THOUGHTS ON NCAA

FROM USCHO HE COLUMNIST-

"Go Cornell! Well, Maybe Not...

Fans from conferences other than the ECAC have probably been planning on rooting for Cornell this weekend
so that the league's automatic qualifier berth in the NCAAs goes to a team that is already solidly placed in the
Pairwise Rankings. Those same fans, however, may have to balance the additional berth that would create with
the potential loss of a bye.

Word has it that if all the favorites win this weekend, Cornell moves up in the criteria to grab the second East
Regional bye.

Of course, if the Big Red lose, then they'll remain solid in the Pairwise while another ECAC team currently
ranked 19th in the Pairwise or lower — Clarkson at 19 is the second highest ranked team from the league — will
take the ECAC Automatic Qualifier, bumping some school on the bubble.

Pick your poison."

"pick your poison?"
i say this to the HE columnist
in the words of the ever-impressive Cartman : "screw you, buddy!"

I don't see why you are pissed at the HE columnist. He makes a good point from the HE perspective: a Cornell loss could cost an HE team a bid, but a Cornell win could cost an HE team a bye. In that analysis, no matter what happens to Cornell in the ECAC tournament somebody from HE would pay the price. "Pick your poison" is exactly what an HE fan would have to do when deciding whether to root for or against Cornell.