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Bell-shaped curve and other thoughts by SixShutouts66

1. High school rankings are a valid discussion point to use for incoming frosh and perhaps sophomores. At some point they cease to be a good measure of the player's ability.

2. The ability of players, if you had a perfect ranking system, would resemble the normal distribution curve. The implication is that there may be a greater difference between players ranked 3 and 10 than players ranked 30 and 50.

3. Ideally I'd like to assign a certain number of points (say 5 -25) to each ranking position. For instance the top 3 rankings would be worth 24 points (25 points for a Griner or Stewart "generational player"). The next grouping might only be 22 points (to reward getting the truly elite recruits). This mitigates the unranked outliers a bit, although it becomes more work.

4. Your team ranking is the points for a mix of say 2 tall players and 3 guards/wings