Marcos de Niza (Tempe, AZ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Padres
Colors: Brown/Vegas Gold
Coach: Roy Lopez
League: II Section III
Playoff Division: II
Playoff Division Rank: #3

SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS
Priest Willis 6'2" 190 Senior DB 4.4
Mauriece Lee 5'9" 190 Senior ATH 4.6 [Arizona]
Paul Elvira 6'1" 170 Senior WR 4.6 [Arizona]

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Adam Pavlenko 6'0" 200 Senior LB [Iowa State]
Tommy Thornton 6'2" 205 Senior QB [Wyoming]

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 40.3
2011 National Rank: #701
2011 State Rank: #14
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4
2012 Starting Power Rating: 44.1
2012 National Rank: #378
2012 State Rank: #9
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 21.1
Dynasty National Rank: #1994
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 25.5
Dynasty Record: 67-40 (20-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 9-3
2011 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (tied for 3rd)
2011 Points For Average: 36.8
2011 Points Against Average: 11.1
2011 Differential: +25.7
2011 Wins: #1582 Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale) (56-6), #1733 Perry (Gilbert) (20-7), #2184 Gilbert (24-13), #2626 Canyon del Oro (Tucson) (38-8), #3753 Chavez [Cesar] (Laveen) (34-7), #7003 McClintock (Tempe) (63-6), #7589 Camelback (Phoenix) (56-0), #8434 Maricopa (48-0), #11550 South Mountain (Phoenix) (56-6)
2011 Losses: #66 Chaparral (Scottsdale) (24-6), #418 Cienega (Vail) (22-21), #672 Ironwood Ridge (Tucson) (34-20)
2011 Opponents W-L: 83-54
Recent League Championships: 2008 (5A Pima), 2007 (5A Pima)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/24 at Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale), 8/31 at Chaparral (Scottsdale), 9/7 at Maricopa, 9/13 Perry (Gilbert), 9/21 Ironwood Ridge (Tucson), 9/28 Camelback (Phoenix), 10/5 at Gilbert, 10/12 at McClintock (Tempe), 10/19 South Mountain (Phoenix), 10/26 at Chavez [Cesar] (Laveen)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Chaparral (Scottsdale) (45.5), Ironwood Ridge (Tucson) (43.8), Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale) (31.3)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: South Mountain (Phoenix) (-22.9), Maricopa (-2.4), Camelback (Phoenix) (4.9)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.2 (23.8 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.4
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.2
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #28
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2189
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 26%



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