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  • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

    Here is my take now that all the games are in the books. I have a 7-4 split, just don't see how they can leave St. Thomas home. They should be ranked higher than they are out West

    AQ's

    ECAC East- Norwich
    NESCAC- Amherst
    SUNYAC- Plattsburgh
    ECAC NE- Wentworth
    MASCAC- Plymouth State
    MIAC- Gustavus Adolphus
    NCHA- St. Norbert
    MCHA- MSOE

    Pool C - Oswego
    Pool C - Elmira
    Pool C - St. Thomas


    1E. Norwich
    2E. Oswego
    3E. Amherst
    4E. Plattsburgh
    5E. Elmira
    6E. Wentworth
    7E. Plymouth State


    1W. SNC
    2W. St. Thomas
    3W. GAC
    4W. MSOE


    Play-In round:

    MSOE @ St. Norbert
    Gustavus @ St. Thomas
    Plymouth @ Wentworth

    This of course means only one Western team in Placid.

    Quarterfinals:

    Plymouth / Wentworth @ Norwich
    Elmira @ Oswego
    MSOE/GAC @ SNC/St. Thomas
    Plattsburgh @ Amherst

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    • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

      As I understand it now looks like
      ECAC East- Norwich
      NESCAC- Amherst
      SUNYAC- Plattsburgh
      ECAC NE- Wentworth
      MASCAC- Plymouth State
      MIAC- Gustavus Adolphus
      NCHA- St. Norbert
      MCHA- MSOE

      Pool C - Oswego
      Pool C - Elmira
      Pool C – Hobart

      1E. Norwich
      2E. Oswego
      3E. Amherst
      4E. Plattsburgh
      5E. Elmira
      6E. Hobart
      7E. Wentworth
      8E. Plymouth State

      1W. SNC
      2W. GAC
      3W. MSOE

      BUT could the smoke filled room could give us a a fly in the soup by putting Adrian or St. Thomas in and bumping ether Elmira or Hobart?

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      • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

        Originally posted by icedog18 View Post
        Here is my take now that all the games are in the books. I have a 7-4 split, just don't see how they can leave St. Thomas home. They should be ranked higher than they are out West
        Yeah, but they aren't....it would hard to justify jumping them as high as they would need to considering their only game this week is a loss....St. Thomas is done.
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        • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

          Code:
          I'll take a stab at a potential bracket based on what we seem to know so far...basically everyone seems to have the same teams.
          
          
          MSOE		
          *Gustavus Adolphus		
          		     *St. Norbert
          		
          
          		     Plattsburgh
          		     *Amherst
          
          
          Plymouth State
          *Elmira		
          		     *Oswego
          
          
          Wentworth
          *Hobart		
          		     *Norwich

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          • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

            Originally posted by Irishdave View Post
            BUT could the smoke filled room could give us a a fly in the soup by putting Adrian or St. Thomas in and bumping ether Elmira or Hobart?
            No way Adrian gets in now. They don't have the numbers. IF a 4th from the West gets in, it would be St Thomas. That's a BIG if...

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            • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

              Thats a big if, yet St. Thomas is a whole lot more deserving and has a lot better record than the fourth team from the West that snuck in last year. I think they make it.
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              • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

                And I was all ready for the Wednesday play-in game. St. Thomas would seem to be a decent Pool C candidate but with their Regional ranking I'm not sure they'll be under consideration. From an SNC perspective a 4th Western team might be a bad thing because I think it creates 2 play-ins out there.
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                • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

                  Originally posted by VermontfaninNY View Post
                  Thats a big if, yet St. Thomas is a whole lot more deserving and has a lot better record than the fourth team from the West that snuck in last year. I think they make it.
                  more deserving then who this year?

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                  • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

                    Originally posted by LakerFan99 View Post
                    I don't think we'll have 2 Wednesday games out west. At this point, here's my best guess:

                    Play-In:

                    MSOE @ GA
                    Plymouth @ Elmira
                    Wentworth @ Hobart

                    Quarterfinals:

                    Hobart/Wentworth @ Norwich
                    Elmira/Plymouth State @ Oswego
                    MSOE/GA @ SNC
                    Plattsburgh @ Amherst
                    This is my guess too, only that I'm tempted to think that the NCAA would just assume have Amherst @ Plattsburgh. Stafford's capacity and Plattsburgh's proximity to Placid may seem more appealing to the committee, and would make for an interesting "wrinkle" in the whole scheme of things.

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                    • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

                      I think that's what the final (super-secret) NCAA rankings give us - St Thomas ranked higher in the West, and a 7-4 split.
                      The "Miracle" was winning the Gold Medal Game against the Finns. I'm biased, I was there.

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                      • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

                        What time is the tourney field supposed to be announced?

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                          Originally posted by Stormy8174 View Post
                          more deserving then who this year?
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                          The "Miracle" was winning the Gold Medal Game against the Finns. I'm biased, I was there.

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                          • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

                            Originally posted by lakerfan View Post
                            What time is the tourney field supposed to be announced?
                            I'd assume the same time as the selection of teams...

                            http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/articl...ips-selections

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                            • Originally posted by MW4Bucky&SNC View Post
                              And I was all ready for the Wednesday play-in game. St. Thomas would seem to be a decent Pool C candidate but with their Regional ranking I'm not sure they'll be under consideration. From an SNC perspective a 4th Western team might be a bad thing because I think it creates 2 play-ins out there.
                              Us westerners could hope for a 7/4 split with three Wednesday games out east and two western quarterfinals
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                              • Re: Tournament Speculation Thread

                                I'm guessing Elmira is safe - but gotta wonder...could St. Thomas bump Hobart?

                                In some ways the numbers make it seem like it could be close...but then again St. Thomas was ranked 5th in the West in the last NCAA ranking so would the committee be looking their way? Hobart crushed a very hot Neumann team that had just picked up two road wins against ranked teams - what did St. Thomas do this week to justify getting the nod?

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