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Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

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SteveO said:
OOC Ranking 2017-18

1) Big Ten: 53-20-5 (.712)
2) NCHC: 50-24-15 (.646)
3) Hockey East: 51-48-11 (.514)
4) ECAC: 44-54-17 (.457)
5) WCHA: 20-38-7 (.362)
6) Atlantic Hockey: 21-42-6 (.348)
7) D-I Independent: 8-21-5 (.309)

While this might be "relatively" the best criteria without an in-depth analysis, it's also subject to debate.
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Go year by year, with turnover and such, and given the stats (sorry Mark Twain ;) ) the B1G is the best this year.
 
Fighting Sioux 23 said:
:p:D:D

I believe Notre Dame may be the first program to appear in back-to-back Frozen Fours as a member of different conferences. Michigan has also now appeared in the Frozen Four as a representative of 4 different conferences (WIHL, WCHA, CCHA, and B1G). I don't believe any other program has accomplished that feat.
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few indeed. not many hockey sluts anymore
 
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Just got back from the Midwest Regional and all I can say about this thread is I'm laughing derisively!
 
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D2D said:
to have 3 of 4 teams in the FF may not repeat itself - for any conference - for who knows how many years.
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How about all four teams like 2005 when MN, UND, DU and CC were all in it. That was quite epic.
 
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Everyone is looking at this incorrectly. 3 former CCHA teams are in the Frozen Four. Clearly, the CCHA is the best conference ever. So good, that even without existing, it's teams have gone 6-0 so far in the NCAA tournament.
 
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wolverineTrumpet said:
Everyone is looking at this incorrectly. 3 former CCHA teams are in the Frozen Four. Clearly, the CCHA is the best conference ever. So good, that even without existing, it's teams have gone 6-0 so far in the NCAA tournament.
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You are my hero for the day today.
 
Sean Pickett said:
You are correct. The first year it was possible to have 3 teams from the same conference in the Frozen Four was 1981, when the tournament was expanded to 8 teams. This year is just the fifth time since then that three teams from one conference have made the Frozen Four:
1981 - WCHA 3: Wisconsin (champion), Minnesota (runner-up), Michigan Tech (4th)
1992 - CCHA 3: Lake Superior (champion), Michigan (semifinalist), Michigan State (semifinalist)
1999 - HEA 3: Maine (champion), New Hamphire (runner-up), Boston College (semifinalist)
2005 - WCHA 4: Denver (champion), North Dakota (runner-up), Colorado College (semifinalist), Minnesota (semifinalist)
2018 - B1G 3: Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan

Sean
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1978 with the (in)famous BU/Providence playin game? That would have been 3 ECAC. :)
 
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wolverineTrumpet said:
Everyone is looking at this incorrectly. 3 former CCHA teams are in the Frozen Four. Clearly, the CCHA is the best conference ever. So good, that even without existing, it's teams have gone 6-0 so far in the NCAA tournament.
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That is awesome. The CCHA lives on!!!
 
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Sean Pickett said:
You are correct. The first year it was possible to have 3 teams from the same conference in the Frozen Four was 1981, when the tournament was expanded to 8 teams. This year is just the fifth time since then that three teams from one conference have made the Frozen Four:
1981 - WCHA 3: Wisconsin (champion), Minnesota (runner-up), Michigan Tech (4th)
1992 - CCHA 3: Lake Superior (champion), Michigan (semifinalist), Michigan State (semifinalist)
1999 - HEA 3: Maine (champion), New Hamphire (runner-up), Boston College (semifinalist)
2005 - WCHA 4: Denver (champion), North Dakota (runner-up), Colorado College (semifinalist), Minnesota (semifinalist)
2018 - B1G 3: Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan

Sean
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Michigan Tech was 3rd in 1981, they defeated NMU 5-2 in the consolation game.

And since Wisconsin vacated their appearance in 1992, you could technically say that all the teams in that year were from the same conference... ;)
 
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This is also the 5th time that all four teams are from the West.

1981 - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan
1984 - Bowling Green, Minnesota-Duluth, Michigan State, North Dakota
1992 - Lake Superior State, Wisconsin (vacated), Michigan State, Michigan
2005 - Denver, North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado College
2018 - Minnesota-Duluth, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan

The East has two years with 3 teams (1990 and 1999) but has never had all four in the same season.
 
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John J. MacInnes said:
This is also the 5th time that all four teams are from the West.

1981 - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan
1984 - Bowling Green, Minnesota-Duluth, Michigan State, North Dakota
1992 - Lake Superior State, Wisconsin (vacated), Michigan State, Michigan
2005 - Denver, North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado College
2018 - Minnesota-Duluth, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan

The East has two years with 3 teams (1990 and 1999) but has never had all four in the same season.
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It looks like my my idea of completely ignoring the East worked out once again. those bus schools are cute, but can't keep up with real hockey schools.
 
D2D said:
Because the NCHC and the B1G are relatively new, I think it all depends on how far back you want to go, i.e. what's your criteria for determining "the best conference"?
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Exactly, because people want to strategically pick certain years to fit their data sets and act like there is/will be a be-all/end-all conference of the sport. All this banter between B1G and NCHC i think HE needs more representation as all both conferences are doing is belittling the east
 
Happy said:
It looks like my my idea of completely ignoring the East worked out once again. those bus schools are cute, but can't keep up with real hockey schools.
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On the other hand, they don’t need to put quotes around the word “school”...
 
UMD21 said:
Exactly, because people want to strategically pick certain years to fit their data sets and act like there is/will be a be-all/end-all conference of the sport. All this banter between B1G and NCHC i think HE needs more representation as all both conferences are doing is belittling the east
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I respect Hockey East.
 
John J. MacInnes said:
This is also the 5th time that all four teams are from the West.

1981 - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan
1984 - Bowling Green, Minnesota-Duluth, Michigan State, North Dakota
1992 - Lake Superior State, Wisconsin (vacated), Michigan State, Michigan
2005 - Denver, North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado College
2018 - Minnesota-Duluth, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan

The East has two years with 3 teams (1990 and 1999) but has never had all four in the same season.
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The east had 3 in 1985, 1991, 2000, 2013 FWIW.
 
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