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    None of the Big Ten teams that will make the NCAA tournament won a game against a tournament team in OOC.

    -Notre Dame lost and tied to Denver, their best win was #19 Omaha and includes a loss to #49 Sacred Heart at home
    -Penn State lost to Clarkson, their best win was #23 Mercyhurst and includes a loss to #44 AIC.
    -Ohio State didn't play anyone, their best win was #34 UConn and includes zero wins in two tries at home against #58 RPI.
    -Michigan lost to Clarkson, their best win was #48 Vermont and includes a loss to #50 Ferris State. I'm not counting the Sparty game in the GLI because they're conference opponents.

    The only team in the Big Ten that DID beat a conference team in OOC - Minnesota's sweep of Clarkson - is the last team out.

    This is a joke. I get that scheduling cupcakes is the easy way to get to the tournament, but something needs to be done to encourage competitive OOC scheduling and not "just get a bad team and beat them easily"
    Last edited by TovarishchLisa; 03-17-2018, 10:06 PM.
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    Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

    Originally posted by TovarishchLisa View Post
    None of the Big Ten teams that will make the NCAA tournament won a game against a tournament team in OOC.

    -Notre Dame lost and tied to Denver, their best win was #19 Omaha and includes a loss to #49 Sacred Heart at home
    -Penn State lost to Clarkson, their best win was #23 Mercyhurst and includes a loss to #44 AIC.
    -Ohio State didn't play anyone, their best win was #34 UConn and includes zero wins in two tries at home against #58 RPI.
    -Michigan lost to Clarkson, their best win was #48 Vermont and includes a loss to #50 Ferris State. I'm not counting the Sparty game in the GLI because they're conference opponents.

    The only team in the Big Ten that DID beat a conference team in OOC - Minnesota's sweep of Clarkson - is the last team out.

    This is a joke. I get that scheduling cupcakes is the easy way to get to the tournament, but something needs to be done to encourage competitive OOC scheduling and not "just get a bad team and beat them easily"
    And now that you've spewed that childish rant, sit back and watch all four of them beat a tournament team next weekend.

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    23 > 21

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    • #3
      Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

      Originally posted by Speed Kills View Post
      Big Ten : Best conference in college hockey!!!
      Might not be there yet, but definitely headed in that direction.
      Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey

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      • #4
        Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

        The Gophers out of conference was the absolute last thing that cost them an NCAA bid
        Originally posted by SJHovey
        Pretty sure this post, made on January 3, 2016, when UNO was 14-3-1 and #2 in the pairwise, will go down in USCHO lore as The Curse of Tipsy McStagger.
        Originally posted by Brenthoven
        We mourn for days after a loss, puff out our chests for a week or more after we win. We brave the cold for tailgates, our friends know not to ask about the game after a tough loss, we laugh, we cry, we BLEED hockey, specifically the maroon'n'gold. Many of us have a tattoo waiting in the wings, WHEN (not IF) the Gophers are champions again.

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        • #5
          Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

          Originally posted by D2D View Post
          Might not be there yet, but definitely headed in that direction.
          Agreed. Fan of the NCHC and can't help but to think the Big Ten is becoming one of the better conferences in the nation.

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          • #6
            Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

            The "My team was screwed!" thread doesn't start until AFTER the selection show.

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            • #7
              Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

              Originally posted by Bender14 View Post
              Agreed. Fan of the NCHC and can't help but to think the Big Ten is becoming one of the better conferences in the nation.
              Thank you for being objective. Too bad I can't say the same for most other NCHC fans.
              National championships won by Big Ten schools : 23 (Michigan 9, Wisconsin 6, Minnesota 5, Michigan State 3, Ohio State 0, Penn State 0, Notre Dame 0)
              National championships won by NCHC schools : 21 (North Dakota 8, Denver 8, MN-Duluth 3, Colorado College 2, St. Cloud State 0, Miami 0, NE-Omaha 0, Western Michigan 0)

              23 > 21

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              • #8
                Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

                Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                The "My team was screwed!" thread doesn't start until AFTER the selection show.
                Does the committee still try to screw the WCHA? How does that work with all of the realignment?

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                • #9
                  Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

                  Originally posted by TovarishchLisa View Post
                  I get that scheduling cupcakes is the easy way to get to the tournament, but something needs to be done to encourage competitive OOC scheduling and not "just get a bad team and beat them easily"
                  you are missing the forest for the trees. teams need to schedule as many home games as possible for ooc. it all comes down to $$$ and finding 'cupcakes' to travel is what ends up getting games on the calendar.
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                  • #10
                    Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

                    Big Ten isn't the best conference yet. It's getting closer but it had nowhere else to go. Nothing against the rules in who they scheduled, it was enough to get in, but let's see what happens when the dust settles.
                    tUMD is Jan Brady per Brenthoven. Whew.... thanks for clearing THAT up.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by French Rage View Post
                      Does the committee still try to screw the WCHA? How does that work with all of the realignment?
                      Indeed. Once again they made sure there will be no all-WCHA Frozen Four.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

                        Notre Dame and Penn State originally scheduled and OOC series, but that obviously canceled. I think Notre Dame replaced them with ASU or UAH last minute.

                        Originally posted by TovarishchLisa View Post
                        None of the Big Ten teams that will make the NCAA tournament won a game against a tournament team in OOC.
                        Wait one week.
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                        • #13
                          Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

                          On another note, it's nice to see a conference bad enough that Notre Dame could join up and finally start having some success in the postseason again. Good for those little leprechauns.
                          Originally posted by Greg Ambrose on 3/7/2010
                          The fact that you BC fans revel in the superiority of your team in an admittedly weak league leads me to believe you will be more sorely disappointed when the end comes than we will.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

                            Eastern bias!! None of the Hockey East teams in the tournament won a single non-conference game against another tournament team.

                            This selective statistic stuff is fun. Let's continue: Duluth went 1-2 against non-conference tourney teams. SCSU 1-1-2 (at least they didn't lose to Princeton). We won't talk about Denver, 'cause that doesn't help my NaCHo is terrible argument.
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                            • #15
                              Re: Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

                              Let's be honest here - We're not talking about the whole Big. We're talking about Penn State and Ohio State. And there's really no defending their non-con scheduling.

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