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2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

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dave1381

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What time is the NCAA selection show?

Is it 6 pm ET, according to the NCAA?

Or is it 6:30 pm ET, according to... the NCAA?

(For what it's worth, the Ithaca and Grand Forks press are reporting 6:30 ET)

Just to remind you, this is an organization were trusting to select teams based on calculations of a ratings percentage index that may come down to a few decimal places....

I suggest we leave this thread for selection news and comments on actual selections, while leaving predictions on selections for the other thread. But predictions on the ACTUAL TIME for the selections are welcome here ;)
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

dave1381 said:
What time is the NCAA selection show?

Is it 6 pm ET, according to the NCAA?

Or is it 6:30 pm ET, according to... the NCAA?
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The Minnesota SID was aware of the discrepancy, but she says that she spoke to the committee chair and was told 6:00 pm ET, so Minnesota is planning for that, but like JPS says, knows that waiting a half hour may be necessary.
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

I believe that NCAA.com is now reporting 6 p.m. Was 6:30 last year and probably didn't make the time change.
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

North Dakota, one place that originally released 5:30 CT, is now changing it to 5 CT.
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

dave1381 said:
Be great if this game was still in progress during the selection show...
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It helps the committee that the winner is in, the loser is out. I realize that there may be other ramifications, but that's a flaw in their goofy system. Whoops -- game over!
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

The committee just gave the worlds biggest crotchchop to bracket integrity.

Where in the world is the logic?? Looking forward to someone having some kind of method to the madness...

Having said that, EPIC WIN for BC!
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

So here's how it stands...

Mercyhurst (23-7-3) at #1-seed University of Wisconsin (31-4-2)

North Dakota (22-11-3) at #2-seed Minnesota (31-5-2)

Boston University (23-13-1) at #3-seed Cornell University (29-4-0)

St. Lawrence (24-9-4) at #4-seed Boston College (23-9-3)
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

The logic is pretty simple. They seed the top four teams and pair the rest based on geography to the extent they can. I never thought they'd minimize flights quite like this though. But that's partly because I thought Mercyhurst would still host and they wouldn't be able to do two ECAC-Hockey East pairings.
 
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LOL...., Wisconsin gets screwed for the 2nd year in a row. Guess MJ doesn't have much influence. Mercyhurst also somewhat gets screwed as well.

BC and SLU should be loving their matchup.

The other two matchups look right/were expected.
 
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What I actually find most puzzling is that Minnesota is the 2 seed and Cornell is the 3 seed, not that it really matters a whole lot.

Now I have absolutely no doubt that Minnesota has had the better season, but the thing is Minnesota, doesn't beat Cornell in any of the selection criteria. In that sense it's a really unprecedented decision.

At the very least, this committee has adopted a very liberal interpretation of "Results against the RPI Top 12" which I actually think is a good thing.
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

The Badgers should be happy with MC instead of SL, UND, or BU. Hard to figure out though. The Gophers can't be to happy having to play a re-match of last Friday's game, the Souix will be ready this time around. Cornell can't be to happy either and I agree that BC has to be pretty happy that tey are a host and that they got a pretty good seed. Interesting that the committee didn't make BC play BU again. Frozen Four prediction UW vs BC and BU vs UM
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

dave1381 said:
What I actually find most puzzling is that Minnesota is the 2 seed and Cornell is the 3 seed, not that it really matters a whole lot.

Now I have absolutely no doubt that Minnesota has had the better season, but the thing is Minnesota, doesn't beat Cornell in any of the selection criteria. In that sense it's a really unprecedented decision.

At the very least, this committee has adopted a very liberal interpretation of "Results against the RPI Top 12" which I actually think is a good thing.
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That was a big surprise and I agree that it hopefully reflects a better appreciation for the strength of schedule factor.
 
Re: 2012 NCAA Selection Show: March 4th

I was thinking the ire of MJ last year paid off for him myself...but every game / opponent is going to be tough at this stage.

It's exactly what I expected, but I don't / didn't really want to watch Minnesota and North Dakota again.
 
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