polls 2009-11-09

[www.uscho.com]

1	Miami	        (49)	8-1-1	999	1
2	North Dakota	( 1)	6-1-1	948	3
3	Cornell	        	3-0-0	855	5
4	Denver	        	6-3-1	830	2
5	Mass.-Lowell		5-2-1	778	8
6	Michigan		4-4-0	653	4
7	Bemidji State		7-0-1	599	11
8	Notre Dame		5-4-1	549	9
9	Alaska	        	6-1-1	521	13
10	Colorado College	5-2-1	478	12
11	Nebraska-Omaha		4-1-3	456	10
12	Yale		        1-1-1	435	6
13	Michigan State		7-2-1	425	17
14	Massachusetts		6-1-0	357	19
15	Vermont		        3-3-1	329	15
16	Boston College		3-2-1	316	16
17	Boston University	2-5-0	235	7
18	Minnesota-Duluth	6-3-1	178	20
19	Princeton		2-2-0	175	14
20	Quinnipiac		6-1-0	139	NR

How dare ND take what should be Cornell's 1st place vote?

17	Boston University	2-5-0

WTF?

3 of the next 4 against ranked teams... 4 of the next 6, possibly 5 of the next 7, or 6 of the next 9, or 7 of the next 10...or...yeah, it's a mad schedule. I need some coffee.

Trotsky

17	Boston University	2-5-0

WTF?

I wonder if more college hockey fans are questioning that or Cornell's #3 ranking. Niagara, Dartmouth and Harvard - we haven't played anyone that tough yet (though at least we've won). I would rank several other teams ahead of Cornell at this point based on early season results. It's early and there's a lot of parity so far. Michigan is 4-4 and they always have the best recruiting class in the country!

Cornell men #3 and the woman are #7. When was the last time both the men's and woman's teams were ranked at the same time ?

Cop at Lynah
Cornell men #3 and the woman are #7. When was the last time both the men's and woman's teams were ranked at the same time ?

Last week the men were #5 and the women, #10.

Swampy

Cop at Lynah
Cornell men #3 and the woman are #7. When was the last time both the men's and woman's teams were ranked at the same time ?

Last week the men were #5 and the women, #10.

But prior to this season, maybe 1997/98. I don't believe the women have been ranked since then, if they were even ranked at that point, and the men weren't exactly tearing it up on the national scene that year.

It's possible the women were ranked at some point last season, but it seems unlikely.

For unknown reasons USCHO has Pairwise Rankings up already as well as Bracketology by Jayson Moy. It's only worth noting because Cornell is currently 8 in the PWR which lands them in - wait for it - St. Paul. On the plus side, host Minnesota is not currently in the field.

nyc94
For unknown reasons USCHO has Pairwise Rankings up already as well as Bracketology by Jayson Moy. It's only worth noting because Cornell is currently 8 in the PWR which lands them in - wait for it - St. Paul. On the plus side, host Minnesota is not currently in the field.

At this point isn't PWR essentially RPI?

nyc94
For unknown reasons USCHO has Pairwise Rankings up already as well as Bracketology by Jayson Moy. It's only worth noting because Cornell is currently 8 in the PWR which lands them in - wait for it - St. Paul. On the plus side, host Minnesota is not currently in the field.

It just proves that there is a conspiracy to screw Cornell by sending us out west. We're the only undefeated and untied team left in the coutry and we get sent to St. Paul? That's outrageous!

We have played far fewer games that the non-Ivy teams and thus the PWR (although worthless right now) ranking will suffer because of it.

nyc94
For unknown reasons USCHO has Pairwise Rankings up already as well as Bracketology by Jayson Moy. It's only worth noting because Cornell is currently 8 in the PWR which lands them in - wait for it - St. Paul. On the plus side, host Minnesota is not currently in the field.

Perhaps it's the editors' way of indicating gently the stupidity of whoever keeps voting for BU in the poll.

munchkin
We have played far fewer games that the non-Ivy teams and thus the PWR (although worthless right now) ranking will suffer because of it.

Number of games played is irrelevant to the PWR. At this stage, because record vs TUC won't contain enough results to qualify, every pairwise comparison will come down to RPI or maybe head-to-head. USCHO's RPI is apparently not throwing out "bad wins", which I believe the NCAA is still doing; if you do that for us (as for any team with a perfect record) only our toughest opponent (in this case Harvard) counts, and we are #3, not #8:

RPI with "bad wins" removed
RPI without "bad wins" removed

Also, seeding tournament brackets in November is idiotic.

jtwcornell91
Also, seeding tournament brackets in November is idiotic.

But so is Browser-busting proto-KRACH thread.

Jim Hyla

jtwcornell91
Also, seeding tournament brackets in November is idiotic.

But so is Browser-busting proto-KRACH thread.

Dammit, Jim. Beat me to it.

Jim Hyla

jtwcornell91
Also, seeding tournament brackets in November is idiotic.

But so is Browser-busting proto-KRACH thread.

But I love those mouthwatering bubbles.

Jim Hyla

jtwcornell91
Also, seeding tournament brackets in November is idiotic.

But so is Browser-busting proto-KRACH thread.

That's satire, wait, right?

Jim Hyla

jtwcornell91
Also, seeding tournament brackets in November is idiotic.

But so is Browser-busting proto-KRACH thread.

There's a certain elegance and beauty to watching the field coalesce into a single"logical" entity. I feel like I'm watching the early seconds after the Big Bang. Each bubble that combines with the larger one is like watching the formation of the first proton or the first hydrogen atom.

KenP
There's a certain elegance and beauty to watching the field coalesce into a single"logical" entity. I feel like I'm watching the early seconds after the Big Bang. Each bubble that combines with the larger one is like watching the formation of the first proton or the first hydrogen atom.

All that from "Proto KRACH"! Now that is "deep"!!!

Larry '72

Jim Hyla

jtwcornell91
Also, seeding tournament brackets in November is idiotic.

But so is Browser-busting proto-KRACH thread.

But it's OUR Browser-busting proto-KRACH thread.

KenP
Each bubble that combines with the larger one is like watching the formation of the first proton or the first hydrogen atom.

In Harvard's case, Failium.

Trotsky

KenP
Each bubble that combines with the larger one is like watching the formation of the first proton or the first hydrogen atom.

In Harvard's case, Failium.

"There may be many others but they haven't been discaaaaahhhhvered"

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

KenP
Each bubble that combines with the larger one is like watching the formation of the first proton or the first hydrogen atom.

In Harvard's case, Failium.

"There may be many others but they haven't been discaaaaahhhhvered"

Oh my god, I get the joke. Seeing that music video was the funniest moment in all of high school chemistry class! ELF rocks

imafrshmn

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

KenP
Each bubble that combines with the larger one is like watching the formation of the first proton or the first hydrogen atom.

In Harvard's case, Failium.

"There may be many others but they haven't been discaaaaahhhhvered"

Oh my god, I get the joke. Seeing that music video was the funniest moment in all of high school chemistry class! ELF rocks

One of my ChemE profs knew the whole song.

Jeff Hopkins '82

imafrshmn

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

KenP
Each bubble that combines with the larger one is like watching the formation of the first proton or the first hydrogen atom.

In Harvard's case, Failium.

"There may be many others but they haven't been discaaaaahhhhvered"

Oh my god, I get the joke. Seeing that music video was the funniest moment in all of high school chemistry class! ELF rocks

One of my ChemE profs knew the whole song.

Link to videos of the Elements Song

Rita

Jeff Hopkins '82

imafrshmn

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky

KenP
Each bubble that combines with the larger one is like watching the formation of the first proton or the first hydrogen atom.

In Harvard's case, Failium.

"There may be many others but they haven't been discaaaaahhhhvered"

Oh my god, I get the joke. Seeing that music video was the funniest moment in all of high school chemistry class! ELF rocks

One of my ChemE profs knew the whole song.

Link to videos of the Elements Song

Animated

Was that song on an episode of Mr. Belvedere at one point?