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

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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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You haven't written a script for that yet? ;)
 
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realet said:
That's about all we can hope for right now, though.



The problem is, not only have they not played 10 TUC games, they've only played five, which is an excessively low number this far into the season. Further, the only non-AHA TUC they've played is Colgate (a game they lost 10-2), and Colgate only barely a TUC themselves.

Air Force and UConn are right there on the outside, but the issue with that is that Niagara swept UConn and already has a win against Air Force - and continuing to beat Air Force over the next two games would hurt the Falcons' chances of becoming a TUC.

So, if UConn and Air Force became TUCs, AND Colgate and Holy Cross stayed TUCs, you'd get to 10 games. It's not a high likelihood. Also, Niagara is probably going to get one, maybe two games against TUCs in the AHA tournament. In some ways, it's better for us if Niagara just plain loses, since that will drop their RPI faster than winning would increase it (given the league they play in). They just have so many wins that if they did manage to get up to 10 TUC games, it would probably only hurt a lot of teams.
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So-we get a mixed result tonight. BU wins but BC loses to UMass Lowell. Does that help us at all?
 
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I have a question for Babo. This may seem like a strange question, but given that the Frozen Four will be in Pittsburgh this year, this may be the appropriate year to ask it.

Babo - have you ever been to the University of Pittsburgh?
 
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Waite21 said:
I have a question for Babo. This may seem like a strange question, but given that the Frozen Four will be in Pittsburgh this year, this may be the appropriate year to ask it.

Babo - have you ever been to the University of Pittsburgh?
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Indeed strange. :)
 
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Waite21 said:
I have a question for Babo. This may seem like a strange question, but given that the Frozen Four will be in Pittsburgh this year, this may be the appropriate year to ask it.

Babo - have you ever been to the University of Pittsburgh?
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No...but I wouldn't turn down the opportunity if it presented itself...:)
 
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DrDemento said:
So-we get a mixed result tonight. BU wins but BC loses to UMass Lowell. Does that help us at all?
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The BU win over Merrimack helps shore up our comparison with Merrimack, but it still requires Colgate and Brown to be TUCs to keep it that way.

The BC-UML game was peripheral at best - simply made the UML comparison more difficult for the future, but it was always a bit of a longshot anyway from where we currently stand.
 
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realet said:
The problem is, not only have they not played 10 TUC games, they've only played five, which is an excessively low number this far into the season. Further, the only non-AHA TUC they've played is Colgate (a game they lost 10-2), and Colgate only barely a TUC themselves.
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Actually they've played 6 games against TUCs and they've already played AF once. If AF makes it into the TUC group that will make 9 games with the playoffs looming. Go AF. They are also 0-1-1 against Bowling Green and they play the Irish twice this coming weekend. Two wins each by AF and BG would be great results for us. AF could do it. BG isn't likely but then again I never thought Penn State would knock off Wisco. Nor would I have expected the best player on SLU to have an appendectomy this week. Sometimes things just go your way.
 
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realet said:
The BU win over Merrimack helps shore up our comparison with Merrimack, but it still requires Colgate and Brown to be TUCs to keep it that way.

The BC-UML game was peripheral at best - simply made the UML comparison more difficult for the future, but it was always a bit of a longshot anyway from where we currently stand.
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Thanks for the info-I had thought the BU win was more important but had no clue what either of these two games would do to the other comparisons we have to watch down the line.
 
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jmhusker said:
Actually they've played 6 games against TUCs and they've already played AF once. If AF makes it into the TUC group that will make 9 games with the playoffs looming. Go AF. They are also 0-1-1 against Bowling Green and they play the Irish twice this coming weekend. Two wins each by AF and BG would be great results for us. AF could do it. BG isn't likely but then again I never thought Penn State would knock off Wisco. Nor would I have expected the best player on SLU to have an appendectomy this week. Sometimes things just go your way.
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The appendectomy will definitely sideline one of the best forwards in college hockey for this weekend-so we won't see him. But I suspect strongly he could be back after the bye week for those games and certainly for AC if SLU gets there. Obviously he is a huge part of their big line and their power play. But I am sure SLU will move things around up front and we will still be facing a pretty potent offense.
 
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Off to Vegas for the flight back. See you all on the weekend good luck RPI. TUC is obviously Times Union Center. Over 30 years Section 8 row F 13&14-- Root for Qpac Against Yale and Dartmouth
 
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Havasu M said:
Off to Vegas for the flight back. See you all on the weekend good luck RPI. TUC is obviously Times Union Center. Over 30 years Section 8 row F 13&14-- Root for Qpac Against Yale and Dartmouth
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Will do-but QU has little or nothing to play for. Just some pride and to make sure no one gets hurt. Hopefully that is enough. Have a safe trip
 
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babo said:
No...but I wouldn't turn down the opportunity if it presented itself...:)
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Here's why I asked.

Some years ago, I took a tour of the city of Pittsburgh. Along the way, the tour guide pointed to three multi-story cylindrical towers. He said they were dorms for the University of Pittsburgh, built about 50 years ago.

The architect who designed the dorms didn't bother to name them when he was drawing up the plans. He simply labeled them A, B, and C, figuring that the university would eventually name them after distinguished alumni or former faculty members.

When the towers were ready to open, the university hadn't decided on special names for them, so they referred to them collectively as the Tower Residence Halls and individually as Tower A, Tower B, and Tower C.

The complex was eventually named for Edward Litchfield, former chancellor of the university, so the official collective name is the Litchfield Towers, but the official names of the three individual towers are still Tower A, Tower B, and Tower C.

However, the students rarely, if ever, refer to them by the official names. Long ago, somebody noticed the resemblance between the shape of each tower and a can of cleanser, and nicknamed them Ajax, Bab-O, and Comet.

Which explains why, every time I see a post from you, I think of the University of Pittsburgh. :D
 
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Waite21 said:
Here's why I asked.

Some years ago, I took a tour of the city of Pittsburgh. Along the way, the tour guide pointed to three multi-story cylindrical towers. He said they were dorms for the University of Pittsburgh, built about 50 years ago.

The architect who designed the dorms didn't bother to name them when he was drawing up the plans. He simply labeled them A, B, and C, figuring that the university would eventually name them after distinguished alumni or former faculty members.

When the towers were ready to open, the university hadn't decided on special names for them, so they referred to them collectively as the Tower Residence Halls and individually as Tower A, Tower B, and Tower C.

The complex was eventually named for Edward Litchfield, former chancellor of the university, so the official collective name is the Litchfield Towers, but the official names of the three individual towers are still Tower A, Tower B, and Tower C.

However, the students rarely, if ever, refer to them by the official names. Long ago, somebody noticed the resemblance between the shape of each tower and a can of cleanser, and nicknamed them Ajax, Bab-O, and Comet.

Which explains why, every time I see a post from you, I think of the University of Pittsburgh. :D
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I knew that they had to be an explanation. :rolleyes:

As you may know, the freshman dorms at RPI: Bray, Cary, Crockett, Hall, Nason, and Warren (in alphabetical order) were originally called, A, B, C, D, E, and F. IIRC, the names were added during the 63-64 academic year.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
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As you may know, the freshman dorms at RPI: Bray, Cary, Crockett, Hall, Nason, and Warren (in alphabetical order) ...
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I don't recall seeing a "Hall Hall" on the campus map, maybe they've been re-named since? or maybe I just missed it?
 
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Ralph Baer said:
I knew that they had to be an explanation. :rolleyes:

As you may know, the freshman dorms at RPI: Bray, Cary, Crockett, Hall, Nason, and Warren (in alphabetical order) were originally called, A, B, C, D, E, and F. IIRC, the names were added during the 63-64 academic year.
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Warren's now for upperclassmen. Freshmen have Bray, Cary, Crockett, Hall, Nason, Barton, BARH, and Quad.

FF, Hall Hall is directly across from Crockett with Commons dining hall in between. It's the mirror image, and it's the first dorm on the right if you're coming up the stairs by the gazebo to Freshman Hill
 
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