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  • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

    As an aside, perhaps those familiar with the sites could fill us in with some recommendations about the "best" places to eat. i"m talking serious food poisoning here. Not some middle of the road bad burger joint either.
    Spaulding get your foot off the boat!

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    • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

      Anybody gonna update this page? still not out of bed today?
      Originally posted by mtu_huskies
      "We are not too far away from a national championship," said (John) Scott.
      Boosh Factor 4

      Originally posted by Brent Hoven
      Yeah, but you're my favorite hag.

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      • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

        The BFB Committee just completed the brackets via conference call at 6:25pm EDT, only one and a half hours behind schedule! The conference call was delayed because one member of the committee was using the land line phone at Goober's Market in Parkersburg WV, and had to hang up every time Goober needed to use the line for a credit card authorization.

        Here are the final standings, according to FARTS (Freddie's Arbitrary Ranking of Teams that Suck):

        1. AIC (AHA Autobid)
        2. Conn
        3. Bentley
        4. HolyCross
        5. Army
        6. BowlingGreen
        7. Mercyhurst
        8. Clarkson (ECAC Autobid)
        9. MichiganTech (WCHA Autobid)
        10. Harvard
        11. Canisius
        12. Dartmouth
        13. AirForce
        14. Niagara (CHA Autobid)
        15. RobtMorris
        16. Alabama-Huntsville
        17. WesternMichigan (CCHA Autobid)
        18. Princeton
        19. SacredHeart
        20. Brown
        21. Providence (HEA Autobid)
        22. Colgate
        23. Rensselaer
        24. Alaska-Anchorage
        25. NotreDame

        Eliminate any teams with LP (Losing Pct) below .560, as well as any teams committed to playing in that 'other tournament'. Teams eliminated from consideration: #11 Canisius, #13 AirForce, #16 Alabama-Huntsville, #20 SacredHeart, #22 Colgate, #23 Rensselaer, #25 NotreDame.

        This leaves the TWITS (Teams With Inadequate Talent or Skill):
        1. AIC (last week #1)
        2. Conn (2)
        3. Bentley (3)
        4. Holy Cross (4)
        5. Army (5)
        6. Bowling Green (6)
        7. Mercyhurst (7)
        8. Clarkson (8)
        9. Michigan Tech (9)
        10. Harvard (10)
        11. Dartmouth (11)
        12. Niagara (13)
        13. RobertMorris (14)
        14. Western Michigan (15)
        15. Princeton (16)
        16. Brown (12)
        17. Providence (17)
        18. Alaska-Anchorage (18)

        Sorry, Brown. Your ECAC Tournament performance dropped you right out of the BFB. That #16 seed has to go to Providence as the HEA autobid.
        Here's the field:

        #1 Seeds: AIC, Conn, Bentley & HolyCross (A clean sweep for Atlantic Hockey)
        #2 Seeds: Army, BG, Mercyhurst & Clarkson
        #3 Seeds: MTU, Harvard, Dartmouth & Niagara
        #4 Seeds: RMU, WMU, Princeton & Providence.

        Conference breakdown: Atlantic 6, ECAC 4, CHA 2, CCHA 2, WCHA 1, HEA 1

        Now assign the #1 seeds (in order) sending each to the most remote regional available)

        #1 AIC goes to the western regional at Moscow ID
        #2 UConn goes to the midwest regional at Laurium MI
        #3 Bentley goes to the northeast regional at Massena NY
        #4 HolyCross goes to the east regional at Saugus MA

        Next place the #2 seeds so that if both top seeds advance to the regional finals, match-ups would be 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5:

        #5 Army goes to the HolyCross bracket at Saugus
        #6 BowlingGreen goes to the Bentley bracket at Massena
        #7 Mercyhurst goes to the UConn bracket at Laurium
        #8 Clarkson goes to the AIC bracket at Moscow

        Next, place the #3 seeds so that first round games are 8v9, 7v10, 6v11 and 5v12, but avoiding intra conference match-ups.

        #9 Michigan Tech plays #8 Clarkson in Moscow
        #10 Harvard plays #7 Mercyhurst in Laurium
        #11 Dartmouth plays #6 BowlingGreen in Massena
        #12 Niagara plays #5 Army in Saugus

        Finally, place the #4 seeds as follows 1v16, 2v15, 3v14, 4v13, again avoiding intra conference match-ups in the first round:

        #13 RobtMorris plays #4 HolyCross in Saugus
        #14 WesternMichigan plays #3 Bentley in Massena
        #15 Princeton plays #2 UConn in Laurium
        #16 Providence plays #1 AIC in Moscow

        Here's the brackets:

        Moscow ID
        1. AIC
        2. Clarkson
        3. MichiganTech
        4. Providence

        Laurium MI
        1. UConn
        2. Mercyhurst
        3. Harvard
        4. Princeton

        Massena NY
        1. Bentley
        2. BowlingGreen
        3. Dartmouth
        4. WesternMichigan

        Saugus MA
        1. HolyCross
        2. Army
        3. Niagara
        4. RobertMorris

        No intra-conference match-ups...CHECK.

        Lots of long bus rides...13 out of 16 teams have bus rides of 6 hours or more. Only Dartmouth (4:25) to Massena, Army (3:59) and Holy Cross (1:19) to Saugus are shorter.

        The committee considered several changes to eliminate these short trips, but in the end decided to make just one, swapping the #2 seeds between Saugus and Laurium. Sending Army to the UP instead of the Beanton 'burbs turns their bus trip from 3:19 to 19:50, while sending Mercyhurst east still leaves them with a bus ride of over 9 hours from Erie PA.

        So here they are, cast in stone:

        Moscow ID
        1. AIC
        2. Clarkson
        3. MichiganTech
        4. Providence

        Laurium MI
        1. UConn
        2. Army
        3. Harvard
        4. Princeton

        Massena NY
        1. Bentley
        2. BowlingGreen
        3. Dartmouth
        4. WesternMichigan

        Saugus MA
        1. HolyCross
        2. Mercyhurst
        3. Niagara
        4. RobertMorris
        Last edited by Freddie; 03-21-2010, 06:05 PM.
        Du hockey comme dans le temps!

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        • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

          The Saugus regional is loaded!!!!

          Despite my failure to convince the committee to include the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the field I will be watching for score updates with great anticipation.
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            Originally posted by HighToTheGloveSide View Post
            The Saugus regional is loaded!!!!

            Despite my failure to convince the committee to include the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the field I will be watching for score updates with great anticipation.
            I can only hope the updates are late, uninformative and inaccurate.
            Places I've seen a college hockey game: Agganis Arena, Alfond Arena, Bright Center, Consol Energy Center, Conte Forum, DCU Center, Fenway Park, Gutterson Fieldhouse, Houston Field House, Lawler Arena, Madison Square Garden, Matthews Arena, Mullins Center, Schneider Arena, Scottrade Center, Sears Centre, Tampa Bay Times Forum, TD Bank Sports Center, TD Garden, Tsongas Center, Tully Forum, Verizon Center, Verizon Wireless Arena, Walter Brown Arena, Wells Fargo Center, Whittemore Center

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            • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

              Originally posted by Freddie View Post
              So here they are, cast in stone:

              Moscow ID
              1. AIC
              2. Clarkson
              3. MichiganTech
              4. Providence
              You certainly negated the intra-conference matchups, but the Legion of **** is far too well represented in Moscow.
              Augsburg College: Wait, there's another D-3 school whose name starts with "A"?

              Originally posted by The Darkness:
              I don't see you asking Beer Pong Horn if he practices a religion from the beer continent.


              Originally posted by bigblue_dl:
              Wow. Tech fans are such a-holes. I think I saw Beer Pong Horn kick a blind puppy once.


              Boosh Factor (6-27-12): Summer Vacation

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              • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

                Originally posted by BUT09 View Post
                Don't worry. No one wants to go to Saugus.
                I know that you've been to Kelly's Roast Beef!

                (Then again, there's one on the beach in Revere)
                Originally posted by nmupiccdiva
                ...anyone that can start a meme like that is welcome and will fit in just fine around here.

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                • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

                  Originally posted by Terrier520 View Post
                  I know that you've been to Kelly's Roast Beef!

                  (Then again, there's one on the beach in Revere)
                  I played hockey weekly at the rink hosting the regional...

                  But Kelly's at 10 am on a Sunday never really appealed to me, so I've actually only been to the one in Revere.
                  "You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky

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                  • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

                    Originally posted by BUT09 View Post
                    I played hockey weekly at the rink hosting the regional...
                    At one point when I was a kid, my town switched leagues. We went from having a bunch of games at Marlboro's NESC to having a bunch of games in Saugus. That's like trading in a Mercedes for a Ford Pinto.
                    Places I've seen a college hockey game: Agganis Arena, Alfond Arena, Bright Center, Consol Energy Center, Conte Forum, DCU Center, Fenway Park, Gutterson Fieldhouse, Houston Field House, Lawler Arena, Madison Square Garden, Matthews Arena, Mullins Center, Schneider Arena, Scottrade Center, Sears Centre, Tampa Bay Times Forum, TD Bank Sports Center, TD Garden, Tsongas Center, Tully Forum, Verizon Center, Verizon Wireless Arena, Walter Brown Arena, Wells Fargo Center, Whittemore Center

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                    • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

                      Originally posted by Federal League View Post
                      At one point when I was a kid, my town switched leagues. We went from having a bunch of games at Marlboro's NESC to having a bunch of games in Saugus. That's like trading in a Mercedes for a Ford Pinto.
                      What an amazing coincidence. The BFB just signed a deal with Rent-a-Wreck to provide 1974 Ford Pintos as courtesy cars at the tournament sites.
                      Du hockey comme dans le temps!

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                      • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

                        I have heard talk that the Amish who live in the Massena area would be available to shuttle the players around by horse buggy. I told them our people would call their people, but upon second thought, they probably don't have phones.

                        The convenience here is obviously that they live about 30 minutes away by car, so it would take them several hours just to come pick up the teams from wherever they are staying.

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                        • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

                          Saugus MA
                          1. HolyCross
                          2. Mercyhurst
                          3. Niagara
                          4. RobertMorris

                          Upon further review how could the tournament committee invite a team that has victories over Miami (two wins in Oxford) Bemidji State (two wins and a tie) and NCAA tournament qualifier Alabama-Huntsville (two wins)???????

                          Eastern bias, eastern bias, eastern bias!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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                          • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

                            Originally posted by Federal League View Post
                            At one point when I was a kid, my town switched leagues. We went from having a bunch of games at Marlboro's NESC to having a bunch of games in Saugus. That's like trading in a Mercedes for a Ford Pinto.
                            Ouch.

                            Instead of Ford Pintos, I feel they should be using bike taxis. That way you are limited to local roads only, and have the added benefit of not being able to go very far without killing the driver.

                            Better yet, don't provide drivers.
                            "You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky

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                            • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

                              Originally posted by BUT09 View Post
                              Ouch.

                              Instead of Ford Pintos, I feel they should be using bike taxis. That way you are limited to local roads only, and have the added benefit of not being able to go very far without killing the driver.

                              Better yet, don't provide drivers.
                              Why are we talking about this? I just expected all of the teams to stay at the arena, sleeping bags on the ice!
                              Having a clear conscience just means you have a bad memory or you had a boring weekend.

                              RIP - Kirby

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                              • Re: Bottom Feeders Bracket/Futile Four 2010

                                those Ivy league boys are gonna love Laurium!
                                Originally posted by mtu_huskies
                                "We are not too far away from a national championship," said (John) Scott.
                                Boosh Factor 4

                                Originally posted by Brent Hoven
                                Yeah, but you're my favorite hag.

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