Welcome to this year's installment of The Bottom Feeders Bracket, on the road to The Futile Four.
We are pleased to announce several changes to the team selection process. While we will retain FARTS (Freddie's Arbitrary Rankings of Teams that Suck) as the primary selection criteria, this year YOU are the selection committee!
It is our sincere hope that opening up the selection process will produce more dissatisfaction and angry discourse.
According to FARTS, here are this year's leading candidates for the brackets:
1. Army (AH Auto-bid)
2. Alabama-Huntsville (WCHA Auto-bid)
3. American International
4. Sacred Heart
5. Princeton (ECAC Auto-bid)
6. RIT
7. Holy Cross
8. Penn State (B1G Auto-bid)
9. Colorado College
10. Niagara
11. Merrimack (HEA Auto-bid)
12. Canisius
13. Robert Morris
14. Massachusetts
15. Bemidji State
16. Boston University
***BUBBLE***
17. Dartmouth
18. Connecticut
19. Bentley
20. Harvard
21. Northern Michigan
22. Michigan State
23. Brown
24. Michigan Tech
25. Air Force
26. Lake Superior
27. St Lawrence
28. Mercyhurst
29. Nebraska-Omaha
30. Rensselaer
31. Miami (NCHC Auto-bid)
Applying the "Atlantic Hockey Rule" eliminates any team from consideration if they finish the season with a winning record, regardless of how weak their opposition was. This eliminates #13 Robert Morris, #18 UConn, #19 Bentley, #25 AirForce and #28 Mercyhurst from consideration.
One big problem remains; With #12 Canisius and NCHC Auto-bid Miami playing for their respective conference championships today, either or both could earn spots in that other tournament.
The committee is open to any suggestions to solve these issues.
We are pleased to announce several changes to the team selection process. While we will retain FARTS (Freddie's Arbitrary Rankings of Teams that Suck) as the primary selection criteria, this year YOU are the selection committee!
It is our sincere hope that opening up the selection process will produce more dissatisfaction and angry discourse.
According to FARTS, here are this year's leading candidates for the brackets:
1. Army (AH Auto-bid)
2. Alabama-Huntsville (WCHA Auto-bid)
3. American International
4. Sacred Heart
5. Princeton (ECAC Auto-bid)
6. RIT
7. Holy Cross
8. Penn State (B1G Auto-bid)
9. Colorado College
10. Niagara
11. Merrimack (HEA Auto-bid)
12. Canisius
13. Robert Morris
14. Massachusetts
15. Bemidji State
16. Boston University
***BUBBLE***
17. Dartmouth
18. Connecticut
19. Bentley
20. Harvard
21. Northern Michigan
22. Michigan State
23. Brown
24. Michigan Tech
25. Air Force
26. Lake Superior
27. St Lawrence
28. Mercyhurst
29. Nebraska-Omaha
30. Rensselaer
31. Miami (NCHC Auto-bid)
Applying the "Atlantic Hockey Rule" eliminates any team from consideration if they finish the season with a winning record, regardless of how weak their opposition was. This eliminates #13 Robert Morris, #18 UConn, #19 Bentley, #25 AirForce and #28 Mercyhurst from consideration.
One big problem remains; With #12 Canisius and NCHC Auto-bid Miami playing for their respective conference championships today, either or both could earn spots in that other tournament.
The committee is open to any suggestions to solve these issues.
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