Great point. The PWR rankings we are looking at on this site may not be correct... The good 'ol smoke filled room is back? We'll know for sure when a 17-10 WIAC team gets a bid
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2024 Bracketology - The Road to Connecticut
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Great point. The PWR rankings we are looking at on this site may not be correct... The good 'ol smoke filled room is back? We'll know for sure when a 17-10 WIAC team gets a bid
Fishman'81
Black Bear since D-2
I agree, which just bolsters my point.
When there's no monetary reason to be cynical, why mess with what has been a a fair and transparent process?
I dislike how there are so few games over the last six weeks of the season now. Anyone else feel that? I just looked back and in 2003 Norwich played all of their playoff games in 4 weekends: league QF, league SF+F, NCAA QF and Final Four. I know not every league is the same but now it takes 6 weeks to move through. The guys play 2-3 games every week for months and then its only 1 game weeks all the way to the Final Four now.
What are you getting at? The process is still fair and transparent. It appears the criteria are all out there for everyone to see. Just because you may be apparently unaware of what's going on doesn't mean the process is unfair or secretive. Sounds to me like it is right there in black and white.
CARDS_rule_the_Burgh
Nate LePage, Siena '13
The official pairwise ranking on the NCAA website has update for all games through 2/25 and is identical to the order of teams displayed on USCHO, the only difference being that the NCAA clearly uses RPI as a tiebreaker when teams have the same number of comparisons won, while USCHO lists them as tied for the same rank (but lists them in order of RPI, so the order is the same in the end).
Not underweighing OT results should have a fairly significant impact on the end result for teams that have played several OTs that didn't end in a tie, so I would have to assume this means USCHO has accurately updated their pairwise calculations to reflect the lack of OT weighting.
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
This is definitely just the copium talking, but maybe the NCAA is wrong too.
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
Here's my attempt at a "Who To Cheer For" guide for bubble teams:
CCC - doesn't matter
MASCAC - Plymouth State
MIAC - Bethel
NCHA - Adrian
NEHC - Hobart
NESCAC - Trinity
SUNYAC - Plattsburgh
UCHC - Utica
WIAC - Stevens Point
CCC - doesn't matter
MASCAC - Plymouth State
MIAC - Bethel
NCHA - Adrian
NEHC - Hobart
NESCAC - Trinity
SUNYAC - Plattsburgh
UCHC - Utica
WIAC - Stevens Point
Pioneer247
Member
I believe it was only the tourney
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
Here's the link for the NCAA selection show on Monday. Note how they say the tournament consists of 16 teams. <head slap emoji> Obviously, we know it's 13 teams, and some lazy web master copied and pasted the information from the D1 page. At least they have the schedule and locations correct.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey...mpionship-selection-show-information-schedule
https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey...mpionship-selection-show-information-schedule
Ohhhhhhh.....it was for the conference tourneys. It should have started two weeks ago. So sorry.
Fishman'81
Black Bear since D-2
Yes, if Stevenson wins tomorrow, this could turn into a hot mess...
But that's what you get with the moronic AQ's.
The bubble dodged its first bullet as Trinity blows a 2-0 lead, but ultimately defeats Middlebury 5-2. May not get so lucky in Adrian as St. Norbert leads the Bulldogs 3-1 end of the second...
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end of the second period.
Pioneer247
Member
St. Norbert was projected as the last team in, but they take the auto-bid from the NCHA
Adrian undoubtedly gets an at-large, so realistically, we're looking at 2 at-large spots left (Adrian and Elmira are locks)
Adrian undoubtedly gets an at-large, so realistically, we're looking at 2 at-large spots left (Adrian and Elmira are locks)
GB Puck Fan
It's A Great Day For Hockey
First trophy in five years for SNC!
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
They'll have to tuck the banner behind the shots on goal scoreboard.
Pioneer247
Member
CORTLAND! ABSOLUTE INSANITY!
New bracketology coming at the end of the Bethel-St. Olaf game
New bracketology coming at the end of the Bethel-St. Olaf game
As of 10:21 pm, USCHO shows Plattsburgh Cortland as a 3-3 tie in OT. Does the Pairwise treat it as a tie, or is the game not correctly reflected in Pairwise right now? It would seem right now that if Tufts wins tomorrow, Geneseo is the last at large (and Plattsburgh is out). If Trinity wins, Plattsburgh is the last at-large.