Howard (Wilmington, DE)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Blue/White Coach: Dan Ritter League: Blue Hen Flight - B Playoff Division: II Playoff Division Rank: #1 RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 20.4 2015 National Rank: #3373 2015 State Rank: #6 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -0.9 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.6 2016 Starting Power Rating: 14.9 2016 National Rank: #4317 2016 State Rank: #7 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 7.7 Dynasty National Rank: #5686 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.8 Dynasty Record: 95-43 (64-24 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 10-3 2015 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd) 2015 Points For Average: 28.3 2015 Points Against Average: 17.6 2015 Differential: +10.7 2015 Wins: #3528 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (28-13), #4739 Wilmington Friends (Wilmington) (20-15), #6662 Archmere Academy (Claymont) (38-30), #7523 Tower Hill (Wilmington) (30-16), #8349 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (28-7), #8644 Glasgow (Newark) (38-22), #11588 McKean [Thomas] (Wilmington) (32-6), #12077 Brandywine (Wilmington) (44-8), #12906 Christiana (Newark) (38-0), #13350 Dickinson [John] (Wilmington) (46-0) 2015 Losses: #480 Smyrna (56-6), #3174 Mount Pleasant (Wilmington) (21-6), #3528 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (35-14) 2015 Opponents W-L: 82-60 Recent State Championships: 2015 Recent League Championships: 2009 (tied for 1st), 2008, 2005 (Blue Hen Flight B) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 4 Streak List: 11/13/15 Dickinson [John] (Wilmington) (46-0), 11/20/15 Tower Hill (Wilmington) (30-16), 11/27/15 Wilmington Friends (Wilmington) (20-15), 12/5/15 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (28-13) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/10 at Archmere Academy (Claymont), 9/17 at St. Georges Tech (Middletown), 9/24 McKean [Thomas] (Wilmington), 10/1 at Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark), 10/8 Smyrna, 10/15 at Brandywine (Wilmington), 10/21 Christiana (Newark), 10/28 at Glasgow (Newark), 11/4 Mount Pleasant (Wilmington), 11/10 Dickinson [John] (Wilmington) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Smyrna (54), Mount Pleasant (Wilmington) (25), St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (17.1) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Dickinson [John] (Wilmington) (-37.8), McKean [Thomas] (Wilmington) (-29.7), Brandywine (Wilmington) (-22.9) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.6 (4.6 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.3 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.3 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #21 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8387 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2 2016 Projected League Finish: 1st 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.