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Hockey East: 2019/20 season is Joe Bertagna's last as commish
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Originally posted by ticapnews View PostWouldn't this be fun?
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In York's postgame press conference after Merrimack, he discussed the playoff format and said how it's too hard to do a format with all 11 teams with Notre Dame leaving. I like the 8 team playoff but I'm sure some don't. If they were to add a 12th team, who would people choose here?
The 3 best fits in terms of money, location and feasibility are Sacred Heart (building 4,000 person capacity arena, qualification for hockey east), Quinnipiac (would need hockey east to waive their rule, arena is ~3,400) and Holy Cross (would probably need to utilize the DCU Center for a certain number of games to be allowed in or build a new arena). Holy Cross's women's team is already in the hockey east but the qualifications are much less stringent there.
Harvard would be the ideal candidate but they'll never leave the other Ivy's in the ECAC. Bentley's new arena is too small. AIC would need to build a new arena and commit the money for scholarships. Outside the box candidates are URI which would need a donor to fund a program and Babson or Middlebury, who probably has the donor base but not the student base.
My choices: #1 Quinnipiac #2 Sacred Heart #3 Holy Cross
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agree with those choices
Quinnipiac has a beautiful arena and brings the NY market into play having had games televised on SNY cable
Sacred Heart is committed to a new arena but is averaging about 500 at Webster Bank
Holy Cross would be a fit but DCU center is awful
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Doesn't sound like Quinnipiac is interested.
Holy Cross is already in women's league so I would have thought they might have the inside track but them playing at the DCU Center would be a disaster. So really I think Sacred Heart could be the best choice if they continue the success they are having this year.
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Originally posted by Split-N View PostRespectfully disagree. This is the "Everyone Gets a Trophy" mentality at its worst. Yes, a good team is going to get left out in the cold but the drama that is now playing out in the standings give meaning and purpose to the regular season. Reasons for the players to being everything they have for every minute of every game and reasons for folks like us to be in the seats watching this unprecedented passion play unfold.
The system as it exists is seriously stupid.
Does the RS simply exist to seed the extraneous conference tournaments?
(Apparently so.)
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Originally posted by J.D. View PostIn terms of proximity, RPI could work but I don't see that happening."Through the years, we ever will acclaim........"
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Originally posted by ticapnews View PostWouldn't this be fun?
Originally posted by jjmc85 View PostTalk about everybody gets a trophy! Are teams listed in order of tiebreaker?Originally posted by ticapnews View PostNo, it is random. I am not going to try to figure out the tiebreakers.
In this scenario the 8 way tie was broken using records vs the other 7 teams. UConn was awarded the #1 seed as they had the best winning percentage, PC was awarded the #2 seed, BC the #7 seed and UNH the #8 seed. The 4 way tie among the remaing teams was broken using records vs the other 3 teams. UMass was seeded #4, NU was seeded #5, BU #6 and Maine #7.
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In this scenario the 8 way tie was broken using records vs the other 7 teams. UConn was awarded the #1 seed as they had the best winning percentage, PC was awarded the #2 seed, NU the #3 seed, UNH the #7 seed and BC the #8 seed. The 3 way tie among the remaing teams was broken using records vs the other 2 teams. UMass was awarded the #4 seed, then BU and Maine were compared head-to-head, which Maine won and was seeded #5 and BU #6.
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In this scenario the 8 way tie was broken using records vs the other 7 teams. NU was awarded the #1 seed as they had the best winning percentage, UConn was awarded the #2 seed, PC the #3 seed, UNH the #7 seed and BC the #8 seed. The 3 way tie among the remaing teams was broken using records vs the other 2 teams. UMass was awarded the #4 seed, then BU and Maine were compared head-to-heaad, which Maine won and was seeded #5, with BU seeded #6.
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In this scenario the 8 way tie was broken using records vs the other 7 teams. PC was awarded the #1 seed as they had the best winning percentage, NU was awarded the #2 seed, UConn the #3 seed, Maine the #6 seed, UNH the #7 seed and BC the #8 seed. The 2 way tie between BU and UMass was broken using the second tiebreaker. UMass was awarded the #4 seed due to more conference wins then BU, which was seeded #5.
I have no idea if the league would break ties the same way I did, but it makes sense to me to only break the additional ties within the tiebreaker. So, using my results and tiebreakers here are the possible seedings I have come up with:
Boston College - 7th or 8th
Boston University - 5th or 6th
Connecticut - 1st, 2nd or 3rd
Maine - 5th or 6th
Massachusetts - 3rd or 4th
New Hampshire - 7th or 8th
Northeastern - 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th
Providence - 1st, 2nd or 3rd
You can view the projected results I used to come up with the standings and tiebreakers here. If you do please let me know if you find any mistakes so I can correct them.
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Originally posted by J.D. View PostIn terms of proximity, RPI could work but I don't see that happening.
SeanWomen's Hockey East Champions 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010
Men's NCAA Champions 2009, 1995, 1978, 1972, 1971
BU Hockey Games
BU Hockey highlights and extras
NCAA Hockey Financials
Women's Division I Longest Hockey Games
I need a kidney; looking for a donor
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Originally posted by DLG View PostSacred Heart is committed to a new arena but is averaging about 500 at Webster BankOriginally posted by J.D. View PostSo really I think Sacred Heart could be the best choice if they continue the success they are having this year.
SeanWomen's Hockey East Champions 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010
Men's NCAA Champions 2009, 1995, 1978, 1972, 1971
BU Hockey Games
BU Hockey highlights and extras
NCAA Hockey Financials
Women's Division I Longest Hockey Games
I need a kidney; looking for a donor
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