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Also two fun facts because I was curious:
Utica's last regular season loss to a team not ranked or receiving votes in the USCHO poll - 11/23/19 vs Elmira
Utica's record post-holiday break (regular season and conference tournament) since COVID - 66-2-1
So yes, anyone that overestimates early...
I just think people are ignorant and were also praying on Utica's downfall honestly
The average NPI for teams Utica has lost to comes out to 4.8, and have played the 3rd hardest schedule of the Top 20 in the NPI so far
If Utica can run the table and win the UCHC, which the only big hurdle in...
Salve Regina 2025-26 will be the first instance of people going to be complaining of the NPI system at large and we're all just going to have to sit here and be like....they're not wrong
So through tonight's game, this is what I have. It's the no flights until the Frozen Four version, which is fun. There's ways you can add flights to make it a true bracket but like we've established, who knows if that's going to happen
CNE: Endicott (3)
Little East: Norwich (19)
MAC: Neumann...
It bodes the question for the teams near the top: would you rather have the first round bye and sit home, or play Week 1, boat race a team that is obviously lesser which can only build momentum as you move on
Also, in a day where Utica did not see the ice, jumped in the NPI from 15 to 9.
Realistically, they have a squad and schedule where they can run the table, and if they can, they might be able to pay themselves into at least 1 home NCAA tournament game
Geneseo dropped two points to last place Manhattanville tonight, which puts Utica firmly in the driver's seat for the UCHC regular season title at the present moment
It really comes down to whether or not the NCAA values in terms of bracket integrity vs potential cost.
Both options do work, his probably a little more than mine, but my option does set up a potential QF of
1v7
2v6
3v8
4v5
whereas the D3 Hockey version sets up a potential:
1v8
2v6
3v7
4v5...
Utica hasn't lost since this btw...and Utica has always gotten a rough hand from this poll...even when they were the #1 seed in the tourney the never happened in 2020, the lovely voters at the USCHO wouldn't put them #1
Bracketology for games through 1/10. Some spicy potential matchups in here
CNE: Endicott (4)
Little East: Babson (16)
MAC: Neumann (43)
MASCAC: Fitchburg State (31)
MIAC: Saint John’s (22)
NCHA: St. Norbert (7)
NESCAC: Hamilton (2)
SUNYAC: Hobart (1)
UCHC: Utica (15)
WIAC: UW-Eau Claire (12)...
Another year, another bracketology thread!
A few reminders:
14 team tournament: 10 AQs and 4 at-large selections
Seeding is done exclusively from the NPI
Historically, they like to keep it as region based as possible, but as we were all shocked last year, this is just my best guess trying to...
Good litmus test for the boys in the next two weeks. If they can handle their business against Hamilton and Oswego, they're right back in the conversation
I just need to chime in here: The Comets are here because of the success of the UU (then UC) hockey in the late 2000s-early 2010s. The wheels started turning with the AHL when the Calgary Flames were in the building for Utica's first NCAA tournament game, and seeing the building sold out the way...
It's around 3000, plus the game for Utica is the Teddy Bear Toss which always sells out. Single game tickets were on sale for almost a month before it sold out though, so if you missed out, you just waited too long
Game of the Year in Week 2 is crazy work, but here we are 😂
I think it's obvious the talent is going to be there, they just need time to gel
And 0-4 to making the tournament would be a fun story at least
I just have to say that Educate was a D3 transfer from Nichols, and he was the leading goalscorer in D3 hockey the season before as a freshman
I understand the sentiment and in general, that's correct, but Educate is a horrible example
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