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2015 USCHO Posters Poll -- 2nd Half

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1. BC
2. Minnesota
3. Wisconsin
4. Harvard
5. UMD
6. BU
7. Quinnipiac
8. Cornell
9. Clarkson
10. St. Lawrence
 
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1. Boston College
2. Minnesota
3. Quinnipiac
4. Harvard
5. Wisconsin
6. Clarkson
7. St. Lawrence (fixed, thanks)
8. Mercyhurst (Don't actually think they belong in the top 10 but 1 team from the CHA will finish in the top 8 at the end of the season, undeservingly unfortunately)
9. Minnesota Duluth (Would be 8th if CHA didn't have an auto bid)
10. Boston University (9th without auto Bid)

First year CHA gets an auto bid, and they don't have a team that deserves to be in the tournament.
 
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Now things are getting impossible.

1 Boston College
2 Minnesota
3 Wisconsin
4 Harvard
5 Minnesota-Duluth
6 Quinnipiac
7 Cornell
8 Clarkson
9 St. Lawrence
10 Boston University

Yes, I like this. This feels right. With the exception of 1-2 who I think would go 500 and 500 in a 1,000 game series, I think 2 would generally beat 3 six times out of ten, 3 would generally beat 4 six times out of ten, etc., at this particular point in the season.

I am really really looking forward to compiling this week's poll. CHAOS.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
5 Minnesota-Duluth
6 Quinnipiac

Yes, I like this. This feels right. With the exception of 1-2 who I think would go 500 and 500 in a 1,000 game series, I think 2 would generally beat 3 six times out of ten, 3 would generally beat 4 six times out of ten, etc., at this particular point in the season.
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I'm really not sure you could say that about this pair.
 
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1) Minnesota
2) Boston College
3) Wisconsin
4) Harvard
5) Quinnipiac
6) Clarkson
7) Cornell
8) Minnesota Duluth
9) Boston University
10) St. Lawrence
 
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That's what polls are for! Haha

Rankings weigh the entire season equally, polls allow you to weigh things differently to adjust for how well teams are currently playing. They both have their merits :)
 
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D2D said:
I find it a tad ironic for such a numbers guy to be basing his rankings on gut feel! ;)
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Early on at law school, a classmate had the misfortune of characterizing his rationale for a conclusion as "gut feel."

Thereafter, the professor delighted in whimsically saying "for a different method of analysis, shall we invoke Mr. X's abdomen today" or asking him "to examine his entrails for us today." Ouch.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
Rankings weigh the entire season equally...
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A pet peeve of mine where the first couple of games to start the season count just as much as what happened last week. Some teams start out great and then fade; some show steady improvement as the season progresses. Some catch fire all of sudden at the very end, while a few others inexplicably lose their mojo right around playoff time. All for a whole host of different reasons that any ranking system can't possibly sense, much less adequately incorporate even when the most recent results are known.

That said, your ranking effort is both admirable and appreciated. This thread too has been a lot of fun.
 
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1. UM
2. BC
3. UW
4. Q
5. UMD
6. Harvard
7. Clarkson
8. Cornell
9. BU
10. Mercy

Waiting in the wings....UND

6-10 you might as well just use a dartboard.
 
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D2D said:
A pet peeve of mine where the first couple of games to start the season count just as much as what happened last week.
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Which to me is a strength. A team that has things figured out from the get go should be rewarded for that.
 
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Eeyore said:
Which to me is a strength. A team that has things figured out from the get go should be rewarded for that.
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IMO teams that benefit from good coaching and hard work should be rewarded more.
 
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D2D said:
IMO teams that benefit from good coaching and hard work should be rewarded more.
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Why the assumption that being ready for the first game of the season doesn't involve good coaching and hard work?
 
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1) Boston College
2) Minnesota
3) Wisconsin
4) Harvard
5) Minnesota-Duluth
6) Quinnipiac
7) Clarkson'
8) Ohio State
9) Boston University
10) North Dakota
 
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Eeyore said:
Why the assumption that being ready for the first game of the season doesn't involve good coaching and hard work?
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As Coach Frost likes to say, it's a "process". If you are not improving throughout the season, you are losing ground to other teams that are.
 
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It's Super Bowl week so here's an advertising slogan theme.

1. BC - Braniff Airlines: "When you've got it, flaunt it."
2. Minnesota - Levi's: "Quality never goes out of style."
3. Wisconsin - Porsche: "There is no substitute."
4. Quinnipiac - Wendy's: "Where's the beef?"
5. Harvard - Timex: "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking."
6. UMD - Vodaphone: "Make the most of now."
7. Clarkson - Avis: "We try harder."
8. BU - Geico: "So easy a caveman can do it."
9. Cornell - Army: "Be all you can be."
10. St Lawrence - Bacardi: Your night just got more interesting."
 
Re: 2015 USCHO Posters Poll -- 2nd Half

1 Minnesota -- Feet covered in cupcake crumbs from the last couple of weekends, but boy were they tasty
2 Boston College -- Not at the heights of before Christmas, but getting the job done. The concentration of scoring on the first-liners is getting to be a concern.
3 Wisconsin -- Getting schooled by UND on how to score on Bemidji is not the best start to 2015.
4 Quinnipiac -- For real. But are they really for real?
5 Harvard -- Flattering score against a depth-free Cornell and slip-up by BU keeps them here, game against Quinni next week is huge.
6 Boston University -- BU was a classic trap game for Quinni, leading to Vermont being a classic trap game for BU, leading to BU being a classic OH MY GOD I'M BEING EATEN BY AN ENORMOUS MONSTER game for Vermont.
7 Minnesota-Duluth -- Going by OPWP alone, the cupcake eaters of the WCHA; things get real next weekend. Can they squeeze points out of Minny / Wisco?
8 Clarkson -- Lack of depth beginning to hurt, ran Wisco close for a while but couldn't keep it up.
9 Mercyhurst -- Doing a Robert Morris 2014 on us, but with no Mercyhurst to catch up on them they're likely to still win the CHA
10 St. Lawrence -- If they'd had a more cupcakey diet they might be looking at an at-large spot. Tough luck, St Lawrence.
 
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