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Predicting who gets in the 2021 NCAA Tournament

Is there a link buried somewhere on NCAA.com to watch the selection show? All they have right now is an article saying it will be live on NCAA.com, but no link to an upcoming video feed. Their "live video" schedule shows nothing scheduled, either. Are they going to pop a link up 10 seconds before the show starts?
 
ZedLeppelin said:
Are they going to pop a link up 10 seconds before the show starts?
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Or after it starts. Or the link might be there but it won't work for awhile. For some reason, this stream never seems to be too high on the NCAA's priority list.
 
TitleIXHockey said:
If they could have played 7 games against Minnesota State, St. Cloud State, and Bemidji State to be above .500, I'm sure they would have.
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I don't think that MSU in particular is a bad team. We'll see next year when nonconference play resumes, but I don't know that the Mavericks are that far behind the likes of Q. And while the others have their issues, they aren't as bad as teams like Merrimack, Holy Cross, Lindenwood or RIT.
 
robertearle said:
But they didn't. Neither did BC, or Penn State, or the others.
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Well I like a 6-7-0 team that only played difficult opponents better than an 11-8-1 team that's only over .500 due to the weakness of the conference and scheduling quirks. Since the committee has the leeway to consider factors beyond PairWise I'd argue that they should consider that SLU didn't even get on campus until January of 2021 and that their first couple series are less indicative of their talent. (Compared to other teams since everyone generally improves over the course of the season.)
 
TitleIXHockey said:
Well I like a 6-7-0 team that only played difficult opponents better than an 11-8-1 team that's only over .500 due to the weakness of the conference and scheduling quirks. Since the committee has the leeway to consider factors beyond PairWise I'd argue that they should consider that SLU didn't even get on campus until January of 2021 and that their first couple series are less indicative of their talent. (Compared to other teams since everyone generally improves over the course of the season.)
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You are going to be disappointed.
 
ZedLeppelin said:
Is there a link buried somewhere on NCAA.com to watch the selection show? All they have right now is an article saying it will be live on NCAA.com, but no link to an upcoming video feed. Their "live video" schedule shows nothing scheduled, either. Are they going to pop a link up 10 seconds before the show starts?
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Ah, I did miss this annual mess hahaha
 
ARM said:
I don't think that MSU in particular is a bad team. We'll see next year when nonconference play resumes, but I don't know that the Mavericks are that far behind the likes of Q. And while the others have their issues, they aren't as bad as teams like Merrimack, Holy Cross, Lindenwood or RIT.
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Fair. MSU improved in a lot of areas but didn't get the results I thought they would. Outshooting opponents on average is a big jump for them, even with 10 games against BSU and SCSU.

8 games against BSU and SCSU is still more than 6 against Holy Cross and Merrimack or 6 against Union, RPI, and Brown. Which conference has the weak schedule again?
 
TitleIXHockey said:
Well I like a 6-7-0 team that only played difficult opponents better than an 11-8-1 team that's only over .500 due to the weakness of the conference and scheduling quirks. Since the committee has the leeway to consider factors beyond PairWise I'd argue that they should consider that SLU didn't even get on campus until January of 2021 and that their first couple series are less indicative of their talent. (Compared to other teams since everyone generally improves over the course of the season.)
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I agree beating Clarkson 4 games straight in 8 days is a tall task and beating any team 4 games straight is tough alone
slu would be entertaining to watch for putting skates on the first time in January is pretty impressive
 
ZedLeppelin said:
That's the "article without a video feed link" I was talking about.
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I’m only guessing but maybe this link will eventually point to a video. Also “live” meant prerecorded video in a recent year. So “we have no idea what will happen” applies to more than just teams selected.
 
TitleIXHockey said:
Which conference has the weak schedule again?
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I thought we were talking this year, but if you have eight against SCSU and BSU, then you're talking about the typical year. The weakest? NEWHA, no offense to them. After that, it varies year to year. The ECAC often has the worst team in the country; e.g. I hope the year off can help RPI get off the canvas. A couple of years ago, Hockey East's top was weak, but its bottom was fairly competitive. Maybe that goes hand in hand. Your bottom team looks better if it has a chance in every game. A team's confidence takes a beating if it plays nothing but ranked opponents every weekend for a month. What RIT did a few years ago, winning the title as the sixth seed, was fun to see, but that doesn't happen in this era in a league with a strong top layer. It sure never happened back when Mercyhurst was a dynasty.
 
Northeastern vs. Robert Morris
MN-Duluth vs. Colgate
Ohio State vs. BC
Providence vs. Wisconsin
 
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