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Adrian is a western region team that has played eastern region teams is Round 1 a couple different times. Last season Trine hosted Oswego is a first round game. There were 5 teams from the west last season.
I'm not crazy about this. The Middlebury/Salve + Neumann/Hamilton pod looks weak at first glance (Hamilton has lost 3 of their last 4 - and their sole win was in OT) and Hobart seems to have too tough of a draw.
Wouldn't bracket integrity have SNC at Aurora for round 1? I am under the impression that they try to avoid same conference members playing in Round 1? Even though it has happened throughout the years...
Not sure what SMF means (smoke filled room?) but you remember the Pool B berths, right? That was a bid reserved for conferences without an auto bid, and for a period of time it was basically the ECAC-W's de-facto autobid.
I remember a couple different seasons when the ECAC-W placed 3 teams in...
I wonder if it's the adjustments
*Team's NPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating weak opponent.
#Team's NPI has been adjusted to remove positive effects from losing to strong opponent.
SNC may see Stout in Round 1
St. Norbert generally only focuses on Pool A berths. Pool C is a backdoor, plan B, mulligan.
And their season isn’t over. They’re hosting a conference championship this Saturday.
Another idea could be to create committees comprised of a handful of coaches, athletic directors, and SIDs from both the Eastern and Western regions. These committees could rank the teams in their respective region at the end of each season, and each teams portfolio could be compared heads-up...
Yes, yes, I understand - "bad" losses trump everything with NPI. I'm not saying that I don't understand, Im saying it's very flawed. My post honestly wasn't a dig at Utica, but if you insist...
* Utica is 18-7, Aurora is 23-4-1
* Aurora has played 9 (will be 10) games against USCHO top 15...
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