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Boring 2018 Bracketology Thread - Here we go again...

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Numbers said:
I'm a Minnesota fan, so I tend to be with you. But, continuing your hypothetical:
Suppose 2 of the three who won their first game were outshot 33-19 or some such thing, and the one who went to the F4 won a 3OT thriller with 2 amazing saves by their own goalie in the 2nd OT???

Point being: One and done hockey results don't really say much.
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Excellent points!!! That's why I have a hard time putting too much stock in one and done results of specific teams when comparing one entire conference to another over the course of a whole season. All things considered, I am pleased with where the Big Ten is at this point in time. If they get 5 teams in the tournament and all 5 end up being one and done, of course that would open up a new can of worms but I don't see that happening.
 
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Games are not over, but currently, ALL SIX games are falling against Minnesota. Incredible....
 
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So if all six shoes drop for Minnesota, are they “hard” out or could we see the smoke-filled room aspect of the PWR come out?
 
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BU in
MTU in
Princeton - almost in
NoDak out
Because AFA is up 4-1...
Last spot in the field will be UMD or UMTC and UMTC needs either SCSU or OSU to make a comeback.


Ha. I was hoping to jinx Princeton, and lo and behold, Clarkson comes through with a tying goal.....
If Clarkson wins, BOTH UMTC and UMD are in...
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
So if all six shoes drop for Minnesota, are they “hard” out or could we see the smoke-filled room aspect of the PWR come out?
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Would be "hard out" the 3 lines of the compare:
RPI- UMD wins by .0001
CommOpp - Minn wins by the diff between a tie and a loss (as close as it gets)
H2H - UMD won the only game

There is no way any committee would overrule the slight RPI margin in that case.
 
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Here's something interesting, I think....
If Minnesota gets in, they get in as 12th. If they fall to 13th, that means UMD passes them in RPI, and the only way that happens is if all 6 shoes drop and Minn is out completely.
This means, imo, that if Minn qualifies, then they will play Mankato in Sioux Falls.
 
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Numbers said:
Here's something interesting, I think....
If Minnesota gets in, they get in as 12th. If they fall to 13th, that means UMD passes them in RPI, and the only way that happens is if all 6 shoes drop and Minn is out completely.
This means, imo, that if Minn qualifies, then they will play Mankato in Sioux Falls.
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Princeton just beat Clarkson, so... Go Buckeyes!!!
 
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Numbers said:
Would be "hard out" the 3 lines of the compare:
RPI- UMD wins by .0001
CommOpp - Minn wins by the diff between a tie and a loss (as close as it gets)
H2H - UMD won the only game

There is no way any committee would overrule the slight RPI margin in that case.
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.0001 RPI? That’s well within their fudge factor of quality wins and whatnot.

Someone could sneeze in that room and swing the RPI. That being said, I doubt it but it wouldn’t be the first time in even the last number of years a team got in like that.
 
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.0001 RPI? That’s well within their fudge factor of quality wins and whatnot.

Someone could sneeze in that room and swing the RPI. That being said, I doubt it but it wouldn’t be the first time in even the last number of years a team got in like that.
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We have nothing to do with it. Our year was bad enough...
 
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Clarkson, UMTC and UMD were all >80% to make it and one of them will miss.
 
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Clarkson is out if Denver wins.

ETA: Never mind. My predictor didn't update
 
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RPI fan 4 life said:
We have nothing to do with it. Our year was bad enough...
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QFT

If the committee goes against PWR and goes back to the smoke-filled room as was the case when I was a student, then I have lost any respect which I have ever had.
 
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so the nacho may send TWO teams??

They are the suck
 
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