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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Black/Red
Coach: John Sowards
League: Mountain State
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #34

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: -16.6
2014 National Rank: #11443
2014 State Rank: #80
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: -14.1
2015 National Rank: #10948
2015 State Rank: #75
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 1.9
Dynasty National Rank: #7584
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 16
Dynasty Record: 54-75 (36-62 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 2-8
2014 League Record/Finish: 0-7 (14th)
2014 Points For Average: 20.3
2014 Points Against Average: 49
2014 Differential: -28.7
2014 Wins: #11688 Logan (32-22), #12986 Poca (28-12)
2014 Losses: #78 Capital (Charleston) (91-14), #740 South Charleston (61-14), #3104 Hurricane (68-26), #3482 Spring Valley (Huntington) (58-20), #6148 Ripley (54-18), #7758 Hoover [Herbert] (Clendenin) (49-21), #8509 St. Albans (55-14), #9402 Winfield (20-16)
2014 Opponents W-L: 55-54
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 Poca, 9/4 at Hurricane, 9/18 at South Charleston, 9/25 vs Mingo Central (Matewan), 10/2 Ripley, 10/9 at Winfield, 10/16 Spring Valley (Huntington), 10/23 Wilson [Woodrow] (Beckley), 10/30 Huntington, 11/6 at St. Albans
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: South Charleston (55.1), Huntington (37.5), Mingo Central (Matewan) (18.3)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Poca (-17.4), St. Albans (-7.6), Winfield (-3.1)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.8
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.2
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.4
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #15
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3931
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-9
2015 Projected League Finish: 14th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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