and edges ever so slightly into #2............
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2024-25: D3whky
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VTpucksouteast
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Big day today.
Lots on the line including some massive title games.
Gustavus @ Augsburg, Plattsburgh @ Oswego the headliners for sure, with Colby vs Middlebury being a crucial semifinal.
D3HN has Middlebury, Amherst, Augsburg and RF as locks. After that a ton of bubble teams
Lots on the line including some massive title games.
Gustavus @ Augsburg, Plattsburgh @ Oswego the headliners for sure, with Colby vs Middlebury being a crucial semifinal.
D3HN has Middlebury, Amherst, Augsburg and RF as locks. After that a ton of bubble teams
Scott_TG
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Plattsburgh takes the SUNYAC with a 2-0 shutout in one of the more violent free for alls I've seen including punches thrown.
Unfortunately for the Lakers it looks like the math might do them in for an at large.
In other news former Cardinal Rivers Morris puts Endicott over Curry in OT to give the Gulls the CNE autobid.
Unfortunately for the Lakers it looks like the math might do them in for an at large.
In other news former Cardinal Rivers Morris puts Endicott over Curry in OT to give the Gulls the CNE autobid.
Oz is now ninth in NPI. Will come down to the wire.
Scott_TG
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Mathematically I don't think Colby can fall that far losing to the #1 team on neutral ice
ummm, nope and Colby is hanging on by the skin of their teeth.
Scott_TG
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It looks like Colby will hang on to that 4th Pool C
So it seems SOS means a lot more than winning pct. Oswego needs to look at nc schedule in the future.
PrezdeJohnson09
Proud supporter of Osmirwich hockey
SOS has always been king in hockey.
Scott_TG
Well-known member
I wonder if Oswego had replaced the 2 drubbings of Manhattanville with someone like Colby, Bowdoin or Nazareth if things would be different.
After the massive lift of replacing their graduating class, getting those two games replaced with a ranked team should be the next highest priority.
After the massive lift of replacing their graduating class, getting those two games replaced with a ranked team should be the next highest priority.
Lord_Zubin
Puck Flattsburgh!!!
I also feel home losses are weighed far too heavily. Any smart coach would schedule ranked teams away because the win helps out so much and the loss doesn't hurt as much whereas home games doesn't have as much reward for a win and a much larger penalty for a loss. If teams are willing to lose home ice advantage for a ranked matchup because of math the math needs to be fixed
Scott_TG
Well-known member
Were you following the league back when the at larges were decided by people? People hated that too and it was even more unfair because the committee never had to explain themselves
I was. It's much more unfair now. Could use some actual brains using these because data ALONE DOES NOT WORK in this sport. No one plays each other.
The math is fine from a regional perspective, I wish they'd address the number of teams they let in per conference. You cap it at two teams per conference, Oswego is in and Colby is out. To me it's more fair in my opinion to all the conferences and would help eliminate any SOS bias. This year however, with Colby sweeping Amherst and Middlebury during the regular season hard to say they're not deserving of a spot.