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Further debilitate my server with this and other completely OT topics
Re: Breakdown - 22 years ago
Making the late rounds single elimination has mostly to do with the practicalities of location and timinng. They play the opening series at a host school. The locations are not predetermined, but once the locations are set, everyone travels/hosts for a full weekend. The final 4/5 is played at a predetermined location at a predetermined time. And it is designed to last a single weekenby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Funky Playoff Format - 22 years ago
What happens when the host qualifies by winning its league?by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Off topic: hoops - 22 years ago
The vibe I get is that the Ivies dig their iconoclast status. And all the extra attention from the three-way tie doesn't hurt. I would really like to see 2 bids (if Penn is upset, they have an outside shot), but if Penn loses their RPI will probably take to big a hit for the bid. Maybe two teams in the NIT though!by ugarte - Hockey
Re: sun article 03/05/02 - 22 years ago
I am goddamn sick of people telling me (even when it isn't just directed at me) to calm down. This is a discussion board. We sometimes talk about things that are more controversial than "Woohoo we won again" (though that is always nice). When we do, because we are opinionated people, there is usually disagreement. When we disagree, we say so. Ad nauseum, sometimes (most of the timeby ugarte - Hockey
Re: sun article 03/05/02 - 22 years ago
Jesus, CULater, are you going to piss on Dryden also?by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Saturday Yale game to be televised - 22 years ago
If the game is being televised, will HockeyCam be in effect?by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Are there tickets left? - 22 years ago
Bastards! Dammit, I still insist that Dartmouth sucks.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Championship gear - 22 years ago
Not that this isn't also cool, but for an even more obscure Cornell sports purchase:by ugarte - Hockey
Re: sun article 03/05/02 - 22 years ago
In the minds of a lot of people who have followed Cornell hockey for a while, Arthur Mintz is a mainstay. Players graduate, coaches leave and AD's and school Presidents change, but Arthur has been with Cornell hockey longer than I have, and I respect his dedication immensely. (Not to mention that it is rather unsporting of you to pick on a Sun reporter by dissing ACM, who did nothing to deserveby ugarte - Hockey
Re: At what point... - 22 years ago
That would be fine if anyone disagreed that the nurse shouldn't have talked. Nobody disagrees with that. I concede (and I think those on my side also concede) that you were CORRECT to delete the post after the poster realized the nature of her indiscretion. I also want to note that it has been dozens of posts since anyone has discussed the nature of the alleged injury. All we are discussing isby ugarte - Hockey
Re: At what point... - 22 years ago
Sorry, Age, but - blah blah blah. I don't think the pro/amateur distinction is as significant as you do, and I think the scholarship/non-scholarship distinction is irrelevant. They do somthing public. They know that because they play hockey, strangers care about their lives. Did I steal his medical chart? No. If someone else has information that has come from a legitimate source, is it fair gby ugarte - Hockey
Re: At what point... - 22 years ago
John E Hayes '98 '00 wrote: The post in question stated "I heard from my friend that talked to Matt's nurse that ....." Matt's nurse really should shut the @#*& up (if, in fact, the nurse was the source of the information). S/he should be disciplined by the hospital/doctor that s/he works for her(his) indiscretion. The rest of the post doesn't need any more response from me. Iby ugarte - Hockey
Re: At what point... - 22 years ago
Sorry about the tags (and other errors in excerpting) on the previous post. I can't seem to edit it. (If, by the time you read this Age has been able to fix my mistake, thanks Age.)by ugarte - Hockey
Re: At what point... - 22 years ago
John E Hayes '98 '00 wrote: But that is exactly what happened. Or at least the ethical equivalent. A well meaning post was made detailing information that was priviledged information between Matt and his healthcare provider. The post was then removed by the original author. "Ethical equivalent"? It is only equivalent if the person got the information FROM the healthcare provider. Sincby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Underhill - 22 years ago
John E Hayes '98 '00 wrote: Any (mis-) information, rumors or speculation about any unconfirmed injuries serve only to violate Matt's privacy, hurt the team, and possibly even hurt Matt's post collegiate career options. I would suggest we respect Matt and Mike's decision to keep whatever may be the situation private. Get outta town, John. I won't pretend that rumor-mongering is a good thing, buby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Saturday Yale game to be televised - 22 years ago
Thank you Beeeej, Laura, NESN and Empire. Now I hope that I can watch.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: End-of-R.S. Stats - 22 years ago
I don't think that chart really says anythin in our favor. We are a good team in a bad conference. (Mercyhurst is a mediocre team in a horrible conference.) The top teams in the better conferences played tougher schedules, and lost more games as a result.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Underhill - 22 years ago
test Well, I seem to be missing some posts. The category is reading as "new" and the time indicates that I am not the only poster today, but I don't see any other posts. Is the problem on my end?by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Playoff possibilities - 22 years ago
The tournament is at the end of the year. A selection criteria that captures, and gives "extra-credit" to, recent performance is a way of getting the teams playing the best hockey come tournament time into the tournament. I think it is a valid criteria, as long as it is properly treated alongside other criteria that analyze the whole season. There is a good reason that everyone livinby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Playoff possibilities - 22 years ago
I don't mind the sharp cutoff as much as you, though I acknowledge that it is a problem given how closely clustered the RPIs will be between, say, 22 and 30. A weighting system would also be a reasonable way of capturing this criteria.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Playoff possibilities - 22 years ago
I agree with JTW that it is not unfair to include in the selection process biases in favor of recent success and success against better teams. Pairwise may not be perfect, but I don't think it is horrible. The critieria can be adjusted, however. I like the way JTW adjusts the criteria so that games are weighted according to when they were played and agree taht it is an improvement over the arby ugarte - Hockey
Re: TUC - 22 years ago
Interesting. I like it. Do you have a similar theory for dealing with the TUC question? I actually think the .500 criteria, while arbitrary, is a good one - but I disagree with the Findlay rule. Schools that are in the process of moving to D-1 should be able to upgrade their NC schedule without negative consequences. I could see why a team wouldn't want to give up qualifying games because itby ugarte - Hockey
Re: TUC - 22 years ago
There is no "in/out" feature of TUC. There is no such thing as a TUC until the season is over. Teams don't get "considered" until all of the games have been played. Our willingness to obsess over phenomena like "what would happen if the season ended today" only creates the illusion that there is an "in/out" feature. Union's season ended yesterday. Not onlby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Underhill - 22 years ago
Sounds like they didn't dress Underhill so they could get an extra skater into the lineup. True?by ugarte - Hockey
Re: "...is a joy forever." - 22 years ago
I think it looks like the old Denver Nuggets uniforms.by ugarte - Hockey