27-30-30-30)
 

BIGGEST RISERS: Boston (7 spots), New York Islanders (3 spots)


BIGGEST FALLERS: none more than 3 spots


RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST


1 CENTRAL 12.29

2 METROPOLITAN 13.63

3 ATLANTIC 15.88

4 PACIFIC 20.43


RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.51

2 WEST 32.72

NBA power rankings for mid-March


By Rick Morris


NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.


TOP TIER

1 Golden State (1-1-1-1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 San Antonio (2-2-2-2-2-2-2)

THIRD TIER

3 Cleveland (3-3-3-3-3-3-3)

4 Toronto (8-9-8-6-5-5-4)

5 LA Clippers (13-8-6-5-6-6-6)

6 Oklahoma City (6-4-4-4-4-4-5)

FOURTH TIER

7 Boston (15-10-13-15-9-8-7)

8 Memphis (11-14-15-11-7-7-8)

9 Charlotte (10-7-16-19-17-11-11)

10 Miami (5-11-10-10-10-9-9)

11 Atlanta (12-16-5-8-12-10-12)

12 Portland (21-19-20-20-16-13-10)

13 Detroit (19-15-14-14-14-17-15)

14 Indiana (4-6-12-12-13-12-13)

15 Dallas (9-13-11-9-8-15-14)

16 Houston (22-17-19-13-15-18-18)

17 Chicago (7-5-7-7-11-16-17)

18 Denver (24-23-25-24-25-21-24)

19 Washington (23-22-17-16-18-19-16)

20 Utah (14-18-21-21-19-14-19)

21 Orlando (16-12-9-17-21-20-20)

22 Milwaukee (26-26-24-23-23-22-22)

23 New Orleans (27-28-23-25-24-25-23)

24 Sacramento (25-25-22-22-22-23-21)

25 New York (20-21-18-18-20-24-25)

FIFTH TIER

26 Minnesota (18-24-26-27-27-26-26)

SIXTH TIER

27 Brooklyn (28-27-27-26-26-27-27)

28 Phoenix (17-20-28-28-28-28-28)

SEVENTH TIER

29 LA Lakers (29-29-29-29-29-29-29)

EIGHTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (30-30-30-30-30-30-30)


BIGGEST RISERS: Denver (6 spots)


BIGGEST FALLERS: Sacramento and Washington (3 spots)


RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST


1T EAST 232

1T WEST 232

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

NHL power rankings for start of March


By Rick Morris


NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.


TOP TIER

1 Washington (3-1-1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 St. Louis (4-8-6-6-6-5)

3 Chicago (6-6-5-2-2-2)

4 Dallas (2-2-2-3-3-3)

5 Tampa Bay (18-14-13-9-7-7)

6 New York Rangers (5-9-12-13-9-8)

7 Florida (19-15-7-4-4-4)

8 Anaheim (25-26-27-23-19-15)

9 Los Angeles (7-5-4-5-5-6)

10 New York Islanders (13-3-3-8-13-10)

11 Detroit (11-7-15-7-8-9)

12 Boston (15-10-8-17-16-11)

13 Nashville (12-13-14-24-20-17)

14 Pittsburgh (9-19-21-22-22-12)

15 San Jose (8-24-25-14-11-14)

THIRD TIER

16 Philadelphia (21-17-20-19-17-20)

17 Colorado (28-28-17-16-12-16)

18 New Jersey (16-16-10-20-18-13)

19 Montreal (1-4-11-18-24-22)

20 Ottawa (14-12-16-21-23-23)

21 Minnesota (17-11-9-10-21-26)

22 Carolina (27-29-19-12-10-19)

FOURTH TIER

23 Columbus (24-30-30-30-29-27)

24 Vancouver (20-25-26-15-15-18)

25 Arizona (10-20-22-11-14-24)

26 Winnipeg (23-23-24-25-25-25)

27 Buffalo (22-22-29-29-27-28)

28 Calgary (29-21-18-26-26-21)

29 Edmonton (30-18-28-28-28-29)

30 Toronto (26-27-23-27-30-30)


BIGGEST RISERS: Anaheim (7 spots), Minnesota (5 spots), Columbus, Nashville and Philadelphia (4 spots), Montreal and St. Louis (3 spots)


BIGGEST FALLERS: Calgary (7 spots), Vancouver (6 spots), New Jersey (5 spots), Carolina, Florida and Los Angeles (3 spots)


RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST


1 CENTRAL 12.29

2 METROPOLITAN 13.75

3 ATLANTIC 16.38

4 PACIFIC 19.86


RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 30.13

2 WEST 32.15

NBA power rankings for start of March


By Rick Morris


NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.


TOP TIER

1 Golden State (1-1-1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 San Antonio (2-2-2-2-2-2)

THIRD TIER

3 Cleveland (3-3-3-3-3-3)

4 Toronto (8-9-8-6-5-5)

5 Oklahoma City (6-4-4-4-4-4)

6 LA Clippers (13-8-6-5-6-6)

FOURTH TIER

7 Boston (15-10-13-15-9-8)

8 Memphis (11-14-15-11-7-7)

9 Miami (5-11-10-10-10-9)

10 Portland (21-19-20-20-16-13)

11 Charlotte (10-7-16-19-17-11)

12 Atlanta (12-16-5-8-12-10)

13 Indiana (4-6-12-12-13-12)

14 Dallas (9-13-11-9-8-15)

15 Detroit (19-15-14-14-14-17)

16 Washington (23-22-17-16-18-19)

17 Chicago (7-5-7-7-11-16)

18 Houston (22-17-19-13-15-18)

19 Utah (14-18-21-21-19-14)

FIFTH TIER

20 Orlando (16-12-9-17-21-20)

21 Sacramento (25-25-22-22-22-23)

22 Milwaukee (26-26-24-23-23-22)

23 New Orleans (27-28-23-25-24-25)

24 Denver (24-23-25-24-25-21)

25 New York (20-21-18-18-20-24)

SIXTH TIER

26 Minnesota (18-24-26-27-27-26)

27 Brooklyn (28-27-27-26-26-27)

28 Phoenix (17-20-28-28-28-28)

SEVENTH TIER

29 LA Lakers (29-29-29-29-29-29)

EIGHTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (30-30-30-30-30-30)


BIGGEST RISERS: Portland and Washington (3 spots)


BIGGEST FALLERS: Utah (5 spots), Denver (3 spots)


RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 EAST 231

2 WEST 234