That doesn't make it "fair" but it could happen.
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If they are not going to equally distribute NCAA bids by conference, they certainly are not going award bids simply because a team is located close to a regional site.
If that is the case, the Loveland, CO regional is already set: Omaha, Denver, Air Force and CC, four teams that can bus to the site. And 75% NCHC teams to boot so everyone should be happy...Preserving Michigan Tech's Hockey History
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Originally posted by JohnsonsJerseys View PostIf they are not going to equally distribute NCAA bids by conference, they certainly are not going award bids simply because a team is located close to a regional site.
If that is the case, the Loveland, CO regional is already set: Omaha, Denver, Air Force and CC, four teams that can bus to the site. And 75% NCHC teams to boot so everyone should be happy...
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Originally posted by JohnsonsJerseys View PostIf they are not going to equally distribute NCAA bids by conference, they certainly are not going award bids simply because a team is located close to a regional site.
If that is the case, the Loveland, CO regional is already set: Omaha, Denver, Air Force and CC, four teams that can bus to the site. And 75% NCHC teams to boot so everyone should be happy...
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Originally posted by J.D. View PostYou guys are forgetting that they want to limit travel even more this year. With no PWR, the committee can take Clarkson if it helps fill one of the Eastern regionals. Not for attendance obviously but because they can bus to Bridgeport and Albany. I would not rule that out as a factor.
Then, what bubble teams would be a flight? Bowling Green, LSSU, Michigan Tech.
As you noted elsewhere, it probably shouldn't be a factor, but if the committee is debating between say Clarkson and LSSU, do they go with the bus team vs the flight team?North Dakota
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Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View Post
This is a very interesting point. What bubble teams are within bussing distance of the regionals? Clarkson (Bridgeport or Albany); Bemidji State (Fargo); Omaha (Fargo?); Connecticut (Bridgeport or Albany); Providence (Bridgeport or Albany). I'm sure there are others.
Then, what bubble teams would be a flight? Bowling Green, LSSU, Michigan Tech.
As you noted elsewhere, it probably shouldn't be a factor, but if the committee is debating between say Clarkson and LSSU, do they go with the bus team vs the flight team?
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Originally posted by TimothyLeary On LSD View Post
I think a trip from the UP to Fargo is manageable on a bus.
Although the 11-hour 30-minute 655-mile non-interstate bus trip doesn't sound too inviting, it certainly would be tolerable for the opportunity to play in the national tournament.
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Originally posted by TimothyLeary On LSD View Post
I think a trip from the UP to Fargo is manageable on a bus.North Dakota
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If you're looking for some chaos, look to the women's bracket. The easiest thing for the committee should be evaluating teams within a conference. Yet nobody seems to know why UMD was picked and Minnesota was left out. And then you see that the UMD athletic director was on the committee...
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Originally posted by J.D. View PostIf you're looking for some chaos, look to the women's bracket. The easiest thing for the committee should be evaluating teams within a conference. Yet nobody seems to know why UMD was picked and Minnesota was left out. And then you see that the UMD athletic director was on the committee...
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Originally posted by J.D. View PostIf you're looking for some chaos, look to the women's bracket. The easiest thing for the committee should be evaluating teams within a conference. Yet nobody seems to know why UMD was picked and Minnesota was left out. And then you see that the UMD athletic director was on the committee...
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Originally posted by J.D. View PostYa but they were ultimately expected to be in. It wasn't a horrible decision like picking UMD over Minnesota. As far as I can tell there is no argument to explain that one.
If we ignore the fact that UMD had a representative on the committee and Minnesota did not, they probably went with UMD finishing in second in the WCHA and Minnesota fourth (even though their records were almost indistinguishable) and UMD had a slightly better record against OSU and Wisconsin, due to the fact that UMD only played four games against them (2-2) while Minnesota was 2-7-1 against those teams.
I remember back in 1983, when the men's bracket still included just 8 teams, there was a similar issue in play between UND and UMD. UND finished ahead of UMD in the standings (also 2nd vs. 4th) but UMD had won the season series against UND. Both lost in the semi's of their league tournament. UMD was selected ahead of North Dakota in that case, and as I recall the case being made, it was due to the head to head results.
The Committees can decide what they want, then tailor their logic to fit the result. I expect the same from the men's bracket this year.That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.
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