Bottom Feeders 2021 ish... Yes. ish.

[Snively65]

Cuyahoga County has been in touch. They have been stockpiling old mattresses and food waste to fill the flaming garbage barge to the brim for the Midwest Regional.

Likewise, Nimbus has been stockpiling mice (all dead) for snacks during intermissions at the East Regional. His humans told him that they could not spare any mattresses, but they have a few old flea-infested blankets available to line the ice block benches on the sides of the upper parking lot. Needless to say, Nimbus is pretty psyched to be reffing his first Bottomfeeders Regional. And, yes, Nimbus realizes that Marty set a high bar for high-altitude ice hockey reffing, but is up for the challenge.

 

[John J. MacInnes]

The staff of the BFB is currently communicating with each other about these factors for selection:

-minimizing attendance
-maximizing difficult travel
-securing substandard accommodations
-providing rancid food
-keeping Anzalone and Dunleavy in check

 

[Snively65]

The staff of the BFB is currently communicating with each other about these factors for selection:

-minimizing attendance
-maximizing difficult travel
-securing substandard accommodations
-providing rancid food
-keeping Anzalone and Dunleavy in check

Will any of these factors help to determine whether it will be Bentley, Rensselaer, or Colorado College that makes the tournament? Or, maybe none of the above, and another team?

 

[John J. MacInnes]

Will any of these factors help to determine whether it will be Bentley, Rensselaer, or Colorado College that makes the tournament? Or, maybe none of the above, and another team?

I would feel confident that all three will make the field. But all those decisions fall to the omnipotent Miss Thundercat in this regard.

 

[MissThundercat]

I would feel confident that all three will make the field. But all those decisions fall to the omnipotent Miss Thundercat in this regard.

Those 3 are now 5, 6, and 7.

But it's so hard to choose 8-16 because there are so many awful contenders.

 

[John J. MacInnes]

BFB Bracketology

IN FOR SURE
Maine
Miami
Colorado College
St Thomas
Bentley
RPI

LIKELY
Yale ---- two 7 game losing streaks this season
Brown ---- lowest scoring team in nation at 1.6 per game
Dartmouth ---- took fewest shots in the nation
Princeton ---- has .0000 quality win bonus points
Long Island ---- they don't care, they just want games
Holy Cross ---- has .0000 quality win bonus points
Michigan State ---- lost 15 of 16 games in 2022

ON THE BUBBLE
Ferris State ---- lost to St Thomas. TWICE.
Niagara ---- closed season on 7 game winless streak
St. Lawrence ---- worst PP in the nation at 6.8%
Air Force ---- has .0000 quality win bonus points
Wisconsin ---- worst shooting in the nation at 6.4%
Alaska Fairbanks ---- most penalty minutes per game at 15.7
Arizona State ---- their coach likes to fight and his team does too
Army ---- has .0000 quality win bonus points
Boston College ---- had a stretch with 1 win in 14 games
Bowling Green ---- 2 wins in their last 12, and those ugly brown sweaters

 

[MissThundercat]

7. Yale
8. Sparty.

9. Arizona State

10. Holy Cross

11. Wisconsin

12. Fairbanks

13. Princeton

14. Long Island

15. Brown

16. Dartmouth vs. St Lawrence as a play in round

 

[MissThundercat]

Bracket will be done by this weekend.

Maine will head west.

 

[John J. MacInnes]

As a historical reminder, here are the results of the last four (completed) Futile Four conclusions of the Bottom Feeder extravaganzas:

2017
Michigan State (winner)
Brown (runner-up)
Arizona State
UMass

2018
RPI (winner)
Western Michigan (runner-up)
Michigan State
Niagara

2019
Wisconsin (winner)
Michigan State (runner-up)
Canisius
Merrimack

2020
Alabama-Huntsville (winner)
St. Lawrence (runner-up)
Colorado College
Vermont

2021
not completed. Anzalone still has the trophy.

 

[MissThundercat]

JJM, Fade, let's get the bracket done.

 

[RPI fan 4 life]

I know my opinion means nothing but I would love to know why RPI is #6 in your BFB when they finished in the top half of the league and won 18 games while a school like Vermont finished just about last in their league and won only 8 games and wasn’t even on the bubble.

 

[The Sicatoka]

Question:

If this is the anti-bracket, why not seed it as the Anti-Bracket*? Specifically ...

The bottom ten of PWR are auto-in; the remaining six slots are earned by late season conference-play ineptitude*.


*If you go 2-8 down the conference stretch you should get a look no matter your overall season record. Call it anti-tournament performance to get you in.

 

[John J. MacInnes]

(JJM prints out last 2 posts and hands them to Miss Thundercat)

(Miss Thundercat reads them while sipping coffee)

MT: "The objections are noted."

(Crumples up paper and discards then with a sneer)

 

[MissThundercat]

(JJM prints out last 2 posts and hands them to Miss Thundercat)

(Miss Thundercat reads them while sipping coffee)

MT: "The objections are noted."

(Crumples up paper and discards then with a sneer)

RPI Fan: I need an Everything bagel with cream cheese.

Sic: 24 oz cold brew. 3 stevia.

GO.

 

[MissThundercat]

Going West:

1. Maine
16. Dartmouth/St. Lawrence winner.

Dartmouth vs. St. Lawrence will happen in a forsaken gravel pit in Grand Rapids, MI.

8. Yale

9. Arizona State

 

[MissThundercat]

Heading South:

2. Miami
15. Brown

AND:

7. Yale

10. Holy Cross

 

[Snively65]

Going West:

1. Maine
16. Dartmouth/St. Lawrence winner.

Dartmouth vs. St. Lawrence will happen in a forsaken gravel pit in Grand Rapids, MI.

8. Yale

9. Arizona State

Nimbus is in disbelief as he expected to see those Sun Devils suffer on their hike to the summit of Mount Washington.

 

[John J. MacInnes]

Far be it from me to question, but it appears Yale has received both the #7 and #8 seeds.

I'll leave it to Miss Thundercat to clarify, because as we all know anything goes in this tournament.

 

[RPI fan 4 life]

RPI Fan: I need an Everything bagel with cream cheese.

Sic: 24 oz cold brew. 3 stevia.

GO.

Picked up a dozen for you, tried to deliver them and you weren’t home.
So I mailed them to the barge, they should be nice and stale by the time you get there. Perfect for the tournament.

 

[MissThundercat]

Far be it from me to question, but it appears Yale has received both the #7 and #8 seeds.

I'll leave it to Miss Thundercat to clarify, because as we all know anything goes in this tournament.

Good catch: Sparty has the 8 seed and going West.