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RPI Hockey 2012-2013 Part IV: Not A Finished Product Yet

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All this talk about upets and flip flops is great, but it gives me a head ache also, And like Ralph, I can't write my own script.
All I need to know now is we have our destiny in our own hands. Win and we're in. And that is what I am going with until we lose that advantage.We are capable of winning out, so that is what we should be concentrating on, not anyone else. And I would bet that SA is telling the team the same thing.
Just win.
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
All this talk about upets and flip flops is great, but it gives me a head ache also, And like Ralph, I can't write my own script.
All I need to know now is we have our destiny in our own hands. Win and we're in. And that is what I am going with until we lose that advantage.We are capable of winning out, so that is what we should be concentrating on, not anyone else. And I would bet that SA is telling the team the same thing.
Just win.
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I didn't say that I can't write a script. I spent enough of my life writing computer code that I am sure that I could learn whatever it takes to do it, but I have better things to do with my time (like my income tax :eek: ).
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
All this talk about upets and flip flops is great, but it gives me a head ache also, And like Ralph, I can't write my own script.
All I need to know now is we have our destiny in our own hands. Win and we're in. And that is what I am going with until we lose that advantage.We are capable of winning out, so that is what we should be concentrating on, not anyone else. And I would bet that SA is telling the team the same thing.
Just win.
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Of course-but it is a bit of fun to play with all the scenarios. If we win 6 in a row-life would be wonderful. But as WaP points out-position in life is everything. If we do get in and as the last seed-we get the lovely trip out to play Minnesota. Sort of like what happened to us when we last got in-and had to play the worst possible match up for us-a big, fast, NHL draft choice loaded NDak team. I would love to see us get into the tournament-that is my first thought. But if that does happen, I would also love to see us get in with as high a ranking as we can reach so we might avoid the 1 or 2 powerhouses. There is a huge difference between a 16 PWR and an 11 PWR (although i don't think we could ever get that high given our results from earlier this season). I haven't seen us score a goal in the NCAA tournament in 27 years-and I for one, would like that streak to end.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
I didn't say that I can't write a script. I spent enough of my life writing computer code that I am sure that I could learn whatever it takes to do it, but I have better things to do with my time (like my income tax :eek: ).
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Touchy subject-I have to head over to the accountant tomorrow. That will be another good day for medication of some sort for Jenny and I to think about.:(
 
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#1) I said that January tells the story...I believe the tie against Q'pac began our upward movement...so I take a small amount of pride in being the blind squirrel finding the nut.

#2) No matter how many games we win right now, in the playoff/s or otherwise...remember the negativity that you should NEVER keep in your heart; these young squires are men of character and will give it their all. It's a very special group and populating this 'gene pool' has been choreographed by a small crew of very special men.

#3) (...and I mean this seriously...) What the HELL is a TUC???? [Blonde moment of the Day]:o:rolleyes:
 
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babo said:
#3) (...and I mean this seriously...) What the HELL is a TUC???? [Blonde moment of the Day]:o:rolleyes:
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A Team Under Consideration. That is equivalent currently to having a RatingsPI of .500 .
 
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Its a Team Under Consideration in the Pairwise Rankings, which ultimately decides the at large teams in the NCAA tournament. To be a TUC you must have a Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) over .500.
 
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Have to hope also some none tuc does not run the table wins their conference and an automatic bid which would knock the 16th seed out of the tournament. :(
 
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So, if I am to understand this terminology, someone in the 'sphere' of influence gets to give us 'consideration' for being 'in the hunt'? Why can't the numbers just do the job? (or am I opening up a can of Bugie12 that I will NEVER for the life of me understand and then get to have FlagDude haunt my world with 'obtuse-ness' that doesn't exist in any other form on the planet?)
 
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babo said:
So, if I am to understand this terminology, someone in the 'sphere' of influence gets to give us 'consideration' for being 'in the hunt'? Why can't the numbers just do the job? (or am I opening up a can of Bugie12 that I will NEVER for the life of me understand and then get to have FlagDude haunt my world with 'obtuse-ness' that doesn't exist in any other form on the planet?)
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Besides for teams that get automatic NCAA berths which go to each league, the NCAA only considers the teams that are TUCs. One of the criteria that they use is how each TUC did against the other TUCs. The logic being to count the record against "good" teams in an additonal manner. The whole process can be calculated farily easily on the computer, and that is what is being discussed on thsi thread http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?102643-Pairwise-and-Bracketology-2013-Edition (well, disregard my recent stupid comment), on WaP and elsewhere. The whole idea was to eliminate the "smoke filled room" factor which is still used for the basketball tourney and elsewhere.
 
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babo said:
So, if I am to understand this terminology, someone in the 'sphere' of influence gets to give us 'consideration' for being 'in the hunt'? Why can't the numbers just do the job? (or am I opening up a can of Bugie12 that I will NEVER for the life of me understand and then get to have FlagDude haunt my world with 'obtuse-ness' that doesn't exist in any other form on the planet?)
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RPI is a TUC because RPI's RPI makes them such in the PWR. :p
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Besides for teams that get automatic NCAA berths which go to each league, the NCAA only considers the teams that are TUCs. One of the criteria that they use is how each TUC did against the other TUCs. The logic being to count the record against "good" teams in an additonal manner. The whole process can be calculated farily easily on the computer, and that is what is being discussed on thsi thread http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?102643-Pairwise-and-Bracketology-2013-Edition (well, disregard my recent stupid comment), on WaP and elsewhere. The whole idea was to eliminate the "smoke filled room" factor which is still used for the basketball tourney and elsewhere.
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As long as I can be one of the participants-i would like the smoke filled room kind of thing. Just sounds kind of intrigue filled.:)
 
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johnk said:
Its a Team Under Consideration in the Pairwise Rankings, which ultimately decides the at large teams in the NCAA tournament. To be a TUC you must have a Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) over .500.
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I thought I'd know more by now...thank you sir:):)
 
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DrDemento said:
As long as I can be one of the participants-i would like the smoke filled room kind of thing. Just sounds kind of intrigue filled.:)
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Maybe 'cause your definition of a 'smoke filled room' is an altered state kinda' thing...:cool:
 
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DrDemento said:
As long as I can be one of the participants-i would like the smoke filled room kind of thing. Just sounds kind of intrigue filled.:)
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Is it an evening of blue smoke, mirrors and intrigue? Or is it an evening trying not to breathe in too many airborne carcinogens and dust? :eek: Ahh, the things our posters will do (me, too) to influence the ECAC power brokers (with their cigars, leather chairs) to get Our Red a favorable seeding with really compentent referees and linesmen ;)

Maybe Ben Affleck will make a movie about that!
 
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I have to give Babo props for her January call. She told me that in person in New Haven in December, and she was right on.
As for the TUC explanations, I have another head ache.
 
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