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2014 D-3 FF to Philly??

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pete99race said:
Sounds like the decision has already been made..
http://www.uscho.com/2012/08/20/men...incide-with-philadelphia-frozen-four-in-2014/
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I said it was done deal in March.

But even Brucey is hedging his bet ("There are some concerns in the Division III community about the changes to the calendar to accommodate the championship game shift, Delventhal said. - “That doesn’t mean it’s still not a good idea and worth trying,” he said.").
 
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Hey this sounds good to me,if not just because its something new....who knows well have to wait and see..
 
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Germane Questions:
1) Will the D3 game be part of the D1 ticket package?
2) How will the NESCAC (et al) accept the now 15% longer season?
3) Will the D1 fans care enough to even attend the D3 game?
4) Will the 4 week NCAA playoff timetable for 10 total games dilute the intensity?
 
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elbojpb said:
Germane Questions:
1) Will the D3 game be part of the D1 ticket package?
2) How will the NESCAC (et al) accept the now 15% longer season?
3) Will the D1 fans care enough to even attend the D3 game?
4) Will the 4 week NCAA playoff timetable for 10 total games dilute the intensity?
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as for #2 who cares:eek:
 
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bakdraft21 said:
as for #2 who cares:eek:
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We'll all care if the NESCAC pulls out and we lose 10 teams toward the national tournament ratio. If the NESCAC pulls out, the tournament goes from 11 teams to 9 teams if they abide by the 6.5 ratio.
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
We'll all care if the NESCAC pulls out and we lose 10 teams toward the national tournament ratio. If the NESCAC pulls out, the tournament goes from 11 teams to 9 teams if they abide by the 6.5 ratio.
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For the rest of DIII, what matters is the loss of "padding" for the Pool C slots. If the NESCAC leaves, of course we could expect to lose their Pool A slot - the fact that they would also take a Pool C slot with them is what would hurt. Lets see: 72 DIII teams now - if we lost 10 that would be 62 - 62/6.5 = 9.54. It should be just barely enough to leave it at 10 teams (this is the way they have been calculating lately, although they used to do it the other way around, and not round). If that's correct the only thing that is lost is the Pool A spot reserved for Muffy and Trevor.
 
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Semis on Campus - Home teams will love it, tickets, hotels and travel for visitors on short notice not so much....

D3 Championship game in between D1 semis and finals - tickets and hotels and travel for both teams on short notice will be $$$$$. Championship game on a real (cable) television network - don't think so (maybe taped delayed, middle of the night, in between infomercials).

Remind me again why is this a good idea?
 
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We are not happy!!!! :(
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Academically the D3 season is perfect just the way it is - the kids have 2 months to get used to classes before the season starts and 2 months to pick up
the slack after the season ends and before exams. Leave it the way it is now !
 
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Boy its been two days and for as great of an idea as this is suppose to be the DI boards are just completley FLOODED with responses to it. They (DI) care so much about DIII hockey I am shocked at the positive responses!!! Who would have thunk it. NOT. They did start a thread in the womens thread. But we should mark the calendar. This is the first time DIII hockey has blessed the front page of USCHO in the post RIT DIII Era....congrats.

Just goes to show you how much of a joke this idea is.
 
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KnightsOfTheRound said:
Does this mean we can start calling the DIII championships the "Frozen Four" for reals?
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"DIII Frozen Four" might be a reach since that weekend would only involve the championship game. :)

My guess is that the practices for the DI championship game will draw better than the DIII game itself.

Personally I think this is a mistake as the DIII game will be a sideshow rather than a main event. I really believe that merging the mens & womens DIII weekends would make for a much better atmosphere.
 
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KnightsOfTheRound said:
Does this mean we can start calling the DIII championships the "Frozen Four" for reals?
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Frozen Four is reserved for the D-I championship. However, Phrozen Phour is still good.

And XCTiger is dead on. What's going to happen when the Frozen Four heads out to a god forsaken place like Anaheim or St. Louis where there are no D-III hockey teams within lightyears?
 
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