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Bracketology 1.1 - before the conference tournaments. Don't be upset

Russell Jaslow said:
It sounds like the whole place is like Hobart.
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I haven’t been to Hobart, but I haven’t heard good things and know it was open air until fairly recently.

I would consider Augsburg’s on campus rink to be above average for NCAA D3 (at least for the western region.)
 
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Bahahahahaha Adrian didn’t make it. What a great season for NCAA DIII hockey.
 
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We really need a PWR calculator for next season. It would make the conference playoff season SO much more fun!
 
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Hobart uses a municipal rink owned by the city of Geneva ,ny. It is affectionately "sic" named The Cooler. They aren't kidding, it is not heated, remember that.. Several years ago they finished the wall to block the snow blowing in. Also it only seats about 4 to 500, tough place to watch sitting in an unseated barn on aluminum bleachers. Have fun if you are going
 
lakont55 said:
Hobart uses a municipal rink owned by the city of Geneva ,ny. It is affectionately "sic" named The Cooler. They aren't kidding, it is not heated, remember that.. Several years ago they finished the wall to block the snow blowing in. Also it only seats about 4 to 500, tough place to watch sitting in an unseated barn on aluminum bleachers. Have fun if you are going
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It certainly is an "interesting" rink. I'm familiar with it for decades. And I’ll be there again on Saturday.
 
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lakont55 said:
Hobart uses a municipal rink owned by the city of Geneva ,ny. It is affectionately "sic" named The Cooler. They aren't kidding, it is not heated, remember that.. Several years ago they finished the wall to block the snow blowing in. Also it only seats about 4 to 500, tough place to watch sitting in an unseated barn on aluminum bleachers. Have fun if you are going
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Well, I can unequivocally tell you guys in the most modest Minnesotan manner possible, that Augsburg Ice Arena is not at all like that! Not sure where someone could get that idea! Not heated? Oh my god. This is Minnesota, very few High School rinks are unheated anymore with most of the big schools playing on very nice rinks.
 
oldauggie said:
Well, I can unequivocally tell you guys in the most modest Minnesotan manner possible, that Augsburg Ice Arena is not at all like that! Not sure where someone could get that idea! Not heated? Oh my god. This is Minnesota, very few High School rinks are unheated anymore with most of the big schools playing on very nice rinks.
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It’s heated. Just not very well.

Before everyone goes apesh*t, my comparison was in capacity, number of locker rooms, working space, etc, and in that regard, Augsburg is no better choice at hosting than Hobart is.

However, all this is moot if Augsburg never put in a bid. Which has to be done by now. If not, it doesn’t matter if they have greatest facility in the world.
 
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Russell Jaslow said:
It’s heated. Just not very well.

Before everyone goes apesh*t, my comparison was in capacity, number of locker rooms, working space, etc, and in that regard, Augsburg is no better choice at hosting than Hobart is.

However, all this is moot if Augsburg never put in a bid. Which has to be done by now. If not, it doesn’t matter if they have greatest facility in the world.
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The NCAA prefers a capacity of 1,000 for the Finals site. Having been to many games and skated there many times Augsburg would be a very good site for the finals. It is plenty warm and there is plenty of space for locker rooms, etc. With three eastern teams that no one cares about Augsburg would be a perfect finals site. How many eastern fans would actually bother to come?

Question, how many fans attended the Championship game last year in Lake Placid? Answer 1,830. What is the average championship attendance over the last ten years? Would only 800 seats, 200 less than 1,000 really be that much of an issue?
 
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4and20 said:
The NCAA prefers a capacity of 1,000 for the Finals site. Having been to many games and skated there many times Augsburg would be a very good site for the finals. It is plenty warm and there is plenty of space for locker rooms, etc. With three eastern teams that no one cares about Augsburg would be a perfect finals site. How many eastern fans would actually bother to come?

Question, how many fans attended the Championship game last year in Lake Placid? Answer 1,830. What is the average championship attendance over the last ten years? Would only 800 seats, 200 less than 1,000 really be that much of an issue?
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Posted this in the Championship Site thread:

10-year attendance average for the D3 men's championship: 2128
2010 is eliminated from that average, there's no data on the attendance.
The 3 years that fall below 1800 announced attendance were in: Utica, Minneapolis, Minneapolis.
(Listed attendances: 1830 ('18), 1595 ('17), 2304 ('16), 1303 ('15), 1851 ('14), 2089 ('13), 3300 ('12), 1741 ('11), 0 ('10), 3141 ('09).

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4and20 said:
Question, how many fans attended the Championship game last year in Lake Placid? Answer 1,830. What is the average championship attendance over the last ten years? Would only 800 seats, 200 less than 1,000 really be that much of an issue?
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The problem with campus sites in my opinion isn't with total capacity, but the fact that even with team allotments it makes it much more likely that somebody who wants to attend the championship won't be able to, either because they didn't get one of their team's allotted tickets, or they weren't able to get into their home barn. At least with neutral sites, somebody who really wants to attend can be reasonably sure they can get in to the building.
 
KnightsOfTheRound said:
The problem with campus sites in my opinion isn't with total capacity, but the fact that even with team allotments it makes it much more likely that somebody who wants to attend the championship won't be able to, either because they didn't get one of their team's allotted tickets, or they weren't able to get into their home barn. At least with neutral sites, somebody who really wants to attend can be reasonably sure they can get in to the building.
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Correct. And it makes it difficult to plan for the casual fan of Division III that just wants to go to the games regardless of who is in it. Are there many that do that? Probably not but when it’s in a place like Lake Placid where there are so many other things to do than the hockey games, it certainly is a draw for outside fans.
 
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NUProf said:
Please save us from the SUNYAC chest thumping that would follow :D
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even as an Elmira fan I have to admit the SUNYAC has two fo the top four teams......................
 
Russell Jaslow said:
The production of these live shows are usually very ignorant of what they are producing. Just look at some of the pronunciations over the years. So, I take NOTHING of what they say seriously.
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You mean like this year’s women’s selection show, where they repeatedly referred to the “9” teams who would be in the tournament while revealing the 10-team bracket?
 
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