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WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

I'll never understand why it's so important for the NCAA to spend money to bring in new teams and sell them on hockey but not important at all to assure that the teams that already made a commitment to hockey are doing ok. If the NCAA had leaned on one of the other leagues or helped out in some way maybe this would be different.
 
manurespreader said:
I'll never understand why it's so important for the NCAA to spend money to bring in new teams and sell them on hockey but not important at all to assure that the teams that already made a commitment to hockey are doing ok. If the NCAA had leaned on one of the other leagues or helped out in some way maybe this would be different.
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It's kinda like Comcast's or DirecTV's introductory pricing plans...
 
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manurespreader said:
I'll never understand why it's so important for the NCAA to spend money to bring in new teams and sell them on hockey but not important at all to assure that the teams that already made a commitment to hockey are doing ok. If the NCAA had leaned on one of the other leagues or helped out in some way maybe this would be different.
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I think this was bound to happen. The nWCHA had to take on both schools plus Huntsville- all of whom are geographic outliers. Let's face it, none of those programs did the conference any favors by being at the bottom for the better part of the nWCHA's run. Hopefully the nCCHA gets more respect.
 
njmav1 said:
I think this was bound to happen. The nWCHA had to take on both schools plus Huntsville- all of whom are geographic outliers. Let's face it, none of those programs did the conference any favors by being at the bottom for the better part of the nWCHA's run. Hopefully the nCCHA gets more respect.
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Welcome to the Board. Not to nit-pic, but based on accumulated standings during the nWCHA (not including this past season), Fairbanks average 6[SUP]th[/SUP] overall, close behind #5 NMU. Finished in the top four 3 times and never finished in the bottom two spots. Which can’t be said for LSSU or FSU.

But the CCHA teams should get more respect in the future. With the tremendous savings from not having to travel to Alaska, high coaching salaries and unlimited recruiting budgets are just around the corner.:rolleyes:
 
mmf said:
Welcome to the Board. Not to nit-pic, but based on accumulated standings during the nWCHA (not including this past season), Fairbanks average 6[SUP]th[/SUP] overall, close behind #5 NMU. Finished in the top four 3 times and never finished in the bottom two spots. Which can’t be said for LSSU or FSU.

But the CCHA teams should get more respect in the future. With the tremendous savings from not having to travel to Alaska, high coaching salaries and unlimited recruiting budgets are just around the corner.:rolleyes:
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I get so tired of the digs by Alaska fans at schools like Lake State. The truth is that when you win 3 national titles and refresh your stadium in those very good times, you can absorb a lot of bad times even if you are a tiny school with a limited budget like Lake State is.

Also, I think the league showed what it was without the Alaska schools. It became a three-bid league with LSSU finally getting back to the tournament, Bemidji beating a heralded Big Ten team, and Minnesota State getting to the Frozen Four. I wish Alaska well, but the league did just fine this year without them.
 
mmf said:

But the CCHA teams should get more respect in the future. With the tremendous savings from not having to travel to Alaska, high coaching salaries and unlimited recruiting budgets are just around the corner.:rolleyes:
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It wasn't about the "tremendous savings." It was about a conference whose members are committed to their hockey programs.
 
mmf said:
Welcome to the Board. Not to nit-pic, but based on accumulated standings during the nWCHA (not including this past season), Fairbanks average 6[SUP]th[/SUP] overall, close behind #5 NMU. Finished in the top four 3 times and never finished in the bottom two spots. Which can’t be said for LSSU or FSU.

But the CCHA teams should get more respect in the future. With the tremendous savings from not having to travel to Alaska, high coaching salaries and unlimited recruiting budgets are just around the corner.:rolleyes:
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Not to nit-pic, but...

The combined playoff series records of UAF, UAA, and UAH since 2014 was 1 win and 9 losses. The only win came from Anchorage in 2014, who beat...Fairbanks.

The Nanooks accounted for the lion's share of that total, going 0-5 in playoff series since joining the league. They were outscored 51-24 in playoff games and only forced a third game once, in the aforementioned series loss to Anchorage. They earned two home playoff series and lost both.

In all, the combined 8 season playoff game win total of UAF, UAA, and UAH is 4 wins. Three of them also came in the aforementioned Anchorage-Fairbanks series. LSSU equalled that with 4 just by winning the 2021 WCHA playoff championship.

The CCHA teams should get more respect in the future just by eliminating three non-competitive programs.
 
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