Boston University season thread 4: Where BC comes to talk hockey

[chickod]

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And Gary Cooper and every great older character actor that studio had under contract. One of my absolute favorite movies.

My mother-in-law just passed away in January. She grew up in New Jersey, across the river from Manhattan. Her dad was at the famous 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert. It was so fascinating to listen to her tell stories of what life was like then...I felt as though I was traveling back in a time machine and was actually there. I could have listened for hours. All of those people will be gone soon, and the only link we will have to the past is what has been left behind in the movies and the songs.

[theprofromdover]

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Has mookie always referred to himself in the 3rd person ?

He does on the golf course!

[ericredaxe]

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If you want to know why BU is out of the NCAA's as of now look at the fact that 25% of their wins were against Merrimack.

The problem is not the wins against Merrimack... it is the OOC losses to Harvard.

[Terrance]

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So I had posted this on the previous thread (I don't know how to quote from other threads):

"So if BU plays PC, that means BC is playing Maine (as we've already established that BC will be making it to the Garden) and the inevitable Maine-PC final would be a dream matchup for any Hockey East fan. Maine wins 40-6, becomes a TUC and Maine, BU (boosted by the wins vs Maine who is now a TUC), BC, UNH, PC (boosted by a 3-1 record vs TUC's to finish the season), and UML all make the tournament.

Can it happen? No, but if it could who wouldn't root for that?"

While I was wrong about the tournament matchups, it turns out that it is still possible for 5 of those teams to make the tournament (assuming this pairwise predictor is accurate).

If the following happens (there are probably other scenarios as well):

Atlantic Hockey
Semifinal #2: Mercyhurst defeats Connecticut
Semifinal #1: Niagara defeats Canisius
Championship game: Niagara defeats Mercyhurst

CCHA
Semifinal #2: Ohio State defeats Notre Dame
Semifinal #1: Miami defeats Michigan
Championship game: Miami defeats Ohio State

ECAC
Semifinal #2: Yale defeats Union
Semifinal #1: Quinnipiac defeats Brown
Championship game: Quinnipiac defeats Yale
Consolation game: Brown defeats Union

Hockey East
Semifinal #2: Boston University defeats Boston College
Semifinal #1: Providence defeats Massachusetts-Lowell
Championship game: Providence defeats Boston University

WCHA
Play-in #2: Colorado College defeats North Dakota
Play-in #1: Minnesota State defeats Wisconsin
Semifinal #2: Minnesota defeats Colorado College
Semifinal #1: Minnesota State defeats St. Cloud State
Championship game: Minnesota defeats Minnesota State


Then the Hockey East teams get the following final rankings in the Pairwise:

5. UML
5. BC
9. UNH
14. PC
15. BU

BU ends up tied with Notre Dame and RPI, but I believe they do the tiebreaker when listing them so

15t. Notre Dame
15t. BU
15t. RPI

would really be

15. Notre Dame
16. BU
17. RPI

right? Anyone else found any interesting scenarios?

[Nick Papagiorgio]

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I love love love this time of the year when we look at the astronomical scenarios in which BU can get an at-large.

[Bomber]

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funny to consider... but connolly of uscho on nesn just said that if bu wins friday, and union wins a couple games in the ezac tourney, bu could get in as an at-large and not need to win hea.

not too sure of that.... but he probably worked it out

As I said before: Put down the Power and walk away!

BU Hockey: They Made Their Bed. Just Win, Baby

[KnightsOfTheRound]

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What's the best strategy for buying tickets for this weekend? Are there sections for each team and how do you find out where they are?

[BUPhD]

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It's autobid or go home. We sealed that up when we were losing to Harvard and the like.

[chickod]

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As I said before: Put down the Power and walk away!

BU Hockey: They Made Their Bed. Just Win, Baby

Thank you very much!!

[Agganis]

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It's autobid or go home. We sealed that up when we were losing to Harvard and the like.

You can choose to ignore the PWR if you want, but this is quite false. I'll bet anyone here a 6-pack that if BU wins 1 game next weekend they go to the tourney, it's by no means a lock, but it is probably over a 50% chance.

[Tater]

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"Doctors say that Nordberg has a 50/50 chance of living, though there's only a 10 percent chance of that." - The Naked Gun

According to Sioux Sports, 25.8% of the possible scenarios give BU an at-large bid. They didn't say it, but I'd gather 100% of said scenarios involve beating BC.

[BCeagle]

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What's the best strategy for buying tickets for this weekend? Are there sections for each team and how do you find out where they are?

You can buy through each school or through the Garden. BC and BU fans are usually in opposite sections of rink but if you don't buy through the school, you will see BC and BU fans scattered everywhere and then you have the fans of the other 2 schools. Since Lowell and PC are playing in the early game, not sure how many will stay for the night cap game.

[Terrierbyassociation]

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You can choose to ignore the PWR if you want, but this is quite false. I'll bet anyone here a 6-pack that if BU wins 1 game next weekend they go to the tourney, it's by no means a lock, but it is probably over a 50% chance.

If they beat BC and lose to Lowell, they will get the very last at large bid if no one wins an auto bid that isn't already predicted to do so. So we're rooting for all the favorites, basically.

If BU loses to BC there is no situation where they can win a bid to the tournament. If they lose to Providence in the championship game, they cannot make the tourney as a loss to Providence will give them the auto bid AND drop BU in the PWR.

But really the boys have to think that they have to win every game left.

6 games and the national championship is yours! Hahahaha. Sigh.

[DaveStPaul]

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Hahahaha. Sigh.

My thoughts exactly.

[Agganis]

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If they beat BC and lose to Lowell, they will get the very last at large bid if no one wins an auto bid that isn't already predicted to do so. So we're rooting for all the favorites, basically.

If BU loses to BC there is no situation where they can win a bid to the tournament. If they lose to Providence in the championship game, they cannot make the tourney as a loss to Providence will give them the auto bid AND drop BU in the PWR.

But really the boys have to think that they have to win every game left.

6 games and the national championship is yours! Hahahaha. Sigh.

Yeah I'm not saying (royal) you should run through every scenario, I'm not even going to be looking at the PWR myself this week, just stating HE Title is not our only way in, and the other way is not some hair-brained, 1 in 3 million, needing all upsets in the WCHA and a tie in the ECAC consolation game scenario.

ETA: I have seen people post ways for BU to get in while losing to PC, but I have not tried them myself.