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Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
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Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
BU went 0 - 4 against BC until yesterday. BC nearly took Minny out last year. One bounce in the other direction and it was BC moving on and not Minny. In both instances, a best two out of three is very likely a slam dunk, but 60 minutes with all the chips on the table...Kind of like saying that Bucky ought to start digging a tunnel east, because Harvard has a short bench, a key player out, and no mascot
BU went 0 - 4 against BC until yesterday. BC nearly took Minny out last year. One bounce in the other direction and it was BC moving on and not Minny. In both instances, a best two out of three is very likely a slam dunk, but 60 minutes with all the chips on the table...Kind of like saying that Bucky ought to start digging a tunnel east, because Harvard has a short bench, a key player out, and no mascot
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
It's tough to win w/o a mascot. Watch just about any Minnesota goal in a highlight video, and you can hear a distant chant of, "Spin your head, spin your head …" and you can see the gaze of the opposing defenders start to wander into the crowd. For statistical evidence, only one team had a mascot in Bemidji this weekend, and that team won. Although, I'm not sure if it helps to have a mascot if it can't skate any better than what I've seen from those of BC and Cornell at the FF in recent years.... because Harvard has a short bench, a key player out, and no mascot
Watson Rink
Registered User
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
Harvard used to have an official mascot at football games, a cheerleader dressed as a Puritan with a tall steeple hat, a tailcoat, lace collar, etc. but he seems to have vanished, probably on the ground of unbelievable lameness.
Two unofficial mascots at men's hockey games over the years, one who climbed up behind a wall-mounted scoreboard to change into a gorilla suit and one in a Superman outfit who would stretch out horizontally on the shoulders of fellow undergraduates and pretend to fly while the band played the Superman theme. Also pretty lame, when you think about it.
..Kind of like saying that Bucky ought to start digging a tunnel east, because Harvard has a short bench, a key player out, and no mascot
Harvard used to have an official mascot at football games, a cheerleader dressed as a Puritan with a tall steeple hat, a tailcoat, lace collar, etc. but he seems to have vanished, probably on the ground of unbelievable lameness.
Two unofficial mascots at men's hockey games over the years, one who climbed up behind a wall-mounted scoreboard to change into a gorilla suit and one in a Superman outfit who would stretch out horizontally on the shoulders of fellow undergraduates and pretend to fly while the band played the Superman theme. Also pretty lame, when you think about it.
Beantown Puckfan
Go Dawgs
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
Report from the BC practice:
The first drill today was the Heimlich maneuver!!!!!!! Another HE choke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report from the BC practice:
The first drill today was the Heimlich maneuver!!!!!!! Another HE choke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TonyTheTiger20
#SOAR
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
Yeah no but seriously BC really did choke. It was sad and it made me feel sad.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH SNAP, OH NO YOU DIT-INT!!!!!! OH MY GOD GREATEST POST EVER, SOMEONE NOMINATE THIS GUY FOR POST OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111one11Report from the BC practice:
The first drill today was the Heimlich maneuver!!!!!!! Another HE choke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah no but seriously BC really did choke. It was sad and it made me feel sad.
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
Inspired by TTT's RPI calculator last week I decided to see what KRACH has to think about this tournament. So I plugged it all into an Excel spreadsheet which, assuming I can use the Public Folder on my Dropbox correctly, you can find here.
Some highlights:
KRACH thinks Minnesota has a 95% chance of winning its quarterfinal game. Everyone else is between 30% and 70% with Clarkson/BC being the closest to a toss up.
Chances of winning the whole thing: Minnesota 72.8%; Wisconsin 9.0%; Cornell 6.6%; Clarkson 5.6%; BC 2.8%; Harvard 1.6%; Mercyhurst 1.3%; BU 0.4%
Inspired by TTT's RPI calculator last week I decided to see what KRACH has to think about this tournament. So I plugged it all into an Excel spreadsheet which, assuming I can use the Public Folder on my Dropbox correctly, you can find here.
Some highlights:
KRACH thinks Minnesota has a 95% chance of winning its quarterfinal game. Everyone else is between 30% and 70% with Clarkson/BC being the closest to a toss up.
Chances of winning the whole thing: Minnesota 72.8%; Wisconsin 9.0%; Cornell 6.6%; Clarkson 5.6%; BC 2.8%; Harvard 1.6%; Mercyhurst 1.3%; BU 0.4%
TonyTheTiger20
#SOAR
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
Well, imagine that!
Well, imagine that!
joegrav
New member
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
So you're saying there's a chance.
So you're saying there's a chance.
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
I said closest thing to a tossup. You can decide for yourself whether a 57.6%/42.4% split qualifies as one.
Well, imagine that!
I said closest thing to a tossup. You can decide for yourself whether a 57.6%/42.4% split qualifies as one.
FireKnight
Let's go Tech!
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
This is some pretty neat work. I was particularly interested in your semifinal matches. Talk about virtual toss-up … how about Cornell-Clarkson at 51-49?
This is some pretty neat work. I was particularly interested in your semifinal matches. Talk about virtual toss-up … how about Cornell-Clarkson at 51-49?
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
Yes. There is a mathematical chance that BU could win the title.
Yes. There is a mathematical chance that BU could win the title.
FireKnight
Let's go Tech!
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
There is, however, no chance that North Dakota wins the title.
There is, however, no chance that North Dakota wins the title.
joegrav
New member
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
I like this guy.
He knows his math.
I like this guy.
He knows his math.
TonyTheTiger20
#SOAR
You sure you can't make it to Potsdam?
FireKnight
Let's go Tech!
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
The timing is just horrible. I work Saturday night and I'm on vacation from 3/17-3/24. If I called in sick the day before a vacation, my bosses would not be happy.
The timing is just horrible. I work Saturday night and I'm on vacation from 3/17-3/24. If I called in sick the day before a vacation, my bosses would not be happy.
OnMAA
Vort Doen.....Heija Heija Heija
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
(In my country a pole is an item you use to jump across the ditches, canals, dijken and marsh lands. I'm not kidding something called "polstokspringen" is a serious sport in my native land. They even had it as one of the challenges one year in the Amazing Race. The Pole vault event in T&F was derived from it. If you don't believe me look it up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag0-9304paQ )
Why do people keep calling it a pole.? Seen that reference spelled like that on this board many times. I think the word we are looking for is a Poll, unless I'm missing something
(In my country a pole is an item you use to jump across the ditches, canals, dijken and marsh lands. I'm not kidding something called "polstokspringen" is a serious sport in my native land. They even had it as one of the challenges one year in the Amazing Race. The Pole vault event in T&F was derived from it. If you don't believe me look it up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag0-9304paQ )
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OnMAA
Vort Doen.....Heija Heija Heija
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
That is indeed funny. Well done.
Report from the BC practice:
The first drill today was the Heimlich maneuver!!!!!!! Another HE choke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is indeed funny. Well done.
TonyTheTiger20
#SOAR
Re: Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?
It's an old USCHO forum inside joke haha
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
For the sake of comparison, here are Robin Locke's predictions for the week:
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NCAA Quarterfinals:
Saturday, March 15:
Boston College 1.25 at Clarkson 2.77
Mercyhurst 2.48 at Cornell 3.19
Boston University 1.04 at Minnesota 6.59
Harvard 1.05 at Wisconsin 2.37http://it.stlawu.edu/~chodr/wchodr/next.html