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RPI 2009-10 Part IV: The Boys are Back in Town

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Looks like someone got lost in a vintage clothing store:D . Paint your face red too. The coat might be a bit much - perhaps a black or white blazer for contrast?

I would keep the red coat and tie and switch to a black shirt underneath.
 
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Looks like someone got lost in a vintage clothing store:D . Paint your face red too. The coat might be a bit much - perhaps a black or white blazer for contrast?

The coat is fine. Get a solid red tie, that way we can say the R stands for Regis! :D ;)
 
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In case there was ever any doubt - playoffstatus.com calculates that even if the Engineers were to go undefeated from now until the ECAC championship game in Albany, and then lost that game, there's no chance they would be in the NCAA field. It's the title or bust.
 
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Looks like someone got lost in a vintage clothing store:D . Paint your face red too. The coat might be a bit much - perhaps a black or white blazer for contrast?

What is the matter with you peeps ? They don't call it Big Red and Black Freakout...

Go big or go home Hamilton! :p
 
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BLASPHEMY.

White shirt might be OK, seeing as how we are cherry and white, though it is not the big red and white freakout.

Plus, Princeton's colors are orange and black. Just don't be like the ignoramus catering company that brought out "Tony the Tiger" when we were playing Princeton for the Freakout two years ago.
 
Re: RPI 2009-10 Part IV: The Boys are Back in Town

In case there was ever any doubt - playoffstatus.com calculates that even if the Engineers were to go undefeated from now until the ECAC championship game in Albany, and then lost that game, there's no chance they would be in the NCAA field. It's the title or bust.
Not so fast there RC. The model also states as follows:

All other future unplayed games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

In other words, it is saying all teams play as well as they have thus far no better and no worse. This leads to little movement in the standings and doesn't calculate all possible permutations. If we were to win the last 4 and SLU did the same, and then we ran the table until the final we would finish 25-14-2 which would put us in the 16-18ish RPI. The model as stated does not take this scenario into account because it assumes that SLU only takes about 5 of the remaining 8 points. How our PWR would fare from there is the question but I'll bet there are scenarios where we could beat out 3 or 4 teams above us and sneak in.

Keep hope alive!
 
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Not so fast there RC. The model also states as follows:

All other future unplayed games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Well, they also use an X in each table for when achieving a position is statistically impossible. And, well, we've got an X in the "Win Out Minus CF" column, where we didn't before losing to Dartmouth. Other teams have at least "<1%" where there's at least a statistical possibility of it happening.

Personally, I'm in complete agreement. Based on what I know about PWR, there's not much opportunity for the Engineers to get into the Top 15.

Regardless, if you're counting on an at-large bid, you're fooling yourself.
 
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