NCAA Semifinal -- #2 BC vs. #3 Harvard: Oh, hello.

[ManBehindTheCurtain]

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Omg it's Joe!!

I agree, winner keeps the Beanpot. Make sure you guys bring it, okay?

I vote for BATTLE NEAR THE CATTLE

Geez, guys. It may not be the east coast megalopolis but this ain't Mayberry either. The closest cows must be almost two miles away from Ridder.

 

[wwhyte]

Tony Where are you staying?

The BC Number One Fan contingent is going to be in the Millennium hotel in west downtown.

 

[UCONN FAN]

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clash of the pretentious!

perfect!

 

[OnMAA]

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Winner keeps the Beanpot. Unification bout.

This game needs a name like the Rumble in the Jungle.

The Quake by the Lakes
The Slugfest in the Midwest
The Battle near the Cattle

Beantown conquers Twin Town

 

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Clash of the Pretentious!

perfect!

Ha, I like it a lot except there's no rhyming!! C'mon now.

Tony Where are you staying?

The BC Number One Fan contingent is going to be in the Millennium hotel in west downtown.

What wwhyte said. Got a pretty solid deal; like $77 a night I think.

We got our flights for $174 round trip nonstop from Boston

 

[goaliedad35]

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what wwhyte said. Got a pretty solid deal; like $77 a night i think.

We got our flights for $174 round trip nonstop from boston

killed it!!!

 

[joegrav]

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Clash of the Pretentious!

That'll be on Sunday after the Gophers beat Wisco

 

[joegrav]

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Ha, I like it a lot except there's no rhyming!! C'mon now.

exactly. you can do better

Thunder with the Trust Funders
Clash with the Cash
The Tension by the Condescension

 

[OnMAA]

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Ha, I like it a lot except there's no rhyming!! C'mon now.



What wwhyte said. Got a pretty solid deal; like $77 a night I think.

We got our flights for $174 round trip nonstop from Boston

And a win by the Eagles will be.......Priceless !!!!

 

[OnMAA]

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Beantown conquers Twin Town

Adding to my list...in the vain of Thrilla at Manilla....

Bicker at the Ridder
or
Kicker at the Ridder
or
Beat the Critter at the Ridder.....Yeah that is it.....Beat the Critter at the Ridder....

 

[dave1381]

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Huh, so back to actual bulletin board material out of the BC team:

https://www.bostonherald.com/sports...et_for_revenge_game_vs_harvard_in_frozen_four

"I think that we showed up to play the first game, and I think the second game we kind of took it lightly," she said. "We walked in saying, 'Hey we won 10 to 2 last time, it's going to be the same thing again.' So I think that was a good learning moment for us all."

So... Harvard's win was about BC taking it lightly. Ok then. Well I guess Harvard still needs to avenge its 10-2 defeat, because they were only playing a BC team that was taking them lightly... in a Beanpot final. And BC spent the whole back half of that game trailing by a goal without scoring, I guess taking Harvard lightly that whole time down by a goal? Right.

Now in fairness Carpenter probably meant to say that psychologically it was difficult for the team as a whole to avoid taking them lightly at the outset given the previous beatdown... and certainly by the end BC was taking the game seriously... but still, I don't believe that quote bodes well for BC's mindset here.

 

[ARM]

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So... Harvard's win was about BC taking it lightly.

In the WCHA where you almost always play back-to-back games, it is pretty common for a team that gets kicked in game one to be much, much more competitive the second day. Especially given the fact that BC went up 1-0 right away in the Beanpot game, I can see where there may have been a slight letdown on the Eagles' part. You can try to tell yourself, "Oh, Harvard is much better than they've shown so far," but everything that you're seeing on the ice says otherwise.

After not playing in a Frozen Four in seven years, does Harvard really need any bulletin board material to be motivated for Friday? I can't imagine that if it was a game against some random team that the Crimson hadn't played in forever that they would suddenly be less fired up.

 

[driventoit]

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Especially given the fact that BC went up 1-0 right away in the Beanpot game, I can see where there may have been a slight letdown on the Eagles' part. You can try to tell yourself, "Oh, Harvard is much better than they've shown so far," but everything that you're seeing on the ice says otherwise.

Until 9:08 of the first!

(Thanks TTT. This IS fun.)

 

[ARM]

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Until 9:08 of the first!

For some reason, teams have trouble finding the "On" switch once the game is underway. But you're right -- if they couldn't find a higher gear during the second intermission, that suggests that there wasn't a higher gear to be found.

 

[Watson Rink]

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Whether or not every BC player internalized their coaches' message, I somehow find it highly unlikely that the BC coaching staff went into the second game failing to warn their charges that Harvard had just scored 22 goals in their previous 3 games, 9 of those goals against Boston University (1 of them by the third line and 3 of them by the fourth line). Or that the third line had scored 5 goals in their previous game (it was the third line that then went on to score the first 2 goals against BC).

Paying attention to scouting information is usually a Good Thing, overlooking the fact that your opponent scored 9 goals against BU just 7 days before is probably not a Good Thing, and deprecating an opponent's third line because gee, they're just a third line, can come back to bite you.

 

[dave1381]

Re: NCAA Semifinal -- #2 BC vs. #3 Harvard: Oh, hello.

In the WCHA where you almost always play back-to-back games, it is pretty common for a team that gets kicked in game one to be much, much more competitive the second day. Especially given the fact that BC went up 1-0 right away in the Beanpot game, I can see where there may have been a slight letdown on the Eagles' part. You can try to tell yourself, "Oh, Harvard is much better than they've shown so far," but everything that you're seeing on the ice says otherwise.

Right, I agree that's the challenge and it's totally understandable. I just wouldn't have chosen those words. Say that your team let down a bit, not that you took your opponent lightly. And don't insinuate that your let down was the primary reason for the result.

After not playing in a Frozen Four in seven years, does Harvard really need any bulletin board material to be motivated for Friday? I can't imagine that if it was a game against some random team that the Crimson hadn't played in forever that they would suddenly be less fired up.

I agree rationally, it makes no sense whatsoever. Yet you do see all kind of elite athletes claiming they found extra motivation from this kind of thing: Michael Phelps talking about comments giving him "fire," and lots of pro teams playing the "nobody believes in us" card. Though absent a good measure of bulletin board material, we can't verify empirically whether this matters any more than divine intervention.

And in this case, if I were a Harvard player, it would help me in my motivation to focus on doing my job, to know how little BC seems to respect my team, despite the last result.

 

[Ted Knight]

Re: NCAA Semifinal -- #2 BC vs. #3 Harvard: Oh, hello.

Huh, so back to actual bulletin board material out of the BC team:

https://www.bostonherald.com/sports...et_for_revenge_game_vs_harvard_in_frozen_four



So... Harvard's win was about BC taking it lightly. Ok then. Well I guess Harvard still needs to avenge its 10-2 defeat, because they were only playing a BC team that was taking them lightly... in a Beanpot final. And BC spent the whole back half of that game trailing by a goal without scoring, I guess taking Harvard lightly that whole time down by a goal? Right.

Now in fairness Carpenter probably meant to say that psychologically it was difficult for the team as a whole to avoid taking them lightly at the outset given the previous beatdown... and certainly by the end BC was taking the game seriously... but still, I don't believe that quote bodes well for BC's mindset here.

please shut up...

 

[Eeyore]

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I agree rationally, it makes no sense whatsoever. Yet you do see all kind of elite athletes claiming they found extra motivation from this kind of thing: Michael Phelps talking about comments giving him "fire," and lots of pro teams playing the "nobody believes in us" card. Though absent a good measure of bulletin board material, we can't verify empirically whether this matters any more than divine intervention.

I suspect that what you are seeing is that elite athletes are really good at motivating themselves and are as prone to rationalizing why they do things as the rest of us are. There's also an ex post element to it, in that it's not unusual when a team underperforms for people to say that they were overamped and couldn't play under control.

 

[OnMAA]

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For some reason, teams have trouble finding the "On" switch once the game is underway. But you're right -- if they couldn't find a higher gear during the second intermission, that suggests that there wasn't a higher gear to be found.

I'm convinced that all four teams in the FF have no trouble finding the "On" switch. Similar to some of Dave1381's comments, it is my belief that often the difference lies in the "control of emotions". Those that can focus on the task at hand and execute better than those that are nervous or mentally not as strong, tend to win these big events. Given the amount of parity, it is often the stuff between the ears that accounts for the difference in victory vs defeat. Athletes (and coaches) will do anything for self motivation. The motivation is what drives self confidence, and 90% of a victory is based on what is between the ears, and how you control it and use it. JMO.

 

[Royale with Cheese]

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perfect!

Schism in the narcissism