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WCHA 2014-15: Semi-colons make things seem important

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Shirtless Guy said:
haha, I have always paid attention to how it works. Just realizing that without the record vs TUC it is impossible to overcome A lower RPI without playing head to head.
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Huh. If I had some more time I'd take a look. Very interesting. I wonder if looking at past data would clarify what happens? It just doesn't seem like it's an issue come selection Sunday, or maybe it just gets brushed away as "simple math."

Now I'm intrigued.
 
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Alaska Hockey said:
And what a place that is.......overpriced " Granny" crap inside and loose sled dog crap covering the gravel,pot hole filled lot...Just awonderfull place to be.
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Squarebanks said:
So we tried to stick you in the Santa Land RV Park. Get over it already.
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Let's move it over to the "hate" thread so The Mighty Seawolf sweep at their barn can be properly rubbed in.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
Hey guys, I was looking at the PWR table and I noticed something. Now that they've gotten rid of the TUC cliff, everything is basically by an extremely flawed RPI calc. The only way to win a comparison over a team that has a superior RPI is to have played them. There is only RPI (1 point), Common Opps (1 point) and Head to Head (1 point for each win). If you haven't played head to head it is impossible to overcome a superior RPI by simply having a better record against Common Opps. Seems pretty flawed to me, not that I liked the TUC cliff but it provided a way to overcome the flawed RPI. Am I missing something?
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Is that really surprising, or unexpected? I have always thought that the PWR were just RPI, with some provisions to make sure that head to head matchups matter more. Yeah, there's the common opponents, but I've never thought that a better record against common opponents should mean more than the computer rankings. Its essentially computer rankings, but if you win head-to-head, you can jump teams.
 
bigblue_dl said:
Is that really surprising, or unexpected? I have always thought that the PWR were just RPI, with some provisions to make sure that head to head matchups matter more. Yeah, there's the common opponents, but I've never thought that a better record against common opponents should mean more than the computer rankings. Its essentially computer rankings, but if you win head-to-head, you can jump teams.
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i can't argue with this except I think RPI is just about as flawed as it gets so I don't "trust" the computer, especially in hockey where it isn't 25/50/25
 
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beaverhockeyfan said:
The WCHA is 28-26-8. Still barely above 50%.

Alabama-Huntsville (1-4-3):
@Colorado College (2) Loss 3-2, Loss 4-3
@Northern Michigan (2) Tie 1-1, Loss 4-1
@Air Force (2) Win 4-2, Tie 3-3
@Nebraska-Omaha (2) Loss 2-1, Tie 3-3

Alaska (5-1-0):
Wisconsin (1) Win 1-0
Maine (1) Win 5-2
Air Force (1) Win 4-3
Penn State (1) Win 4-3
@Western Michigan (2) Win 1-0, Loss 4-2

Alaska Anchorage (3-1-2):
Maine (1) Win 3-1
Wisconsin (1) Win 4-2
Penn State (1) Tie 3-3
Air Force (1) Win 4-1
@Maine (2) Loss 3-1, Tie 3-3

Bemidji State:
North Dakota home and home Win in Grand Forks 5-1, loss in Bemidji 2-1
@Minnesota (2) Loss 5-2, Loss 5-3
St. Cloud (2) Loss 6-3, Win 4-1
North Star Cup (Duluth, Minnesota/Mankato)

Bowling Green (4-2-2):
Miami home and home Win in Bowling Green 3-2, loss in Oxford 3-2
@Clarkson (2) Tie 2-2, Win 5-4
Ohio State home and home Loss 3-2 in Bowling Green, win 3-2 in Columbus
Robert Morris Tie in Toledo 2-2, Win at Robert Morris 4-1

Ferris State (3-5-1):
Michigan (1) Win 4-3
@St. Lawrence (2) Win 3-2 (OT), Loss 2-0
@Michigan State (2) Win 1-0, Loss 4-1
@Wisconsin (2) Tie 1-1, Loss 5-3
GLI (2) Loss to Michigan State 2-0, Loss to Michigan Tech 4-2

Lake Superior State (1-6-1):
@Robert Morris (2) Loss 3-1, Loss 3-0
@Notre Dame (2) Loss 5-3, Loss 5-1
@North Dakota (2) Loss 7-4, Loss 3-1
Florida Classic (2) Tie Cornell 0-0, Win over Notre Dame 2-1

MSU-Mankato:
@Nebraska-Omaha (2) Loss 5-3, Win 4-2
Duluth home and home Win 5-4 (OT) in Duluth, Loss 6-2 in Mankato
Princeton (2) Win 5-0, Cancelled due to Flu
North Star (Minnesota, Bemidji/Duluth)

Michigan Tech (5-3-0):
Michigan (2) Win 4-1, Win 6-1
Duluth (2) Loss 3-1, Win 4-3
GLI (2) Loss to Michigan 2-1, Win over Ferris State 4-2
@Wisconsin Win 8-1, Loss 2-0

Northern Michigan:
Wisconsin at Green Bay (2) Win 2-0, Win 4-1
Alabama-Huntsville (2) Tie 1-1, Win 4-1
@Penn State (2)
@Duluth (2)
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Some important non-conference games for the WCHA this weekend, BSU and MSUM in the North Star Cup, NMU @ Penn State.
 
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