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2024 D-III Tournament Pick'em: NCAA Semifinals - Thursday @ 3:00

Thursday, March 21

3:00 Utica 4 vs Hobart 2 with number 4 an empty netter

7:00 Adrian 5 vs Trinity 7 offensive explosion in front of the home crowd
 
It’s ironic that the #1 overall seed gets to play the early semifinal when all Hobart probably wants is a couple more hours of rest.
 
altazo said:
It’s ironic that the #1 overall seed gets to play the early semifinal when all Hobart probably wants is a couple more hours of rest.
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Not sure, but I think the host(Trinity) had the choice to make that determination. I don't think it matters as the team left for Hartford early yesterday , in order to be well settled in the hotel and get in some time on the ice today. The experience from 1-0 OT win on that ice over Trinity earlier in the year helps going into the weekend. I know they will be totally hydrated for the UC game , just in case. They'll be ready , and feel confident since the Curry game was meant to test them.They had so many chances against Curry but the combination of a hot goalie and the unpredictable bouncing puck just shows you how you must take advantage of every chance. Hobart should be coming out very aggressive on offense tomorrow , as they know UC has the horses to challenge Beaver and the defense. It should be a great game.
 
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Bartman said:
Not sure, but I think the host(Trinity) had the choice to make that determination. I don't think it matters as the team left for Hartford early yesterday , in order to be well settled in the hotel and get in some time on the ice today. The experience from 1-0 OT win on that ice over Trinity earlier in the year helps going into the weekend. I know they will be totally hydrated for the UC game , just in case. They'll be ready , and feel confident since the Curry game was meant to test them.They had so many chances against Curry but the combination of a hot goalie and the unpredictable bouncing puck just shows you how you must take advantage of every chance. Hobart should be coming out very aggressive on offense tomorrow , as they know UC has the horses to challenge Beaver and the defense. It should be a great game.
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My Hobart comment was really more of a rhetorical statement. I’m pretty sure the #1 seed always plays the early game… pretty much in any sport/tournament I can think of.

I doubt they let the host team decide. Who’s to say the host team would even make it to the frozen four?

Good luck to Hobart. I’m sensing a rare all-east final this year.
 
altazo said:
My Hobart comment was really more of a rhetorical statement. I’m pretty sure the #1 seed always plays the early game… pretty much in any sport/tournament I can think of.

I doubt they let the host team decide. Who’s to say the host team would even make it to the frozen four?

Good luck to Hobart. I’m sensing a rare all-east final this year.
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There's no doubt the NCAA dictated the Trinity game be the primetime game once the "home" team made it.

But even then, when it was at Lake Placid, they always tried to put the game which they felt would get the better attendance as the late game.
 
Russell Jaslow said:
There's no doubt the NCAA dictated the Trinity game be the primetime game once the "home" team made it.

But even then, when it was at Lake Placid, they always tried to put the game which they felt would get the better attendance as the late game.
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I stand corrected. I do remember in 2019 UW-Point played the late semifinal and they certainly must have been the #1 seed.
 
Any of the four teams could beat any other of the other three teams this weekend. Clearly. No possible result of them all could really be considered an upset. This field is just about as perfect as it could be.

Still, if I had to bet my life on it, I'd go with Hobart and Adrian advancing, and Hobart winning the title game in OT.
 
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Could be reminiscent of 2017.
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I won't look that up, but did 2017 feature a FF with a host school involved, playing at its home rink?

Seems to me that a few (or maybe hundreds) of very casual fans in and around Hartford might fork over $15 to see their local team play.

Sure, Trinity's average attendance was embarrassing this season, but front-runner fans tend to emerge from the woodwork at this time of year.
 
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Fishman'81 said:
I won't look that up, but did 2017 feature a FF with a host school involved, playing at its home rink?

Seems to me that a few (or maybe hundreds) of very casual fans in and around Hartford might fork over $15 to see their local team play.

Sure, Trinity's average attendance was embarrassing this season, but front-runner fans tend to emerge from the woodwork at this time of year.
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Depends how well they promote it locally. The reality of today its harder than ever to get an individual consumer's attention. Very hard to draw in casual fans of anything as everything is so segmented, almost everyone can access their passions from their phones, or use their phones to connect with other people in those things they really care about. Bob Lefsetz, an elderly music industry guy has written some good pieces on that in his newsletter if you're interested.
 
Fishman'81 said:
I won't look that up, but did 2017 feature a FF with a host school involved, playing at its home rink?
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You should know that 2017 was Utica, and the host team did not make it. In fact, you talked about how the local Utica fan wouldn't pay the money they were asking for without Utica in it.

The only other time I can think of where the home team made it when they already were the predetermined site was 2006 in Elmira. And that was the downtown arena, not the Domes where the school plays.

(The first predetermined site was in 1994 at Maplewood, MN, a Twin Cities suburb. River Falls, which is just across the border, was in it. They packed that place for the final, which also happened to be against Stevens Point, who certainly traveled well.)
 
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