HEA Mens 2022 Tournament Mega-Thread

[Patman]

Things aren't like they used to be on the individual team threads so lets go with this one. I haven't seen pairings drop and I don't know if they are going to re-seed after each round. Wild Saturday night to finish the league off with a heart-breaker or jubilation in North Andover depending on perspective with Northeastern taking the regular season title. Only thing I know is 1) Northeastern, 2) UMass, 3) Lowell... after that I don't know the tiebreakers and I don't see anything final published yet.

[ticapnews]

Northeastern
UMass
Lowell
BU
UConn
Merrimack
Providence
BC
UNH
UVM
Maine

11 Maine at 6 Merrimack
10 UVM at 7 Providence
9 UNH at 8 BC

Worst remaining seed plays at #1 Northeastern next weekend, etc...

[chickod]

Northeastern
UMass
Lowell
BU
UConn
Merrimack
Providence
BC
UNH
UVM
Maine

11 Maine at 6 Merrimack
10 UVM at 7 Providence
9 UNH at 8 BC

Worst remaining seed plays at #1 Northeastern next weekend, etc...

Wrong. UConn 4th BU 5th BU plays at UConn in the quarterfinals. That game is locked in.

[Sean Pickett]

The league was not clear regarding the tiebreaker procedures. Last week I questioned if the league would consider regulation wins vs overtime wins differently when applying the second tiebreaker. The answer is still unknown, but the likely answer is yes. That is because for the first tiebreaker they are considering regulation wins different from overtime wins. Here is how they broke and seeded the 3 teams:

		RW	OW	RL	OL	T	Pts	Pts%
4	Connecticut	3	0	1	1	0	10	0.667
5	Boston University	2	1	2	0	0	8	0.533
6	Merrimack	1	0	3	0	0	3	0.250

As can be seen the first tiebreaker neatly sorts them into 4, 5, & 6 with no need to do another round of head-to-head between BU and UConn.

So, Hockey East didn't clarify that 1) the percentage they would use was a points percentage and 2) if a multi-way tie was clearly sorted with one round no further rounds would occur.

Sean

[ticapnews]

The league was not clear regarding the tiebreaker procedures. Last week I questioned if the league would consider regulation wins vs overtime wins differently when applying the second tiebreaker. The answer is still unknown, but the likely answer is yes. That is because for the first tiebreaker they are considering regulation wins different from overtime wins. Here is how they broke and seeded the 3 teams:

		RW	OW	RL	OL	T	Pts	Pts%
4	Connecticut	3	0	1	1	0	10	0.667
5	Boston University	2	1	2	0	0	8	0.533
6	Merrimack	1	0	3	0	0	3	0.250

As can be seen the first tiebreaker neatly sorts them into 4, 5, & 6 with no need to do another round of head-to-head between BU and UConn.

So, Hockey East didn't clarify that 1) the percentage they would use was a points percentage and 2) if a multi-way tie was clearly sorted with one round no further rounds would occur.

Sean

Interesting. The league makes no mention of overtime at all on the website, just "wins." Shouldn't be shocked the tiebreaker procedures aren't transparent. Did the league ever clarify if they break 3 (or more) way ties from the top or the bottom?

[J.D.]

I don't think I will ever grasp the logic used that puts UConn ahead of BU

[Sean Pickett]

Interesting. The league makes no mention of overtime at all on the website, just "wins." Shouldn't be shocked the tiebreaker procedures aren't transparent. Did the league ever clarify if they break 3 (or more) way ties from the top or the bottom?

It appears that a win is a win for the second tiebreaker, conference wins, but not for the first tiebreaker, head-to-head, when there is a multi-way tie according to Mike McMahon's Mack Report.

As for breaking multi-way ties, the HE site states "the same criteria will be applied to reduce the number of teams tied."

So, based on how it was used with BU, UConn and MC, using points percentage neatly separated them with no ties within the tiebreaker, so no need to go further. But if there was still a tie within the tiebreaker I don't think it would matter if the top or bottom team separated out first.

Sean

[boblav1]

Hockey East @hockey_east
Game times and TV information has been updated

[RENCEB]

Sean Pickett, alway appreciate your informative posts. I was a bit heartbroken at the Merrimack result on Saturday night, but upon further reflection, I'm okay that they have a 1st round game against ME rather than a bye and have to host BU (BU's recent stinker at Orono notwithstanding). Win against the Black Bears and they play at UML who have not lit the world on fire at the end of the season. Team to watch out for is BC if Dop continues to be hot.

[Chuck Murray]

I don't think I will ever grasp the logic used that puts UConn ahead of BU

I doubt it matters in the least, J.D. Two easiest picks up on the board right now are BC and BU.

[chickod]

Hockey East @hockey_east
Game times and TV information has been updated

Who is "College Sports Live?" Every time you turn around there is a new outlet. Is that a Hockey East thing? All season we watched the CBS Sports Network stream, but now there's something different?

[medic4419]

I've streamed most of UML's games on College Sports Live this season and last since I live so far away. Its been nice not having to pay a subscription. I reckon that will end since things are getting back to normal.

[Split-N]

Who is "College Sports Live?" Every time you turn around there is a new outlet. Is that a Hockey East thing? All season we watched the CBS Sports Network stream, but now there's something different?

AFAIK, College Sports Live is part of CBS Sports Network.

[chickod]

AFAIK, College Sports Live is part of CBS Sports Network.

Ok...so the same stream we used, for example, for this past weekend's Maine series?

[Scarlet]

Ok...so the same stream we used, for example, for this past weekend's Maine series?

Yes.