Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
But that was also a quarterfinal game because both teams got byes. So I wonder if that is why the NCAA allowed that matchup.
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2026 Bracketology: The Road to the Aud
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I believe that was a quarterfinal - not a first round game. http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1314/boxes/madrsnb1.m15
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
Quarterfinal but first tournament game for both teams. Which is part of the confusion for me.
PrezdeJohnson09
Proud supporter of Osmirwich hockey
The avoiding intra-conference matchups rule is newer. I believe it went in last year or the year before.
Elmira and Hobart played in the first round a few years ago too when both were members of the NEHC.
Elmira and Hobart played in the first round a few years ago too when both were members of the NEHC.
Continuous 5v5
I was merely pointing out that they were not the only low SOS team to have a high ranking. And I'm certainly not saying that Hobart doesn't deserve to be #1... I'm less outraged by Salve Regina's circumstance since they didn't try to do this. If others start changing their schedules to try and do this, then we have a problem. I'm not losing any sleep over this years' NPI...
I understand your point, but is it fair to a team like Stout, Babson, or St Norbert that play a strong schedule all season to possibly be left out by one position because Salve gets in.
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
I say this as a St Norbert fan...they blew late home leads against Olaf, Stout, and Adrian. They got shoutout against CUW. If you flip the result of any of those games, they are in the field. But based on all of that I can't say they deserve it more than any other team with a similar number of losses.
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
So at least for St. Norbert, if they get left out of the field, it won't be because Salve played a weak schedule.
Babson's schedule is bad. Geneseo gets the worst of it, 17 SOS with the 2nd highest QWB in the nation and will have to win their conference tournament to get in.
I was just using examples, Babson will probably still end up with 20 wins and probably not get in without winning the LEC
Pioneer247
Active member
Just as a programming note, this year's Selection Show is Sunday, March 8th at 9:30 PM ET, not the normal Monday morning
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
Thanks
VTpucksouteast
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2026 Pre-Playoff Bubble Watch: Men - DIIIHockeyNews.com
Grow out your beards, because playoff hockey is here. The million dollar question in a sport with so much parity, is who will get the chance to play for a national title? There is hockey left to be played, but with the games whittling down, there’s not much time to make a dent on those […]
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Super in-depth read here on who has a chance to get in. I really like it because it actually gives the teams with slim odds, and doesn’t list them as “NO SHOT”