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Atlantic Hockey Pick the Standings Contest 2023-24 (TUPD Edition)

I believe I am here on time this year.

We have 11 teams this year...thanks for coming back Robert Morris...so the basis of scoring will not change, but maximums will.

You will have until Saturday, October 14th, at 3:59PM EST to get your picks in. I believe that is the first conference game of the year, with Robert Morris taking on Mercyhurst in the Mercyhurst barn.

Enjoy yourself. Your prize is your name written at the top of this post, next season.

TalonsUpPuckDown (TUPD) was our human winner from the 2022-23 season with a final score of 72.

The teams really followed a pattern from the previous year and "Last Year Results" was the number 1 static/poll/automated winner with a score of 44.

Can you beat TUPD?

Can you beat Last Years Results? (will work Robert Morris in as finishing in last place)

Can you beat the every present and totally frightening Random Number Generator?


Here is how it will work. The following is plagiarized:

Pick the Atlantic Hockey Standings at the end of the 2023-24 season in order from 1-11 (no ties). Playoff seedings determine the position of the teams in case of a regular season tie.

Scoring is as follows: You will receive a score based on the square of the distance from your picks to the actual standings (e.g., if you pick a team in 4th but they finish in 7th, you get (7-4)2 or 9 points). Sum those up for the eleven Atlantic Hockey teams and you'll have a score between 0 and 440. The entrant with the lowest score will be our winner.

As a reminder, you have until Saturday, October 14th, at 3:59PM EST, just before the Robert Morris v. Mercyhurst game, to get your picks in.

Tie breakers are:

Pick correctly the Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Champ.
Have the most teams in the correct order of finish.
Have the most top 6 teams in the correct order of finish.
I will flip a coin.

You can change your picks at any time up till the drop of the puck on October 14th, however DO NOT EDIT THE ORIGINAL PICKS. Just put up a new post with your change.

Just like last time, I look forward to participating with the 8 total entries last year. Can we make it 9?

I think that is all...so have at it!
 
Coaches Poll:

1 RIT
2 Sacred Heart
3 AIC
4 Holy Cross
5 Canisius
6 Niagara
7 Army West Point
8 Air Force
9 Mercyhurst
10 Robert Morris
11 Bentley
 
Random Number Generator

1. Mercyhurst
2. AIC
3. RIT
4. Niagara
5. Sacred Heart
6. Robert Morris
7. Army
8. Bentley
9. Air Force
10. Holy Cross
11. Canisius

I don't think random did that badly!!!????
 
Last Years Results

1. RIT
2. AIC
3. Sacred Heart
4. Canisius
5. Army
6. Niagara
7. Holy Cross
8. Mercyhurst
9. Bentley
10. Air Force
11. Robert Morris (by default)
 
1. RIT
2. Sacred Heart
3. AIC
4. Canisius
5. Niagara
6. Holy Cross
7. Army West Point
8. Mercyhurst
9. Bentley
10. Air Force
11. Robert Morris
 
I'm here to defend my second place finish from last year. May the odd ever be in your favor. Thanks again for doing this Earl.

1 RIT
2 Sacred Heart
3 Holy Cross
4 AIC
5 Canisius
6 Niagara
7 Army West Point
8 Air Force
9 Mercyhurst
10 Bentley
11 Bobby Mo
 
I will go with following:
1. RIT
2. S Heart
3. AIC
4. Canisius
5. Niagara
6. Holy Cross
7. Army
8. Bobby Mo
9. Air Force
10. ‘Hurst
11. Bentley
 
Got about 8 entries. Can we get any more?

I'll have to learn how to spread the announcement over Discord and Twitter, etc. I am still behind the times.
 
Average Positions so far:
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 1, width: 500"]
[TR]
[TD]Air Force[/TD]
[TD]8.86[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AIC[/TD]
[TD]3.00[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Army[/TD]
[TD]7.00[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bentley[/TD]
[TD]10.29[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Canisius[/TD]
[TD]4.29[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Holy Cross[/TD]
[TD]5.14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mercyhurst[/TD]
[TD]8.71[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Niagara[/TD]
[TD]5.71[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RIT[/TD]
[TD]1.00[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Robert Morris[/TD]
[TD]9.71[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sacred Heart[/TD]
[TD]2.29[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

So far, it is unanimous that RIT will finish number 1 in the regular season standings.

There also seems to be agreement on AIC and Army finishing 3rd and 7th, respectively.
 
Got about 8 entries. Can we get any more?

I'll have to learn how to spread the announcement over Discord and Twitter, etc. I am still behind the times.

So, five entries and five proxies? After watching Bentley take BU into OT on Saturday night, I am thinking about changing my predictions a bit. I have until first AHA intra-league game, right?
 
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sounds fun

1. RIT
2. AIC
3. Sacred Heart
4. Niagara
5. Canisius
6. Holy Cross
7. Army
8. Mercyhurst
9. Robert Morris
10. Air Force
11. Bentley
 
Ok, I will one up Random Numbers by moving Bentley up to 7th, along with a couple other minor changes.

1. RIT
2. AIC
3. Sacred Heart
4. Canisius
5. Niagara
6. Holy Cross
7. Bentley
8. Army
9. Robert Morris
10. Mercyhurst
11. Air Force
 
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First time here, thought I would give it a shot.

1. RIT
2. SHU
3. AIC
4. Niagara
5. Canisius
6. Holy Cross
7. Army
8. Bentley
9. Mercyhurst
10. RMU
11. Air Force
 
I made it on time this year!!

1. RIT
2. Sacred Heart
3. AIC
4. Canisius
5. Robert Morris
6. Niagara
7. Holy Cross
8. Bentley
9. Army
10. Air Force
11. Mercyhurst
 
Here goes
1. RIT
2. AIC
3. Holy Cross
4. Sacred Heart
5. Niagara
6. Canisius
7. Army
8. Air Force
9. Mercyhurst
10. Bentley
11. Robert Morris
 
Here are a list of our competitors for this year:

BroncoHockeyFan
bruinsfan
Earl_Leatherland
XCTiger
mar7967
iowabasedtraveler
TalonsUpPuckDown (defending champion)
Snively65
ClarksonHockeyFan16
Coaches Poll
Press
Last Year Results
Random Number (never figured in averages)
Alphabetical (never figured in averages)

So, 11 live competitors! The most ever! Coaches Poll and Press are proxied in. Last Year Results seems to always be relevant but is a static competitor along with Random and Alphabetical.
 
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