First time in forty-five years, apparently, that none of the four Beanpot teams are in the tournament field. Wild.
This show is a freakin' nightmare. It's worse than in past years. Can they just tell us the goddamn brackets!
I just realized is a hour long. They need to fill it with garbage.
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on March 22, 2026, 03:16:46 PMThis show is a freakin' nightmare. It worse than in past years. Can they just tell us the goddamn brackets!
Why would you stick around the commercial breaks if they did that?
we're really going to wind up playing Denver in Denver (yet again), aren't we
Quote from: Beeeej on March 22, 2026, 03:17:09 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on March 22, 2026, 03:16:46 PMThis show is a freakin' nightmare. It worse than in past years. Can they just tell us the goddamn brackets!
Why would you stick around the commercial breaks if they did that?
I'm ignoring much of it, but they're finally getting on with it.
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on March 22, 2026, 03:16:46 PMThis show is a freakin' nightmare. It's worse than in past years. Can they just tell us the goddamn brackets!
I just realized is a hour long. They need to fill it with garbage.
Andy and I have it on in the car and we are BOTH yelling at the ads. 😂
Quote from: stereax on March 22, 2026, 03:29:29 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on March 22, 2026, 03:16:46 PMThis show is a freakin' nightmare. It's worse than in past years. Can they just tell us the goddamn brackets!
I just realized is a hour long. They need to fill it with garbage.
Andy and I have it on in the car and we are BOTH yelling at the ads. 😂
"...now let's go out to the women's championship game for several minutes even though there's literally nothing new to report since the midpoint of the Biden administration."
Royally screwed Cornell giving Denver a home game when Cornell if NPI was chalk would have played Dartmouth. they won't let same conference team play in the same bracket so you give them a worse draw. Miserable.
Quote from: CornellLonghorn on March 22, 2026, 03:42:21 PMRoyally screwed Cornell giving Denver a home game when Cornell if NPI was chalk would have played Dartmouth. they won't let same conference team play in the same bracket so you give them a worse draw. Miserable.
rule 1 is, at every point, fuck cornell hockey. we know this 😔
Revealing the bracket:
"and Cornell... expect a lot of Denver fans!"
They did mention we're very good defensively. And Walsh and Castagna!
"Cornell is back in it..."
"The hell do you mean back in it? We were in it last year!!!" - Andy
"You don't have to get on a plane, what's your preparation?"
Carle did mention Cornell which is nice...
Quote from: stereax on March 22, 2026, 03:48:05 PMRevealing the bracket:
"and Cornell... expect a lot of Denver fans!"
They did mention we're very good defensively. And Walsh and Castagna!
"Cornell is back in it..."
"The hell do you mean back in it? We were in it last year!!!" - Andy
That's what he means. We are back. As in we were here last year and now we are back.
Why are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
Quote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
Because we didn't already play them 2, 3 or 4 times already in a given season.
Quote from: abmarks on March 22, 2026, 04:02:31 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
Because we didn't already play them 2, 3 or 4 times already in a given season.
Im saying that I am also against intra conference matchups, but I also think they should consider past NCAA tourneys.
Quote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
I don't even mind if they want to avoid intraconference games if possible, but when the alternative is having the lower seed play a better team on the better team's turf, the prejudice to the lower seed seems to far outweigh whatever the harm of an intraconference matchup is.
[Counterpoint: don't lose to Princeton.]
Quote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:04:35 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
I don't even mind if they want to avoid intraconference games if possible, but when the alternative is having the lower seed play a better team on the better team's turf, the prejudice to the lower seed seems to far outweigh whatever the harm of an intraconference matchup is.
They have never cared about that.
Quote from: ER on March 22, 2026, 03:56:13 PMQuote from: stereax on March 22, 2026, 03:48:05 PMRevealing the bracket:
"and Cornell... expect a lot of Denver fans!"
They did mention we're very good defensively. And Walsh and Castagna!
"Cornell is back in it..."
"The hell do you mean back in it? We were in it last year!!!" - Andy
That's what he means. We are back. As in we were here last year and now we are back.
That's what we explained to him lol, but the way they said it made it sound like we missed last year.
Quote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:04:35 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
I don't even mind if they want to avoid intraconference games if possible, but when the alternative is having the lower seed play a better team on the better team's turf, the prejudice to the lower seed seems to far outweigh whatever the harm of an intraconference matchup is.
[Counterpoint: don't lose to Princeton.]
Countercounterpoint: get a top 8 seed, not bottom 8.
Alternatively, be the top seed out of your conference.
Quote from: abmarks on March 22, 2026, 04:10:54 PMQuote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:04:35 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
I don't even mind if they want to avoid intraconference games if possible, but when the alternative is having the lower seed play a better team on the better team's turf, the prejudice to the lower seed seems to far outweigh whatever the harm of an intraconference matchup is.
[Counterpoint: don't lose to Princeton.]
Countercounterpoint: get a top 8 seed, not bottom 8.
Alternatively, be the top seed out of your conference.
Neither of these things fix the problem people are complaining about. See Providence in 2015 and 2019. They hosted as the lower seed. Where you finish in your conference is particularly immaterial to this issue.
It's pretty clear someone needs to get off their @ss and make sure there's a regional in Syracuse/rochester/elmira/ anywhere close with a decent rink and some hotels.
Quote from: CU2007 on March 22, 2026, 04:18:28 PMIt's pretty clear someone needs to get off their @ss and make sure there's a regional in Syracuse/rochester/elmira/ anywhere close with a decent rink and some hotels.
I mean there's one in Albany this year and they didn't put us there
Quote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:04:35 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
I don't even mind if they want to avoid intraconference games if possible, but when the alternative is having the lower seed play a better team on the better team's turf, the prejudice to the lower seed seems to far outweigh whatever the harm of an intraconference matchup is.
[Counterpoint: don't lose to Princeton.]
I agree, but thems the "rules". I could never understand the intraconference concern, especially if it does what this does. Maybe it makes sense if teams just met in the league playoffs, but that's not a problem here. We haven't played Dartmouth since 1/23, almost 2 months ago.
Years ago we used to complain about this a lot, playing Minny in Minny or Wisc in Wisc. Now it's DU in Colorado.
But if the coaches won't complain, expect it's here forever.
Quote from: CU2007 on March 22, 2026, 04:18:28 PMIt's pretty clear someone needs to get off their @ss and make sure there's a regional in Syracuse/rochester/elmira/ anywhere close with a decent rink and some hotels.
The only way this makes a difference is if we host it.
Quote from: BearLover on March 22, 2026, 04:21:18 PMQuote from: CU2007 on March 22, 2026, 04:18:28 PMIt's pretty clear someone needs to get off their @ss and make sure there's a regional in Syracuse/rochester/elmira/ anywhere close with a decent rink and some hotels.
I mean there's one in Albany this year and they didn't put us there
I think he meant Cornell should figure out a way to host.
Quote from: marty on March 22, 2026, 04:26:10 PMQuote from: BearLover on March 22, 2026, 04:21:18 PMQuote from: CU2007 on March 22, 2026, 04:18:28 PMIt's pretty clear someone needs to get off their @ss and make sure there's a regional in Syracuse/rochester/elmira/ anywhere close with a decent rink and some hotels.
I mean there's one in Albany this year and they didn't put us there
I think he meant Cornell should figure out a way to host.
Beat you by 14 sec Marty. :D
Quote from: Jim Hyla on March 22, 2026, 04:23:33 PMQuote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:04:35 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
I don't even mind if they want to avoid intraconference games if possible, but when the alternative is having the lower seed play a better team on the better team's turf, the prejudice to the lower seed seems to far outweigh whatever the harm of an intraconference matchup is.
[Counterpoint: don't lose to Princeton.]
I agree, but thems the "rules". I could never understand the intraconference concern, especially if it does what this does. Maybe it makes sense if teams just met in the league playoffs, but that's not a problem here. We haven't played Dartmouth since 1/23, almost 2 months ago.
Years ago we used to complain about this a lot, playing Minny in Minny or Wisc in Wisc. Now it's DU in Colorado.
But if the coaches won't complain, expect it's here forever.
My man, my sophomore year ('85-'86), we played Denver in Denver, despite winning the ECAC at the Gahden. Two games total goals. We were the only road team to "win" one of the games, losing by one goal overall. My ass has been chapped ever since.
Quote from: BearLover on March 22, 2026, 04:17:15 PMQuote from: abmarks on March 22, 2026, 04:10:54 PMQuote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:04:35 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
I don't even mind if they want to avoid intraconference games if possible, but when the alternative is having the lower seed play a better team on the better team's turf, the prejudice to the lower seed seems to far outweigh whatever the harm of an intraconference matchup is.
[Counterpoint: don't lose to Princeton.]
Countercounterpoint: get a top 8 seed, not bottom 8.
Alternatively, be the top seed out of your conference.
Neither of these things fix the problem people are complaining about. See Providence in 2015 and 2019. They hosted as the lower seed. Where you finish in your conference is particularly immaterial to this issue.
It actually is material this year. Something has to give with avoiding a Dartmouth Q or Dartmouth Cu first round game. While there are other factors like geography, the top seed of the three is going to get more consideration than the lower two. If we were the 6 and Dartmouth was the 11, Dartmouth would be the one going to Denver and we'd be the one playing in Worcester.
Being the top seed coming out of your conference out of 3 doesn't guarantee there's no other factor that gets you, but it certainly should reduce the possibility.
Quote from: ER on March 22, 2026, 03:56:13 PMQuote from: stereax on March 22, 2026, 03:48:05 PMRevealing the bracket:
"and Cornell... expect a lot of Denver fans!"
They did mention we're very good defensively. And Walsh and Castagna!
"Cornell is back in it..."
"The hell do you mean back in it? We were in it last year!!!" - Andy
That's what he means. We are back. As in we were here last year and now we are back.
Yeah. That's what my wife said. I had taken it differently, but that's probably what he meant.
Quote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:30:46 PMQuote from: Jim Hyla on March 22, 2026, 04:23:33 PMQuote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:04:35 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
I don't even mind if they want to avoid intraconference games if possible, but when the alternative is having the lower seed play a better team on the better team's turf, the prejudice to the lower seed seems to far outweigh whatever the harm of an intraconference matchup is.
[Counterpoint: don't lose to Princeton.]
I agree, but thems the "rules". I could never understand the intraconference concern, especially if it does what this does. Maybe it makes sense if teams just met in the league playoffs, but that's not a problem here. We haven't played Dartmouth since 1/23, almost 2 months ago.
Years ago we used to complain about this a lot, playing Minny in Minny or Wisc in Wisc. Now it's DU in Colorado.
But if the coaches won't complain, expect it's here forever.
My man, my sophomore year ('85-'86), we played Denver in Denver, despite winning the ECAC at the Gahden. Two games total goals. We were the only road team to "win" one of the games, losing by one goal overall. My ass has been chapped ever since.
Was talking about that series to Stereax in the car. My senior year. We were on Spring Break and I was skiing in Vermont. I remember finding a newspaper to get the results both mornings.
Quote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:04:14 PMIm saying that I am also against intra conference matchups, but I also think they should consider past NCAA tourneys.
You mean the committee should take into consideration like, say, who Cornell, with a different cast of Cornell coaches and players, played against in previous years? You're gonna overload the office of the Dean of Snowflake Restitution and Righting of Past Microaggressions which is already heavily loaded making sure
everyone gets extra time on tests. How about we put more pucks behind the Denver goalie and move forward.
Quote from: Jim Hyla on March 22, 2026, 04:28:24 PMQuote from: marty on March 22, 2026, 04:26:10 PMQuote from: BearLover on March 22, 2026, 04:21:18 PMQuote from: CU2007 on March 22, 2026, 04:18:28 PMIt's pretty clear someone needs to get off their @ss and make sure there's a regional in Syracuse/rochester/elmira/ anywhere close with a decent rink and some hotels.
I mean there's one in Albany this year and they didn't put us there
I think he meant Cornell should figure out a way to host.
Beat you by 14 sec Marty. :D
That's because you have an iPhone and I'm using an S24. :o
Quote from: billhoward on March 22, 2026, 04:44:03 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:04:14 PMIm saying that I am also against intra conference matchups, but I also think they should consider past NCAA tourneys.
You mean the committee should take into consideration like, say, who Cornell, with a different cast of Cornell coaches and players, played against in previous years? You're gonna overload the office of the Dean of Snowflake Restitution and Righting of Past Microaggressions which is already heavily loaded making sure everyone gets extra time on tests. How about we put more pucks behind the Denver goalie and move forward.
Alright buddy. We played Denver in 23 and 24. This will be our seniors third time playing Denver in the NCAA tourney in four years. Seems like a bit much.
Quote from: billhoward on March 22, 2026, 04:44:03 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:04:14 PMIm saying that I am also against intra conference matchups, but I also think they should consider past NCAA tourneys.
You mean the committee should take into consideration like, say, who Cornell, with a different cast of Cornell coaches and players, played against in previous years? You're gonna overload the office of the Dean of Snowflake Restitution and Righting of Past Microaggressions which is already heavily loaded making sure everyone gets extra time on tests. How about we put more pucks behind the Denver goalie and move forward.
Exactly. A tradition of meeting Denver and handing them revenge served ice cold, is a good thing. Remember '69.
Win and move on.
Seems like Jane's gonna be at the game! (https://x.com/i/status/2035862028535902242)
Wonder when the guys are heading west - hopefully a few days early to acclimate
Quote from: stereax on March 22, 2026, 03:54:04 PM"You don't have to get on a plane, what's your preparation?"
Carle did mention Cornell which is nice...
Carle is a class act and a helluva a coach.
Quote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:30:46 PMQuote from: Jim Hyla on March 22, 2026, 04:23:33 PMQuote from: Mr. Niss on March 22, 2026, 04:04:35 PMQuote from: chimpfood on March 22, 2026, 04:00:56 PMWhy are we so against intra conference matchups but we can play BU and Denver in the NCAA tourney every year?
I don't even mind if they want to avoid intraconference games if possible, but when the alternative is having the lower seed play a better team on the better team's turf, the prejudice to the lower seed seems to far outweigh whatever the harm of an intraconference matchup is.
[Counterpoint: don't lose to Princeton.]
I agree, but thems the "rules". I could never understand the intraconference concern, especially if it does what this does. Maybe it makes sense if teams just met in the league playoffs, but that's not a problem here. We haven't played Dartmouth since 1/23, almost 2 months ago.
Years ago we used to complain about this a lot, playing Minny in Minny or Wisc in Wisc. Now it's DU in Colorado.
But if the coaches won't complain, expect it's here forever.
My man, my sophomore year ('85-'86), we played Denver in Denver, despite winning the ECAC at the Gahden. Two games total goals. We were the only road team to "win" one of the games, losing by one goal overall. My ass has been chapped ever since.
Yes. I was there. Leading 3-0(5-4) after first period of night two. Won the game, lost the series. So odd to pull the goalie while leading. Stupid system. At that time we were small, they were big. Schaf at 5-9 was a tough guy D.
(https://i.ibb.co/ksVdc7SR/anbetw.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
So apparently we're the only game on Friday (and one of only two overall) on ESPN+ and not ESPN2 or the U.
What's next? We find out we've been pre-empted for another hour of cornhole?
Complaining about ESPN+? All I see is another person who wasn't around in the ILDN days...
Great! I can watch the game without having to figure out a workaround ... :D
Quote from: CU77 on March 22, 2026, 11:42:46 PMGreat! I can watch the game without having to figure out a workaround ... :D
At least it ain't on the fucking NCHC network!
I listened to the USCHO special podcast about the brackets and Jim Connelly, who is a smart analyst and bracket guru, stated a few times that the committee put Penn St. in ALB because they travel better than Cornell. This surprised me. We showed great at Springfield, less so in Manchester, and we host that little game in MSG every year in front of 17k.
Maybe I'm looking at it through red tinted glasses, but I was hopeful for ALB, but losing to Princeton sealed our fate as far as making it easy for the committee to send us west.
Hopefully the boys will get on their front foot in CO. Take out the Pios.
Quote from: BlueSky on Today at 06:15:04 AMI listened to the USCHO special podcast about the brackets and Jim Connelly, who is a smart analyst and bracket guru, stated a few times that the committee put Penn St. in ALB because they travel better than Cornell. This surprised me. We showed great at Springfield, less so in Manchester, and we host that little game in MSG every year in front of 17k.
Maybe I'm looking at it through red tinted glasses, but I was hopeful for ALB, but losing to Princeton sealed our fate as far as making it easy for the committee to send us west.
Hopefully the boys will get on their front foot in CO. Take out the Pios.
They don't
actually mean PSU travels better, I think. PSU has had a
team worth watching for maybe three years. They mean the McKenna Boost™. Also, bracket integrity or whatever. I promise you if Cornell was in Albany we'd sell a fuck ton of tickets.
Just a heads-up.
It looks like our game time is 6:00 PM Mountain time on Friday, which is 8:00 PM Eastern Time. That's what the actual ticket sale site shows, and also the time in the email Cornell just sent. However looking at the official NCAA Bracket, they show 6:00 PM EDT. That's wrong.
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Quote from: andyw2100 on Today at 10:59:24 AMJust a heads-up.
It looks like our game time is 6:00 PM Mountain time on Friday, which is 8:00 PM Eastern Time. That's what the actual ticket sale site shows, and also the time in the email Cornell just sent. However looking at the official NCAA Bracket, they show 6:00 PM EDT. That's wrong.
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Thank you. I've been looking at start times and been confused by some of the choices.
Where are you seeing that? Everything I see says 6 eastern.
Quote from: chimpfood on Today at 11:08:48 AMWhere are you seeing that? Everything I see says 6 eastern.
Cornell sent an email to season ticket holders offering a special sale, and saying game time was 6:00 PM, presumably in the location where it is taking place.
I then went to the ticket sale site, and it also shows game time as 6:00 PM. There's no reason the sale site would be showing Eastern time.
Quote from: andyw2100 on Today at 11:29:03 AMQuote from: chimpfood on Today at 11:08:48 AMWhere are you seeing that? Everything I see says 6 eastern.
Cornell sent an email to season ticket holders offering a special sale, and saying game time was 6:00 PM, presumably in the location where it is taking place.
I then went to the ticket sale site, and it also shows game time as 6:00 PM. There's no reason the sale site would be showing Eastern time.
The arena website says doors open at 11:30am and game one is 12:30pm. Says CU to play at 4. Pretty sure Cornell will play at or about 6pm EDT.
https://www.treventscomplex.com/events/detail/ncaa-mens-ice-hockey-regionals-2026
The ticket site is probably using your location to give you the time.
For those interested I put link for tickets on the Loveland Thread.
If CHN, the Cornell schedule, and NCAA bracket show 6 eastern I would expect it to be that.
Quote from: chimpfood on Today at 12:11:30 PMIf CHN, the Cornell schedule, and NCAA bracket show 6 eastern I would expect it to be that.
This is what I saw that made me think the bracket was wrong and the ticket sale site and email from Cornell were correct. Now thinking maybe both of those are wrong. I just don't know why the email from Cornell and the ticketing site would give the game time in Eastern Time when the game is taking place in Mountain Time. That just doesn't make sense, but may be what happened.
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When all else fails, speak with a human (I know, sacrilege in this time of our AI overlords...)
I called the box office at Blue arena in Loveland. First game (Minn. St and WMU) is 12:30 Mtn time/2:30 Eastern
The CU-Denver game will then start ~4pm Mtn time/6pm Eastern.
(I'll also post this in the Loveland Regional thread)
Quote from: Chris H82 on Today at 01:26:47 PMWhen all else fails, speak with a human (I know, sacrilege in this time of our AI overlords...)
I called the box office at Blue arena in Loveland. First game (Minn. St and WMU) is 12:30 Mtn time/2:30 Eastern
The CU-Denver game will then start ~4pm Mtn time/6pm Eastern.
(I'll also post this in the Loveland Regional thread)
Sorry for having caused confusion. Thanks for getting it cleared up.
Its funny how often these times get confused because they dont just post information to make it clear.
Add a few more chars, 4pm MT and 6pm EDT or whatever.
You want people to travel, and watch, make it easy to understand.
Quote from: upprdeck on Today at 02:03:49 PMIts funny how often these times get confused because they dont just post information to make it clear.
Add a few more chars, 4pm MT and 6pm EDT or whatever.
You want people to travel, and watch, make it easy to understand.
I still can't figure out the logic in Cornell using Eastern time (without saying that) when trying to sell tickets.
I mean sure, maybe if you are telling people what time to tune in, then giving the game time in the time zone you think people may be in when watching may make sense, though of course as upprdeck says, a few more characters to clarify don't cost anything. But this was an email trying to sell tickets to the game! Anyone going is going to be in the Mountain Time zone when they go. What possible reason, other than it just being a mistake, could there be for giving the time in any time zone other than the one the game is taking place in?
I'm still shaking my head.
Don't forget to submit your picks in the CHN bracket contest (https://www.collegehockeynews.com/community/bracketcontest/main.php)!
I've got Cornell over Dartmouth in the final in Vegas. It'll never happen, but if it does I get to win a contest and see 90% of college hockey fans livid.
Quote from: BlueSky on Today at 06:15:04 AMI listened to the USCHO special podcast about the brackets and Jim Connelly, who is a smart analyst and bracket guru, stated a few times that the committee put Penn St. in ALB because they travel better than Cornell. This surprised me. We showed great at Springfield, less so in Manchester, and we host that little game in MSG every year in front of 17k.
Maybe I'm looking at it through red tinted glasses, but I was hopeful for ALB, but losing to Princeton sealed our fate as far as making it easy for the committee to send us west.
Hopefully the boys will get on their front foot in CO. Take out the Pios.
please for the love of good - listen to our podcast instead. I am just not going to comment any further on that first sentence because I need to go throw up.
The schedule we have on the web site and apps are correct. 4p MT in Loveland.
Quote from: adamw on Today at 02:41:29 PMQuote from: BlueSky on Today at 06:15:04 AMI listened to the USCHO special podcast about the brackets and Jim Connelly, who is a smart analyst and bracket guru, stated a few times that the committee put Penn St. in ALB because they travel better than Cornell. This surprised me. We showed great at Springfield, less so in Manchester, and we host that little game in MSG every year in front of 17k.
Maybe I'm looking at it through red tinted glasses, but I was hopeful for ALB, but losing to Princeton sealed our fate as far as making it easy for the committee to send us west.
Hopefully the boys will get on their front foot in CO. Take out the Pios.
please for the love of good - listen to our podcast instead. I am just not going to comment any further on that first sentence because I need to go throw up.
To clarify just from a factual point of view only ... that is not the reason Penn State is in Albany over Cornell. Just the fact that someone says that - tells you all you need to know about someone's supposed guru-ness. SMH.
Quote from: adamw on Today at 02:41:29 PMQuote from: BlueSky on Today at 06:15:04 AMI listened to the USCHO special podcast about the brackets and Jim Connelly, who is a smart analyst and bracket guru, stated a few times that the committee put Penn St. in ALB because they travel better than Cornell. This surprised me. We showed great at Springfield, less so in Manchester, and we host that little game in MSG every year in front of 17k.
Maybe I'm looking at it through red tinted glasses, but I was hopeful for ALB, but losing to Princeton sealed our fate as far as making it easy for the committee to send us west.
Hopefully the boys will get on their front foot in CO. Take out the Pios.
please for the love of good - listen to our podcast instead. I am just not going to comment any further on that first sentence because I need to go throw up.
I listened to the USCHO bracketology podcast that they produced following the games this past Saturday night, once all the teams were locked. While predicting the bracket, they said several things that were factually incorrect. They even said their bracket was extremely straightforward and followed typical bracket serpentine seeding, even though it deviated from such seeding in multiple instances. They said it was one of the easiest brackets to predict and that the final bracket would look very similar to theirs. When that didn't happen, I presume they tried to cover their butts by claiming things like that the committee believed PSU would bring more fans than Cornell. There is no evidence of this. Rather, the obvious explanation is that the regionals as constituted best uphold bracket integrity. They required moving the fewest teams around to avoid intra-conference matchups.
Quote from: semsox on March 22, 2026, 10:58:52 PMComplaining about ESPN+? All I see is another person who wasn't around in the ILDN days...
ILDN was better than listening in on the radio on account of you could see the game (as long as you didn't trip on the HDMI cable from your laptop to the TV), but it still sucked compared to the video now. Which at Lynah still suffers from poor lighting, no cameras inside the goals, very little use of the cameras over the goals, not much of a reverse angle camera, filthy glass, failure the raise the main cameras 3 to 5 feet even if that means remote controlling them (a snap for anybody's who played a video game with joysticks).
Quote from: semsox on March 22, 2026, 10:58:52 PMComplaining about ESPN+? All I see is another person who wasn't around in the ILDN days...
ILDN? The ILDN was in 4K compared to Redcast...
Quote from: BearLover on Today at 03:01:10 PMQuote from: adamw on Today at 02:41:29 PMQuote from: BlueSky on Today at 06:15:04 AMI listened to the USCHO special podcast about the brackets and Jim Connelly, who is a smart analyst and bracket guru, stated a few times that the committee put Penn St. in ALB because they travel better than Cornell. This surprised me. We showed great at Springfield, less so in Manchester, and we host that little game in MSG every year in front of 17k.
Maybe I'm looking at it through red tinted glasses, but I was hopeful for ALB, but losing to Princeton sealed our fate as far as making it easy for the committee to send us west.
Hopefully the boys will get on their front foot in CO. Take out the Pios.
please for the love of good - listen to our podcast instead. I am just not going to comment any further on that first sentence because I need to go throw up.
I listened to the USCHO bracketology podcast that they produced following the games this past Saturday night, once all the teams were locked. While predicting the bracket, they said several things that were factually incorrect. They even said their bracket was extremely straightforward and followed typical bracket serpentine seeding, even though it deviated from such seeding in multiple instances. They said it was one of the easiest brackets to predict and that the final bracket would look very similar to theirs. When that didn't happen, I presume they tried to cover their butts by claiming things like that the committee believed PSU would bring more fans than Cornell. There is no evidence of this. Rather, the obvious explanation is that the regionals as constituted best uphold bracket integrity. They required moving the fewest teams around to avoid intra-conference matchups.
All of a sudden I love BL.
This is exactly what happened.
I usually talk to the Committee chair every year to get it straight from the horse's mouth, which is how I know the trends in how they're thinking, since it's like an organic beast that evolves in one direction or another, a little bit every year. I didn't do so this year for the first time in about 15 years or more, because it's the Harvard asst. AD, who is so milquetoast, the conversation is pointless.
Quote from: billhoward on Today at 03:04:48 PMQuote from: semsox on March 22, 2026, 10:58:52 PMComplaining about ESPN+? All I see is another person who wasn't around in the ILDN days...
ILDN was better than listening in on the radio on account of you could see the game (as long as you didn't trip on the HDMI cable from your laptop to the TV), but it still sucked compared to the video now. Which at Lynah still suffers from poor lighting, no cameras inside the goals, very little use of the cameras over the goals, not much of a reverse angle camera, filthy glass, failure the raise the main cameras 3 to 5 feet even if that means remote controlling them (a snap for anybody's who played a video game with joysticks).
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Quote from: adamw on Today at 03:25:26 PMbecause it's the Harvard asst. AD
Huh, maybe Cornell *did* get screwed
Quote from: BearLover on Today at 03:29:13 PMQuote from: adamw on Today at 03:25:26 PMbecause it's the Harvard asst. AD
Huh, maybe Cornell *did* get screwed
cornell always gets screwed. see: rule 1.