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GENERAL
Nickname: 76ers
Colors: Red/White/Blue
Coach: Maurice Douglas
League: Columbus City - South
Playoff Division: III
Playoff Division Rank: #68

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 6.8
2016 National Rank: #5842
2016 State Rank: #348
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
2017 Starting Power Rating: 9.3
2017 National Rank: #5204
2017 State Rank: #323
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 7.3
Dynasty National Rank: #5836
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2
Dynasty Record: 72-72 (57-41 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 5-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (4th)
2016 Points For Average: 28.4
2016 Points Against Average: 29.3
2016 Differential: -0.9
2016 Wins: #6781 Marion-Franklin (Columbus) (36-28), #7279 Mifflin (Columbus) (44-25), #9351 South (Columbus) (42-0), #9577 Briggs (Columbus) (36-0), #11283 Africentric Early College (Columbus) (60-22)
2016 Losses: #54 Pickerington Central (Pickerington) (43-0), #2911 Eastmoor Academy (Columbus) (29-6), #3932 West (Columbus) (44-30), #4305 Walnut Ridge (Columbus) (64-6), #5479 Northland (Columbus) (38-24)
2016 Opponents W-L: 57-49
Recent League Championships: 2003 (Columbus City South)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 Reigning Sports Thunder (Columbus), 9/1 Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown), 9/8 at St. Charles (Columbus), 9/15 at Briggs (Columbus), 9/22 Africentric Early College (Columbus), 9/29 West (Columbus), 10/6 at Eastmoor Academy (Columbus), 10/13 at Marion-Franklin (Columbus), 10/20 South (Columbus), 10/27 at Walnut Ridge (Columbus)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown) (26.4), Eastmoor Academy (Columbus) (20.2), Walnut Ridge (Columbus) (19)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Reigning Sports Thunder (Columbus) (-22), Africentric Early College (Columbus) (-18.2), Briggs (Columbus) (-10.5)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.8
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.3
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #341
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5744
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 5th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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