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Who's going to win it all?

Re: Who's going to win it all?

OSU2010 said:
I wouldn't say clearly ahead, They've won 4 in a row(SNC winning 3 of those), but there haven't been any blowouts. For instance the recent Oswego-Adrian game could have gone either way, it was very close. Neither team downright dominated the other, both had stretches where they outplayed the other but overall it was an exciting edge of your seat game.

I know it will never happen, but I'd love to see the frozen four turn into a best of three series.
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I guess I came off a little brash with that. Obviously there are Eastern teams that can still compete with the cream of the crop in the West. I think Oswego is probably the best "suited" team in the East to do so. We'll see how Trinity and Amherst fare this weekend. I know Amherst does a tremendous job adapting to their opponents game and sticking around. I'm curious how they do vs. Stevens Point.

The last time Norwich played St. Norbert, they were completely over matched in 2012.
 
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PSUChamps2001 said:
See, you'll do fine here. Keeps things interesting. Skip the Jameson tho....



Rankings really are not that hard to understand. Mostly all stuff you can look up yourself. Just as Webb said on the other site, people try reading too much into the criteria when its pretty simple. Was their some "tweaking" in regards to the travel? Maybe moving Hobart above/below Plattsburgh, that's about it. Amherst won the criteria over everyone else, like Nate said. Some people would like to eliminate teams that lose in your Conference quarterfinals because you weren't the even the best top 2 team in your conference. But if we're ranking on what teams did in the conference tournament I guess Trinity wouldn't even have been a thought a couple weeks ago. But guess what, this isn't DI.

PS...Williams already got sent home a couple weeks ago now....
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There exists exactly *one* decent statistical model for ranking D-3 hockey... (Yes, Virginia, the KRACH; every other ranking out there is essentially baseless.)

And the KRACH has Trinity and Amherst #1 and #2 in the East. Good enough for me, but I will admit that it doesn't account for "shots attempted". :rolleyes:

...And BTW, Champs, the other two teams in the KRACH top-four are Point and Adrian, so please don't even start trying to re-invent the wheel yet again via another round of your hopelessly convoluted rationalizations.
 
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Looking at the NCAA site and collegehockeystats, both show that the Western teams are the "home" teams on Friday. Interesting....

Which means that both the West 1 & 2 seeds were nationally ranked above their Eastern counterparts??
 
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One could draw that conclusion - or the intern at ncaa.com thinks they are home since the games are in the west? (50/50 on that). Good luck everybody!
 
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NCAA dot com still does not have the games listed as being available, and UWSP does not have video listed as an option for the games. So they may not be available. Hoping that changes.
 
CornwallAce said:
NCAA dot com still does not have the games listed as being available, and UWSP does not have video listed as an option for the games. So they may not be available. Hoping that changes.
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The games will be streamed. The way the NCAA does things they don't have the links until late the day before the games or the day of the games. Rest assured though you can keep checking the NCAA live video page and they will be there on gameday.
 
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Not to bandwagon, but I still contend as I did on Monday on the NU forum, that Adrian and Wis-Stevens will meet in the final. Nothing against either NESCAC team, but I think Wis-Stevens wants to try to avenge last years loss and Adrian is just too tough for Trinity. When all is said and done I think Adrian wins it.
 
Re: Who's going to win it all?

Tuuk145 said:
Not to bandwagon, but I still contend as I did on Monday on the NU forum, that Adrian and Wis-Stevens will meet in the final. Nothing against either NESCAC team, but I think Wis-Stevens wants to try to avenge last years loss and Adrian is just too tough for Trinity. When all is said and done I think Adrian wins it.
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Looks like your bandwagon is now a bicycle. :D
 
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Someone earl;tier in the week picket Wisc S-P and Trin for final. Good one. This will be 3rd game that most here are picking Bantams to lose. If Bantams play like last night, hard to pick against them. Should be a great game
 
Re: Who's going to win it all?

CornwallAce said:
I saw about 5 of Williams games this year, and they didn't look as good as they had looked in the past.(watched 5-10 games each of last 10 years) They beat Gustavus(8-9-8) not convincingly and St. Olaf(6-16-3) convincingly. Didn't look as good as they had in years past at home for a couple and were totally outplayed in Hamilton. They seemed to step it up in the playoffs. I think they could hold their own vs the #3 team in any league, but don't know about a top team.
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Agreed. I was looking at the last 4-5 years. MIDD has dropped off a lot, but will have new regime in place next year.
 
bantam75 said:
Someone earl;tier in the week picket Wisc S-P and Trin for final. Good one. This will be 3rd game that most here are picking Bantams to lose. If Bantams play like last night, hard to pick against them. Should be a great game
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Very impressed with Trinity offensive skills last night. Point defense is much stronger than Adrian. Should be very interesting on which style dictates the game.
 
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PSUChamps2001 said:
Did anyone say they wouldn't "hold their own"? Absolutely they would. Amherst is and has always been a great match up with Plattsburgh (for example). Williams, while not the offensive power of a Trinity, has held their own (and then some) against Plattsburgh. And yes I know of the Williams blow out against Plattsburgh this year when a certain goalie went down and the other couldn't stop a beach ball that game. I think you're getting confused with people not praising Trin Trin and thinking some of us think they are a complete push-over, not the case. Some of us are not here to give you the Rah-Rah good job go team go speech. Getting terms like impressed, impressive, nice, decent goes farther for some of us. There have only been a handful of "super great" teams over the years. A lot of "nice" and "great" teams, but nothing like a "Kentucky" round ball team like this year. Too many other great teams out there. I can't believe I'm going to do this, but I agree (gulp) with what Fishman had to say...the difference in the teams 1-8 in the East is minimal at best. I'm not sure many teams would be well above .500 if they all played on a neutral site a couple dozen times. Some teams clamp down on a defensive style and wait for mistakes, some teams just run and gun with you, some teams are a mixture of both, some teams do better against certain styles.
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Most people I know follow the 2 ears- one mouth approach to conversations, whether face to face or online. But you obviously have no ears and talk out of every orafice
in your body. You are the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to rants and ravings from someone whose team got stuffed last weekend. You keep trying to silence anyone who does not agree with you.

If you had made this post at the start, then I'd let up a little n you, but you shoot and think later about your posts then try to recover when its clear you missed the mark. I'm not confused in the least about what you and others have said the past week. Its clear what you said, and you back pedaled each and every time. I really don't care what you think, but it is sporting to joust a little ... with or without the Jameson :p
 
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Toe Blake's Brother said:
Very impressed with Trinity offensive skills last night. Point defense is much stronger than Adrian. Should be very interesting on which style dictates the game.
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Agreed on WSP vs Adrian defense. Trin had their way in the offensive zone passing the puck virtually unmolested at times. The PP and SHG goals were bing bing bing passing play goals. Adrian goalie was way too aggressive as well. Made for some easy dekes. I don't expect it to be that easy tonight. So far though I have not seen anyone who can skate with Trin. If WSP can slow them down then it will be a tough going to score for Bantams.
 
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bantam75 said:
Most people I know follow the 2 ears- one mouth approach to conversations, whether face to face or online. But you obviously have no ears and talk out of every orafice
in your body. You are the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to rants and ravings from someone whose team got stuffed last weekend. You keep trying to silence anyone who does not agree with you.

If you had made this post at the start, then I'd let up a little n you, but you shoot and think later about your posts then try to recover when its clear you missed the mark. I'm not confused in the least about what you and others have said the past week. Its clear what you said, and you back pedaled each and every time. I really don't care what you think, but it is sporting to joust a little ... with or without the Jameson :p
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Don't you have some kind of AARP Senior Bingo to go play before the game tonight? Or are you still smelling the towels from the Bantams laundry basket?

Tell us again when the NESCAC split....tell us again how they pick the tournament ...thanks...
 
Canadian Jr A as a predictor

Canadian Jr A as a predictor

PrezdeJohnson09 said:
We've learned since 2011 that the West is clearly ahead of the East. Look at the national championships.
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If the RBC Cup can be a predictor of D3 success, and considering that a large % of D3 players come out of the Jr A ranks in Canada, teams from the Western 4 provinces have won 8 of the last 10 RBC Cups. If there indeed is a correlation, it does not bode well for Eastern D3 hockey.
 
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