Buckingham Browne & Nichols (Cambridge, MA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Mike Willey
League: Independent School
State (Plays In): Prep Schools
Playoff Division: NEPSAC C
Playoff Division Rank: #5

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 6.5
2014 National Rank: #6322
2014 State Rank: #115 (in MA)
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +1.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 7
2015 National Rank: #6114
2015 State Rank: #109 (in MA)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 8
Dynasty National Rank: #5590
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.1
Dynasty Record: 73-27 (69-25 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 4-4
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-4 (tied for 7th)
2014 Points For Average: 26.4
2014 Points Against Average: 28.8
2014 Differential: -2.4
2014 Wins: #7134 St. Paul's (Concord, NH) (35-28), #7999 Roxbury Latin (West Roxbury) (34-29), #9677 St. George's (Middletown, RI) (42-28), #13087 Thayer Academy (Braintree) (48-12)
2014 Losses: #1918 Lawrence Academy (Groton) (42-7), #2079 St. Sebastian's (Needham) (49-25), #2928 Governor's Academy (Byfield) (25-6), #4705 Belmont Hill (Belmont) (17-14)
2014 Opponents W-L: 37-30
Recent League Championships: 2008
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1
Streak List: 11/7/14 Roxbury Latin (West Roxbury) (34-29)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/26 at Tabor Academy (Marion), 10/3 Belmont Hill (Belmont), 10/10 at Governor's Academy (Byfield), 10/17 at Milton Academy (Milton), 10/24 Lawrence Academy (Groton), 10/30 Noble & Greenough (Dedham), 11/6 at St. Sebastian's (Needham), 11/13 St. Paul's (Concord, NH)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Lawrence Academy (Groton) (29.5), Milton Academy (Milton) (19.1), St. Sebastian's (Needham) (16.6)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Tabor Academy (Marion) (-16.5), Noble & Greenough (Dedham) (-8.4), St. Paul's (Concord, NH) (3)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.7
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.1
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.4
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #91
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5211
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-4
2015 Projected League Finish: 7th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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