Boston College Eagles 2016-2017 Season Thread

[Middle Street]

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No complaints from me. They are better than some at large teams that will make the field but that can happen. Happy to see the response in the league tourney and in the game tonight.

I will say one guy they needed more from was Colin White. Needed him to be at his best.

I agree. I thought they gave UML all they could handle. The lead never felt safe, unlike the previous two meetings. I think most Lowell fans can sympathize given Lowell was in a similar position two seasons ago. In some ways its surprising BC didn't make it, looking at their schedule, they didn't lose to any "bad" teams. Air Force finished 12th, Wisconsin made it to the Big 10 final. Merrimack I guess? They swept BU.

Lot's of talent coming in for you guys next season, no? Should be a tournament team again next season I would think.

 

[sterlippo1]

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The Eagles left it all out there on the ice tonight. No puck luck like they had last night.
Proud of them. They played Eagle hockey and went down swinging.
A good nucleus returns next season. Looking forward to it!
Nice season young Eagles! Thanks for the memories seniors and best wishes in your future endeavors.

i could not say it better than that , my sentiments exactly. I'm very proud to be an Eagle and of this team. Great job kids.

 

[chickod]

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i could not say it better than that , my sentiments exactly. I'm very proud to be an Eagle and of this team. Great job kids.

So unless I'm wrong (feel free to correct me if so), all this talk of "you have to finish 13th or higher because of the autobids" didn't materialize. From what I can see, Michigan Tech was the only team not already in the Top 16 to make the tourney with an autobid (since Air Force and Penn State were already there). That would mean BC was the "first team out" (as they say in the NCAA Basketball jargon). So a win last night would have put you in and knocked Ohio State out, I believe.

Personally, all this reliance on stats is becoming a little alarming for me. I have to say that basketball seems to do it better, as they apparently give the committee a little more "leeway" and allow them to use the "eye test." I can understand your argument that BC is better than some of the teams in the tourney. The other thing basketball does is give more weight to teams that are playing well at the end of the season, which BC did.

Tough way to end it but I'm sure you will be back with a vengeance next year!

 

[steven22]

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Really ?? 3-6-2 Since Feb 6, 2018.

 

[chickod]

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Really ?? 3-6-2 Since Feb 6, 2018.

They played well in the tournament, and I believe that gets more attention from the "non-regulars" who are specifically looking at that. A crossbar away from going to OT against arguably one of the best teams in the country after beating the "most talented" team in the country the previous night.

 

[Go-UML]

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So unless I'm wrong (feel free to correct me if so), all this talk of "you have to finish 13th or higher because of the autobids" didn't materialize. From what I can see, Michigan Tech was the only team not already in the Top 16 to make the tourney with an autobid (since Air Force and Penn State were already there). That would mean BC was the "first team out" (as they say in the NCAA Basketball jargon). So a win last night would have put you in and knocked Ohio State out, I believe.

Yes, in many cases, there's only one 'upset' for an autobid but in terms of setting goals, 13th is the right spot to aim for as there's unlikely to be 3 of them and/or other weird permutations to muck up the numbers. Why strive for #15 and hope that there are no surprises instead of #13 and just do it.

 

[sterlippo1]

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They played well in the tournament, and I believe that gets more attention from the "non-regulars" who are specifically looking at that. A crossbar away from going to OT against arguably one of the best teams in the country after beating the "most talented" team in the country the previous night.

UML is not "arguably" one of the best teams in the country, there's no argument, they ARE one of the best in the country and maybe playing the best of anyone at this point.

So unless I'm wrong (feel free to correct me if so), all this talk of "you have to finish 13th or higher because of the autobids" didn't materialize. From what I can see, Michigan Tech was the only team not already in the Top 16 to make the tourney with an autobid (since Air Force and Penn State were already there). That would mean BC was the "first team out" (as they say in the NCAA Basketball jargon). So a win last night would have put you in and knocked Ohio State out, I believe.

Personally, all this reliance on stats is becoming a little alarming for me. I have to say that basketball seems to do it better, as they apparently give the committee a little more "leeway" and allow them to use the "eye test." I can understand your argument that BC is better than some of the teams in the tourney. The other thing basketball does is give more weight to teams that are playing well at the end of the season, which BC did.

Tough way to end it but I'm sure you will be back with a vengeance next year!

i think you meant to quote JD but no problem. I have no issue with the PWR by the way, we have ourselves to blame for not making it. The tie vs Ferris St was a killer and or the home loss to Mack, either one. Still proud of this group but wither #18 all year? a tad more from him and we're in.

 

[mookie1995]

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A crossbar away from going to OT...

they should have put it on net

there is no difference between a post and hitting the door where the zamboni parks or the net which protects row Z in section 118

 

[sterlippo1]

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they should have put it on net

there is no difference between a post and hitting the door where the zamboni parks or the net which protects row Z in section 118

prolly would have gone in if it wasnt nicked by a UML stick but if the dog didnt stop to **** he would have caught the rabbit

 

[chickod]

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i think you meant to quote JD...

Yes...sorry about that. It was still too early in the morning on a Sunday for me.

 

[J.D.]

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Well, at least BC screwed BU by winning friday

 

[BCeagle]

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So unless I'm wrong (feel free to correct me if so), all this talk of "you have to finish 13th or higher because of the autobids" didn't materialize. From what I can see, Michigan Tech was the only team not already in the Top 16 to make the tourney with an autobid (since Air Force and Penn State were already there). That would mean BC was the "first team out" (as they say in the NCAA Basketball jargon). So a win last night would have put you in and knocked Ohio State out, I believe.

Personally, all this reliance on stats is becoming a little alarming for me. I have to say that basketball seems to do it better, as they apparently give the committee a little more "leeway" and allow them to use the "eye test." I can understand your argument that BC is better than some of the teams in the tourney. The other thing basketball does is give more weight to teams that are playing well at the end of the season, which BC did.

Tough way to end it but I'm sure you will be back with a vengeance next year!

BC put themselves in a bind with their poor 2nd half. They're a young team and needed to win last night to get in and didn't with the Pair Wise.

Last night, they didn't play well enough. UML scored early and BC has problems coming from behind when playing quality teams like Lowell.

Woll did his best but needed a super effort.

BC put a lot on net but fell just short this time.

Hopefully BC can build on this year's young team and with the incoming class in the fall.

 

[bcmsu9196]

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Weird not being in the tourney, can't remember what it felt like eight years ago. They made a nice run at the end and almost did it, even with a horrible February.

Back to the big dance next year, or bust.

 

[Nick Papagiorgio]

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On to next season. Anyone know when the season opener is?

I like the upside of a lot of the guys returning at forward, and think many of those 4th liners are ready to take a step forward as well. Need some freshmen to come in and make an instant impact - particularly the slick Finn. Speaking of which, the two Finns that were brought in this year were fantastic IMO. A lot of our less-heralded guys are the ones that are going to lead this program to FFs in a year or two. Brown and Dudek can still be Almeida/Carey/Mullane types of players, All-American possibilities down the road. Brown may have more upside than any of us even realize at this point - he does everything well. McPhee stood out to me down the stretch, he terrorized UVM in Game 1. Nice SHG this weekend. Cotton is a big body that some are split on but I think if he can develop he will be able to serve any number of roles. The next set of guys just have to contribute by committee and be better in the possession game and I think they can win some games.

It was good to see the seniors beat BU and contribute much on the last weekend (and weekend before) and go out on a pretty good note. I don't think it necessarily changes the book on any of them, but a final nice paragraph on the end of the last chapter was nice.

Who will be the captains next year? We have no seniors (LOL) so.... we'll likely have a two-time captain unless they go with a potential pro jumper (White if he returns?).

Defense is going to have to develop. Need someone to become our shutdown guy like Santini/McCoshen. Loss of their presence was felt in many ways. Last year, McCoshen +30. Casey Fitzgerald +27. Santini +24. This year our best was Kim at +18.

PP needs to be better. Discipline needs to be better. After an even net PIM last year, they put up 133 more PIMs than opponents this year. It was sad to watch. As I said many times the past few weeks, smart hockey is winning hockey.

 

[Drew S.]

Who had BC sharing the RS title and being in the title game coming into this year? Great coaching job by the "overrated" Jerry York (hi drew s)

I just read this now lol. Who needs the NCAA tournament when you can be co hockey east regular season champion and tournament runner up. You and everyone else must be over the moon with the success this season.

 

[theprofromdover]

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I just read this now lol. Who needs the NCAA tournament when you can be co hockey east regular season champion and tournament runner up. You and everyone else must be over the moon with the success this season.

Dope.

 

[Nick Papagiorgio]

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I just read this now lol. Who needs the NCAA tournament when you can be co hockey east regular season champion and tournament runner up. You and everyone else must be over the moon with the success this season.

Ah Drew, most stupid people don't like to draw attention to their stupidity but you're too dumb to know any better. It's called compound stupidity.

 

[Drew S.]

Ah Drew, most stupid people don't like to draw attention to their stupidity but you're too dumb to know any better. It's called compound stupidity.

When Maine was good I would have been bitterly disappointed if they didn't make the NCAA tourney(which never actually happened). It's surprising to see you guys so satisfied with what I would consider a bad year.

On another note, when is the last time only one of the 'big four' teams made the tourney? I would think it's been at least 30 years.

 

[Nick Papagiorgio]

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When Maine was good I would have been bitterly disappointed if they didn't make the NCAA tourney(which never actually happened). It's surprising to see you guys so satisfied with what I would consider a bad year.

No satisfaction from me. However, given the losses coming in and the expectations as a result of that exodus, yes, they did exceed expectations. I had them penciled in for 18-20 wins personally and expected a rough season. They won 21 and progressed to the HE final for the first time since 2012 and somehow got a piece of the HE RS trophy in spite of the empty feeling of blowing a large lead and having a horrendous record vs the teams with which they shared it.

Imagine if Maine, back under Walsh, had like massive NCAA infractions and had 11 of their top 15 kids ineligible to play. Hard to fathom, I know, but... that's kind of like what BC had to deal with.

 

[Nick Papagiorgio]

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When Maine was good I would have been bitterly disappointed if they didn't make the NCAA tourney(which never actually happened).

That pesky postseason ban notwithstanding, right Drew?