CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

[Douglas]

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New Sig... I'd like to take credit for thinking of it but Danton said it in a post-game interview at the CHA Tournament... Kinda catchy, huh?

I guess that means there WILL be a CHA thread next year...

Hey Mike - Who finally won the Monkey??? Personally, I think he should retire back to jac's trunk... from where he came.

[bigmrg74]

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I am also 96.25% sure I would be there.

Thats the same kind of Commitment that had you in Vegas when Bemidji State was in the Frozen Four??

[gfmorris]

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Relating to a post on this that was sent to me, I confused the Coburn in HVL with the Coburn at Union....that Coburn is the brother of Braydon. My apologies for the error, no disrepsect intended.

We didn't take it as disrespect ... just confusion. We thought our Coby had been holding out on us until we looked it up. It also made Coby LAUGH ... REALLY HARD.

GFM

[editstaff]

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Relating to a post on this that was sent to me, I confused the Coburn in HVL with the Coburn at Union....that Coburn is the brother of Braydon. My apologies for the error, no disrepsect intended.

Starman

[thebrain]

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Here is a nice bracket for CHA Fans:

http://noalibisnoregrets.blogspot.co...y-3142010.html

Denver vs. UAH
Bemidji State vs. Cornell

Both games in ST. PAUL! I would be so there!!!!!

I'll setup a drink fest at Jimmy's Food and Drink in Vadnais Heights(there's also a hotel attached). Every night of the week from 3:30-6:30 and 8:30-11:30 it's two-for-ones on EVERYTHING!

[gmann]

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Here is a nice bracket for CHA Fans:

http://noalibisnoregrets.blogspot.co...y-3142010.html

Denver vs. UAH
Bemidji State vs. Cornell

Both games in ST. PAUL! I would be so there!!!!!

I am also 96.25% sure I would be there.

[gfmorris]

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Here is a nice bracket for CHA Fans:

http://noalibisnoregrets.blogspot.co...y-3142010.html

Denver vs. UAH
Bemidji State vs. Cornell

Both games in ST. PAUL! I would be so there!!!!!

Sure, man! Split a hotel room?

GFM

[BeaverFan]

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Here is a nice bracket for CHA Fans:

http://noalibisnoregrets.blogspot.co...y-3142010.html

Denver vs. UAH
Bemidji State vs. Cornell

Both games in ST. PAUL! I would be so there!!!!!

I would be there!

[beaverhockeyfan]

Re: CHA Thoughts and Prognostications: Year 11, The Finale... Part Deux

Here is a nice bracket for CHA Fans:

http://noalibisnoregrets.blogspot.co...y-3142010.html

Denver vs. UAH
Bemidji State vs. Cornell

Both games in ST. PAUL! I would be so there!!!!!

[bigmrg74]

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I really hope that they both end up in Fort Wayne, as thats the closest one to me and easiest for me to get to.

[gfmorris]

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Hell, I'm going no matter where we are.

GFM <-- probably to broadcast.

[tnlong]

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Given that RMU beat Miami twice this year, the selection committee might find it entertaining to put both UAH and BSU in same region with Miami. If BSU, UAH, and Miami are all sent to Fort Wayne, we may have to make that trip. Yes, a BSU/UAH matchup anywhere in the tournament would just be too cool!

[IdahoBemidjiFan]

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All the whining about a league in its last year of existence getting two teams in by following the rules voted on by all the college hockey conferences and EARNING the two bids is absolutely ridiculous. Thanks for all the intelligent non-whiners contributing to the discussions on this board. Glad to see the CHA is going out with a bang. Hope the Chargers and Beavers both make some noise in the tournament, and that the Chargers have many, many more years of D1 hockey ahead of them.

[tnlong]

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Sticking it to the NCAA? You guys should be thanking the NCAA for bending the rules so that the CHA teams had something to play for. The CHA should be thankful the NCAA was so understanding or UAH would be staying home.

Everyone should be thankful the NCAA was so understanding or UAH AND THREE OTHER TEAMS would be staying home with a twelve team tournament.

[tnlong]

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The only subjectivity the NCAA selection committee has is what region/location (St. Paul, etc) they place the seeds. There's no smoke filled room (anymore) - it's all by RPI, etc. Pairwise rankings mimic the NCAA's criteria and the teams are selected by their rating. Traditionally, teams want to be higher than 12th on Pairwise because of upsets in conference tourneys (i.e. UAH) knock out at-large bids. This year, I would want to be 10th or better.

I'll post this one more time for those who haven't been paying attention.
There is a selection process defined in a handbook (page 10 of handbook) and implemented by a committee.
http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/champ..._icehockey.pdf
There is definitely room for subjectivity, especially with "The committee reserves the right to evaluate each team based on the relative strength of its respective conference using the overall conference RPI and conference comparisons (e.g., Conference A’s won-lost record versus Conference B, etc.) in determining competitive equity."