NBOUND... #15 Lake Forest beats #12 UWSP twice... Why do you rank UWSP ahead of Lake Forest?
While doing THE BERRY PATCH POLL, I had to do a lot of the calculating by hand. Had to use school websites for factual numbers. In looking at the USCHO schedules, (normally they are very accurate for the W-L records)I noticed they are way off base. Any idea why? Is the stats person still on semester break? Looking at standings on USCHO they are way off even for RIT, they are missing several wins.
It will be fun to see how Trinity does against two of the stronger western teams (GA and St Thomas) this coming weekend. Depending on how they do will certainly have an impact on the polls next week and perhaps for the rest of the year.
USCHO.com Division III Women's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./January 10, 2011
Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 RIT (13) 15-0-0 148 1
2 Wisconsin-River Falls ( 2) 12-0-0 134 2
3 Plattsburgh 10-1-1 117 3
4 Norwich 8-3-0 105 4
5 Amherst 6-3-2 87 5
6 Elmira 10-4-1 62 6
7 Gustavus Adolphus 7-2-0 61 8
8 Trinity 8-1-2 47 9
9 Middlebury 7-2-1 39 6
10 Manhattanville 9-4-1 8 NR
Others Receiving Votes: St. Thomas 6, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 5,
Lake Forest 4, Wisconsin-Superior 2
Code:USCHO.com Division III Women's Poll Minneapolis, Minn./January 10, 2011 Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week 1 RIT (13) 15-0-0 148 1 2 Wisconsin-River Falls ( 2) 12-0-0 134 2 3 Plattsburgh 10-1-1 117 3 4 Norwich 8-3-0 105 4 5 Amherst 6-3-2 87 5 6 Elmira 10-4-1 62 6 7 Gustavus Adolphus 7-2-0 61 8 8 Trinity 8-1-2 47 9 9 Middlebury 7-2-1 39 6 10 Manhattanville 9-4-1 8 NR Others Receiving Votes: St. Thomas 6, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 5, Lake Forest 4, Wisconsin-Superior 2
I'm going to reiterate until I'm blue in the face. Lake Forest beat UWSP TWICE - both times when they were ranked. Manhattanville has only beaten one ranked team, Elmira, and also has a loss to NEC who is not ranked. Lake Forest has 2 losses to the #2 team in the country and one loss to St. Norbert who is also not ranked. And above all of this, the people who voted this week STILL picked UWSP - who lost twice to the Foresters- above Lake Forest. And somehow, picked St. Thomas over UWSP who they lost to as well. The rankings are ridiculous. Let's let a few east coast coaches decide who they want in the NCAA playoffs and just be done with it.
I'm going to reiterate until I'm blue in the face. Lake Forest beat UWSP TWICE - both times when they were ranked. Manhattanville has only beaten one ranked team, Elmira, and also has a loss to NEC who is not ranked. Lake Forest has 2 losses to the #2 team in the country and one loss to St. Norbert who is also not ranked. And above all of this, the people who voted this week STILL picked UWSP - who lost twice to the Foresters- above Lake Forest. And somehow, picked St. Thomas over UWSP who they lost to as well. The rankings are ridiculous. Let's let a few east coast coaches decide who they want in the NCAA playoffs and just be done with it.
if you want to talk about western teams that are getting boned or over looked take a good look at UWS. I think we can all agree that UWRF is the best in the west right now.
GAC is arguably #2. UWS has a .750 overall winning percentage and have had 7 games against teams that were at .500 or better at the time of the games. They are 3-2-2 against those teams(.571) and are currently tied for 1st place in the NCHA with 16 pts They have a huge matchup against GAC this week.
I voted Superior 10th in my poll if anyone cares