| Melrose (MA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Red Raiders Colors: Scarlet/White Coach: Tim Morris League: Middlesex - Freedom Playoff Division: 4 Playoff Division Rank: #4 RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 35.5 2017 National Rank: #1009 2017 State Rank: #7 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -12.2 2018 Starting Power Rating: 7.7 2018 National Rank: #2353 2018 State Rank: #28 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 27.3 Dynasty National Rank: #1938 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 19.6 Dynasty Record: 113-58 (66-35 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 13-0 2017 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st) 2017 Points For Average: 30.8 2017 Points Against Average: 13.5 2017 Differential: +17.3 2017 Wins: #1720 Hopkinton (22-8), #2567 Marblehead (28-20), #2741 Nashoba Regional (Bolton) (21-0), #2815 Wilmington (27-13), #3055 Stoneham (44-38), #3181 North Reading (27-26), #3223 Masconomet Regional (Topsfield) (32-6), #3563 Watertown (28-14), #5839 Dracut (14-10), #5904 Waltham (42-7), #6822 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (35-12), #8459 Winchester (46-16), #9797 Burlington (34-6) 2017 Losses: none 2017 Opponents W-L: 85-61 Recent State Championships: 2017 Recent League Championships: 2017, 2016 (tied for 1st), 2015, 2013, 2007 (tied for 1st; Middlesex), 2004 (tied for 1st; Middlesex) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: 16 Streak List: 11/4/16 Wayland (35-21), 11/12/16 Winchester (34-27), 11/24/16 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (28-8), 9/8/17 Masconomet Regional (Topsfield) (32-6), 9/15/17 Waltham (42-7), 9/22/17 Watertown (28-14), 9/28/17 Wilmington (27-13), 10/6/17 Stoneham (44-38), 10/13/17 Winchester (46-16), 10/20/17 Burlington (34-6), 10/27/17 Dracut (14-10), 11/3/17 North Reading (27-26), 11/10/17 Marblehead (28-20), 11/18/17 Hopkinton (22-8), 11/23/17 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (35-12), 12/2/17 Nashoba Regional (Bolton) (21-0) SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 9/7 Malden, 9/14 Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury), 9/21 vs Watertown, 9/28 Wilmington, 10/5 at Stoneham, 10/12 vs Winchester, 10/19 at Burlington, 11/22 at Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury) (19.9), Wilmington (4.7), Stoneham (3) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Malden (-28.6), Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (-25.4), Burlington (-21) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.7 (18 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.4 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -14.1 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #62 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4913 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-2 2018 Projected League Finish: 1st 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 5% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info. |