2013-2014 B1G Ten champs Minnesota Gophers

[FredsDeadFriend]

Re: 2013-2014 B1G Ten champs Minnesota Gophers

He's a Michigan Tech fan.

Oh, well as a Gopher football fan I can relate to a Michigan Tech hockey fan. You guys just need a great coach, another MacInnes like coach.

[Koho]

Re: 2013-2014 B1G Ten champs Minnesota Gophers

You know, as sweet as it is that as of right now, this win over Michigan has relegated Michigan to the status of a NON-tourney team, it really has to make you wonder what kind of system punishes a team for taking the #1 team in the country into OT before losing?!


The RPI is one of the worst, if not THE worst, rating system ever conceived, and it is THE main, or only actually when you really look at it, determining factor considered to determine the NCAA field and seedings, etc..

I looked at the RPI rankings of teams this week and compared it to the PWR and they are virtually identical.

Hockey is a great sport and deserves better than the RPI and the PWR based almost completely from the RPI.

It is only bad if you are team that is only around the 14-16th best team out of, what, 56. Teams on the bubble are there because they didn't win enough to get a lock. It is not like teams that appear to be top 10 teams are getting locked out.

[rjohntute]

Re: 2013-2014 B1G Ten champs Minnesota Gophers

It is only bad if you are team that is only around the 14-16th best team out of, what, 56. Teams on the bubble are there because they didn't win enough to get a lock. It is not like teams that appear to be top 10 teams are getting locked out.

Colgate appears to be a top 10 team. They just had an unlucky weekend at the end of the first half against UMass that has them on the bubble. They've been one of the best 10 teams of 2014.

[Koho]

Re: 2013-2014 B1G Ten champs Minnesota Gophers

Colgate appears to be a top 10 team. They just had an unlucky weekend at the end of the first half against UMass that has them on the bubble. They've been one of the best 10 teams of 2014.

They have more losses than any of the teams in the top ten in RPI or Krach, so I don't buy your point. Win a couple more, and they don't have to worry. No method will be perfect for picking the top 16.