Frozen Four

[BMac]

Speaking of luck: Trevor Mingoia transferred from Union to PC, watched his teammates win the championship, and yesterday got to win his own.

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/college_hockey/2015/04/vindication_for_trevor_mingoia

[BearLover]

Just. Get. In.

If only the ECAC still sucked...

Utter nonsense.

Yeah, I haven't checked but I'm pretty sure the title has never been won by a team that needed an auto bid to qualify since they went to 16 (probably 12 and maybe even teams.

Cornell almost never needed an auto bid to qualify when the ECAC sucked.  (Only in '96 and '97, right?)

And y'all can think whatever you want, and let's not have this discussion again, but I've seen nothing good for Cornell come from the ECAC's improvement.  Objectively, they've been winning less games and making the tournament less--that much is not debatable.

[RichH]

And y'all can think whatever you want,

Ugh. I hate the word "y'all" and it's explosion in educated social media circles. Stop with the folksy.

and let's not have this discussion again,

Hahaha, good one. You do know where you're posting, right? But I agree, this argument is really tired, especially when it's 2 vs. everybody else.

but I've seen nothing good for Cornell come from the ECAC's improvement.  Objectively, they've been winning less games and making the tournament less--that much is not debatable.

I tend to respect your opinion, after a lot of thought, and I even think you even make solid points with this quixotic mission. But I don't agree. Two things keep bringing me back: recruiting and SOS. The league had been trending to being lumped in with the MAAC/AHA as a minor conference. Teams like Denver, North Dakota, and Michigan State...would they want to waste their trips East on a league that has a pedigree on par with Sacred Heart and AIC? Would top recruits want to look at schools that are viewed as the analogue of Holy Cross or a BC-level schedule?

The ECAC was a punchline. Now, it's relevant in the national conversation. That only attracts better talent and better opponents to Cornell.

Do you think BU, Providence, North Dakota, and UNO were unhappy they all had to play in strong conferences? Were they successful because of the competition they faced, or in spite of it?

Time travel to 1977 or 1989 or 2000 and your comment about "winning (fewer) games and making the tournament less" also holds, but the conference was just as strong as when Cornell WAS winning. Your argument isn't passing the causality test with me.

[Rosey]

And y'all can think whatever you want,

Ugh. I hate the word "y'all" and it's explosion in educated social media circles. Stop with the folksy.

Yeah, BearLover: it's "all y'all". Get it right.

[redice]

I'll say this about the FF:    The BU fans were a disgrace!!    Going into the FF, one would consider them the local team.   That's not how the crowd noise made it seem from within the arena.   If the BU fans came to the TD Garden to sit on their hands, rather than cheer their team on to victory, why didn't they just stay home.    Were Cornell in the tournement, the Lynah Faithful would have easily screamed this lame BU bunch into oblivion.   The PC fans were wonderful!!

[Chris '03]

I'll say this about the FF:    The BU fans were a disgrace!!    Going into the FF, one would consider them the local team.   That's not how the crowd noise made it seem from within the arena.   If the BU fans came to the TD Garden to sit on their hands, rather than cheer their team on to victory, why didn't they just stay home.    Were Cornell in the tournement, the Lynah Faithful would have easily screamed this lame BU bunch into oblivion.   The PC fans were wonderful!!

The building was probably 50/50 with everyone but BU partisans pulling for PC.

For what it's worth, I remember being underwhelmed by the Cornell fans at the '03 FF. It's hard to be cohesive in that setting.

[jtwcornell91]

Just. Get. In.

If only the ECAC still sucked...

Utter nonsense.

Yeah, I haven't checked but I'm pretty sure the title has never been won by a team that needed an auto bid to qualify since they went to 16 (probably 12 and maybe even teams.

Cornell almost never needed an auto bid to qualify when the ECAC sucked.  (Only in '96 and '97, right?)

I went back and checked.  Cornell needed the auto bid to qualify in 1996 (they were #13 in the PWR with #6 Maine ineligible, but #18 Providence won Hockey East so #12 Bowling Green was the last team out), but not in 1997, when they were tied for #8, with #7 Maine ineligible.  But Cornell didn't come close to winning it all either of those years.  The point here is that 2013 Yale and 2015 Providence managed to make the tournament at #15 (last at-large bid) and win the title, but they didn't qualify by winning a weak conference.  Compare 2010 RIT at #25 and 2009 Bemidji State at #26, who only made the tournament because of their auto-bids, and ended up in the Frozen Four.

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1996 Pairwise Comparisons
 1 Boston Univ    18 .621   CCMiLSMnMeWMVtMSCkMLBGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
 2 CO College     17 .615 __  MiLSMnMeWMVtMSCkMLBGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
 3 Michigan       16 .616 ____  LSMnMeWMVtMSCkMLBGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
 4 Lake Superior  15 .605 ______  MnMeWMVtMSCkMLBGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
 5 Minnesota      14 .603 ________  MeWMVtMSCkMLBGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
 6 Maine          11 .598 __________  WM__MS__MLBGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
 7 Western Mich   11 .582 ____________  VtMSCk__BGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
 8 Vermont        11 .581 __________Me__  __CkMLBGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
 9 Mich State     10 .582 ______________Vt  Ck__BGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
10 Clarkson       10 .576 __________Me______  MLBGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
11 Mass-Lowell    10 .569 ____________WM__MS__  BGCrDUSLCgNDPvMD
12 Bowling Green   7 .560 ______________________  CrDUSLCgNDPvMD
13 Cornell         6 .558 ________________________  DUSLCgNDPvMD
14 Denver U        4 .541 __________________________  SLCgND__MD
15 St Lawrence     4 .535 ____________________________  CgNDPvMD
16 Colgate         3 .522 ______________________________  NDPvMD
17 North Dakota    2 .494 ________________________________  PvMD
18 Providence      2 .549 __________________________DU______  MD
19 Minn-Duluth     0 .502 ____________________________________

1997 Pairwise Comparisons
 1 Michigan       20 .628   CkNDMnBUNHMeCrVtMmDUMSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
 2 Clarkson       19 .599 __  NDMnBUNHMeCrVtMmDUMSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
 3 North Dakota   18 .588 ____  MnBUNHMeCrVtMmDUMSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
 4 Minnesota      16 .581 ______  BU__MeCrVtMmDUMSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
 5 Boston Univ    15 .578 ________  NH__CrVtMmDUMSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
 6 New Hampshire  15 .592 ______Mn__  MeCr__MmDUMSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
 7 Maine          14 .565 ________BU__  __VtMmDUMSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
 8 Cornell        13 .567 ____________Me  Vt__DUMSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
 9 Vermont        13 .578 __________NH____  MmDUMSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
10 Miami          11 .577 ______________Cr__  __MSCCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
11 Denver U       10 .554 __________________Mm  MS__RPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
12 Mich State      9 .548 ______________________  CCRPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
13 CO College      9 .557 ____________________DU__  RPSCUnPnMDCgBGLS
14 RPI             7 .538 __________________________  SCUnPnMDCgBGLS
15 St Cloud        6 .540 ____________________________  UnPnMDCgBGLS
16 Union           5 .522 ______________________________  PnMDCgBGLS
17 Princeton       4 .535 ________________________________  MDCgBGLS
18 Minn-Duluth     2 .500 __________________________________  CgBG__
19 Colgate         2 .513 ____________________________________  BGLS
20 Bowling Green   1 .494 ______________________________________  LS
21 Lake Superior   1 .525 __________________________________MD____  


[jkahn]

For me, the hierarchy is pretty clear:

BU - Brian Kelley, BU's AAD for Communications, is an IC grad, and a former assistant director of athletic communications at Cornell, and an all-around good guy who I'd be happy to have associated with a national championship. And it's the only chance we'll have next year to knock off the defending national champions, when we play BU at the Garden.

We will have a chance to knock off the champions.  We open the Florida tournament with Providence.

[Jim Hyla]

Oops, slight, what'll happen with PU?

[RichH]

Oops, slight, what'll happen with PU?

I assume you mean PC.

Somebody commented that the BU team didn't go to the White House for their 2009 championship, and they won it in Washington DC. I've never really paid any attention to this perk, so I have no idea if it's standard or not for the hockey champions to get an invite.

[Scersk '97]

I went back and checked [the PWR for '96 and '97].

Speaking of which, I've been meaning to ask: how did you come up with those? If you recalculated them, did you happen to run a KRACH for those years? Always have been very curious as to how strong the league was in those days. It certainly seemed strong.

[jtwcornell91]

I went back and checked [the PWR for '96 and '97].

Speaking of which, I've been meaning to ask: how did you come up with those? If you recalculated them, did you happen to run a KRACH for those years? Always have been very curious as to how strong the league was in those days. It certainly seemed strong.

I had to re-run the 1996 pairwise, since I had the script lying around but not the output.  Here's the KRACH file I have for 1996

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 1 CO College    37.11- 4.89-11 .804 0.00000 -0.00000
 2 Michigan      35.05- 6.95-11 .765 0.00000 0.00000
 3 Minnesota     34.99- 7.01-11 .764 0.00000 0.00000
 4 Lake Superior 34.21- 7.79-11 .749 -0.00000 0.00000
 5 Boston Univ   31.71-10.29-11 .702 0.00000 0.00000
 6 Mich State    31.55-10.45-11 .699 -0.00000 0.00000
 7 Western Mich  31.22-10.78-11 .693 0.00000 0.00000
 8 Denver U      30.34-11.66-11 .676 -0.00000 0.00000
 9 Maine         29.02-12.98-11 .651 0.00000 -0.00000
10 Bowling Green 28.87-13.13-11 .649 0.00000 0.00000
11 Vermont       27.70-14.30-11 .626 -0.00000 0.00000
12 Minn-Duluth   27.17-14.83-11 .617 0.00000 -0.00000
13 Michigan Tech 26.90-15.10-11 .611 0.00000 0.00000
14 Mass-Lowell   26.83-15.17-11 .610 -0.00000 0.00000
15 North Dakota  26.80-15.20-11 .609 0.00000 0.00000
16 Clarkson      26.46-15.54-11 .603 0.00000 0.00000
17 Wisconsin     26.10-15.90-11 .596 0.00000 0.00000
18 Providence    24.07-17.93-11 .558 0.00000 -0.00000
19 St Cloud      24.02-17.98-11 .557 0.00000 0.00000
20 Cornell       24.01-17.99-11 .557 0.00000 0.00000
21 St Lawrence   22.20-19.80-11 .523 0.00000 -0.00000
22 AK-Anchorage  21.28-20.72-11 .505 0.00000 0.00000
23 Boston Coll   20.78-21.22-11 .496 0.00000 0.00000
24 Miami         19.95-22.05-11 .480 0.00000 -0.00000
25 Colgate       19.58-22.42-11 .473 0.00000 0.00000
26 Ferris State  18.75-23.25-11 .458 0.00000 0.00000
27 New Hampshire 18.34-23.66-11 .450 0.00000 0.00000
28 Ohio State    18.21-23.79-11 .447 0.00000 -0.00000
29 Notre Dame    17.25-24.75-11 .429 0.00000 -0.00000
30 Northern Mich 16.28-25.72-11 .411 -0.00000 0.00000
31 AK-Fairbanks  14.72-27.28-11 .382 0.00000 -0.00000
32 Mass-Amherst  14.44-27.56-11 .376 0.00000 -0.00000
33 Northeastern  14.21-27.79-11 .372 0.00000 0.00000
34 Harvard       13.14-28.86-11 .352 -0.00000 0.00000
35 Brown         11.24-30.76-11 .316 -0.00000 0.00000
36 Merrimack     11.02-30.98-11 .312 -0.00000 0.00000
37 RPI            9.13-32.87-11 .276 0.00000 0.00000
38 Dartmouth      8.70-33.30-11 .268 0.00000 0.00000
39 Army           7.97-34.03-11 .254 -0.00000 0.00000
40 Princeton      7.79-34.21-11 .251 0.00000 0.00000
41 Union          7.34-34.66-11 .242 -0.00000 -0.00000
42 Yale           5.03-36.97-11 .199 0.00000 0.00000
43 Air Force      1.55-40.45-11 .133 -0.00000 0.00000

                         CMMLBMWDMBVMMMNCWPSCSABMCFNONNAMNHBMRDAPUYA
Team          KRACH RRWP CinSUSMUeGtDTLDkivCrLACmgSHStMkAEanrParnnaF
CO College     1142 .804 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Michigan      733.9 .765 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Minnesota     725.3 .764 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lake Superior 627.2 .749 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Boston Univ   415.0 .702 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mich State    405.2 .699 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Western Mich  385.2 .693 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Denver U      338.6 .676 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Maine         281.1 .651 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bowling Green 275.5 .649 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vermont       234.8 .626 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Minn-Duluth   219.2 .617 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Michigan Tech 211.3 .611 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mass-Lowell   209.4 .610 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
North Dakota  208.6 .609 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Clarkson      199.5 .603 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wisconsin     190.5 .596 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Providence    147.0 .558 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
St Cloud      146.0 .557 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cornell       145.9 .557 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
St Lawrence   116.2 .523 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AK-Anchorage  103.5 .505 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Boston Coll   97.22 .496 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Miami         87.59 .480 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Colgate       83.55 .473 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ferris State  75.22 .458 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New Hampshire 71.37 .450 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ohio State    70.22 .447 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notre Dame    61.96 .429 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Northern Mich 54.50 .411 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AK-Fairbanks  44.11 .382 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mass-Amherst  42.43 .376 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Northeastern  41.09 .372 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Harvard       35.20 .352 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Brown         26.43 .316 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Merrimack     25.52 .312 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RPI           18.54 .276 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dartmouth     17.17 .268 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Army          14.95 .254 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Princeton     14.44 .251 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Union         13.19 .242 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yale          7.745 .199 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Air Force     2.059 .133 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   AA
AA  ~

Group AA

Group 1:
Ratings and intra-group HHWPs:
              RRWP KRACH  CC   Mi   Mn   LS   BU   MS   WM   DU   Me   BG   Vt   MD   MT   ML   ND   Ck   Wi   Pv   SC   Cr   SL   AA   BC   Mm   Cg   FS   NH   OS   Nt   NM   Ak   MA   NE   Ha   Bn   Mr   RP   Da   Ar   Pn   Un   Ya   AF
CO College    .804  1142 .--- .609 .611 .645 .733 .738 .748 .771 .802 .806 .829 .839 .844 .845 .846 .851 .857 .886 .887 .887 .908 .917 .922 .929 .932 .938 .941 .942 .949 .954 .963 .964 .965 .970 .977 .978 .984 .985 .987 .988 .989 .993 .998
Michigan      .765 733.9 .391 .--- .503 .539 .639 .644 .656 .684 .723 .727 .758 .770 .776 .778 .779 .786 .794 .833 .834 .834 .863 .876 .883 .893 .898 .907 .911 .913 .922 .931 .943 .945 .947 .954 .965 .966 .975 .977 .980 .981 .982 .990 .997
Minnesota     .764 725.3 .389 .497 .--- .536 .636 .642 .653 .682 .721 .725 .755 .768 .774 .776 .777 .784 .792 .831 .832 .832 .862 .875 .882 .892 .897 .906 .910 .912 .921 .930 .943 .945 .946 .954 .965 .966 .975 .977 .980 .980 .982 .989 .997
Lake Superior .749 627.2 .355 .461 .464 .--- .602 .608 .620 .649 .691 .695 .728 .741 .748 .750 .750 .759 .767 .810 .811 .811 .844 .858 .866 .877 .882 .893 .898 .899 .910 .920 .934 .937 .939 .947 .960 .961 .971 .973 .977 .977 .979 .988 .997
Boston Univ   .702 415.0 .267 .361 .364 .398 .--- .506 .519 .551 .596 .601 .639 .654 .663 .665 .665 .675 .685 .738 .740 .740 .781 .800 .810 .826 .832 .847 .853 .855 .870 .884 .904 .907 .910 .922 .940 .942 .957 .960 .965 .966 .969 .982 .995
Mich State    .699 405.2 .262 .356 .358 .392 .494 .--- .513 .545 .590 .595 .633 .649 .657 .659 .660 .670 .680 .734 .735 .735 .777 .797 .806 .822 .829 .843 .850 .852 .867 .881 .902 .905 .908 .920 .939 .941 .956 .959 .964 .966 .968 .981 .995
Western Mich  .693 385.2 .252 .344 .347 .380 .481 .487 .--- .532 .578 .583 .621 .637 .646 .648 .649 .659 .669 .724 .725 .725 .768 .788 .798 .815 .822 .837 .844 .846 .861 .876 .897 .901 .904 .916 .936 .938 .954 .957 .963 .964 .967 .980 .995
Denver U      .676 338.6 .229 .316 .318 .351 .449 .455 .468 .--- .546 .551 .590 .607 .616 .618 .619 .629 .640 .697 .699 .699 .744 .766 .777 .794 .802 .818 .826 .828 .845 .861 .885 .889 .892 .906 .928 .930 .948 .952 .958 .959 .963 .978 .994
Maine         .651 281.1 .198 .277 .279 .309 .404 .410 .422 .454 .--- .505 .545 .562 .571 .573 .574 .585 .596 .657 .658 .658 .707 .731 .743 .762 .771 .789 .798 .800 .819 .838 .864 .869 .872 .889 .914 .917 .938 .942 .949 .951 .955 .973 .993
Bowling Green .649 275.5 .194 .273 .275 .305 .399 .405 .417 .449 .495 .--- .540 .557 .566 .568 .569 .580 .591 .652 .654 .654 .703 .727 .739 .759 .767 .786 .794 .797 .816 .835 .862 .867 .870 .887 .912 .915 .937 .941 .949 .950 .954 .973 .993
Vermont       .626 234.8 .171 .242 .245 .272 .361 .367 .379 .410 .455 .460 .--- .517 .526 .529 .530 .541 .552 .615 .617 .617 .669 .694 .707 .728 .738 .757 .767 .770 .791 .812 .842 .847 .851 .870 .899 .902 .927 .932 .940 .942 .947 .968 .991
Minn-Duluth   .617 219.2 .161 .230 .232 .259 .346 .351 .363 .393 .438 .443 .483 .--- .509 .511 .512 .523 .535 .599 .600 .600 .653 .679 .693 .714 .724 .745 .754 .757 .780 .801 .832 .838 .842 .862 .892 .896 .922 .927 .936 .938 .943 .966 .991
Michigan Tech .611 211.3 .156 .224 .226 .252 .337 .343 .354 .384 .429 .434 .474 .491 .--- .502 .503 .514 .526 .590 .591 .592 .645 .671 .685 .707 .717 .738 .748 .751 .773 .795 .827 .833 .837 .857 .889 .892 .919 .925 .934 .936 .941 .965 .990
Mass-Lowell   .610 209.4 .155 .222 .224 .250 .335 .341 .352 .382 .427 .432 .471 .489 .498 .--- .501 .512 .524 .588 .589 .589 .643 .669 .683 .705 .715 .736 .746 .749 .772 .794 .826 .832 .836 .856 .888 .891 .919 .924 .933 .936 .941 .964 .990
North Dakota  .609 208.6 .154 .221 .223 .250 .335 .340 .351 .381 .426 .431 .470 .488 .497 .499 .--- .511 .523 .587 .588 .588 .642 .668 .682 .704 .714 .735 .745 .748 .771 .793 .825 .831 .835 .856 .888 .891 .918 .924 .933 .935 .941 .964 .990
Clarkson      .603 199.5 .149 .214 .216 .241 .325 .330 .341 .371 .415 .420 .459 .477 .486 .488 .489 .--- .512 .576 .577 .578 .632 .658 .672 .695 .705 .726 .737 .740 .763 .785 .819 .825 .829 .850 .883 .887 .915 .921 .930 .933 .938 .963 .990
Wisconsin     .596 190.5 .143 .206 .208 .233 .315 .320 .331 .360 .404 .409 .448 .465 .474 .476 .477 .488 .--- .564 .566 .566 .621 .648 .662 .685 .695 .717 .728 .731 .755 .778 .812 .818 .823 .844 .878 .882 .911 .917 .927 .930 .935 .961 .989
Providence    .558 147.0 .114 .167 .169 .190 .262 .266 .276 .303 .343 .348 .385 .401 .410 .412 .413 .424 .436 .--- .502 .502 .558 .587 .602 .627 .638 .662 .673 .677 .703 .730 .769 .776 .782 .807 .848 .852 .888 .895 .908 .911 .918 .950 .986
St Cloud      .557 146.0 .113 .166 .168 .189 .260 .265 .275 .301 .342 .346 .383 .400 .409 .411 .412 .423 .434 .498 .--- .500 .557 .585 .600 .625 .636 .660 .672 .675 .702 .728 .768 .775 .780 .806 .847 .851 .887 .895 .907 .910 .917 .950 .986
Cornell       .557 145.9 .113 .166 .168 .189 .260 .265 .275 .301 .342 .346 .383 .400 .408 .411 .412 .422 .434 .498 .500 .--- .557 .585 .600 .625 .636 .660 .672 .675 .702 .728 .768 .775 .780 .806 .847 .851 .887 .895 .907 .910 .917 .950 .986
St Lawrence   .523 116.2 .092 .137 .138 .156 .219 .223 .232 .256 .293 .297 .331 .347 .355 .357 .358 .368 .379 .442 .443 .443 .--- .529 .544 .570 .582 .607 .620 .623 .652 .681 .725 .733 .739 .768 .815 .820 .862 .871 .886 .889 .898 .938 .983
AK-Anchorage  .505 103.5 .083 .124 .125 .142 .200 .203 .212 .234 .269 .273 .306 .321 .329 .331 .332 .342 .352 .413 .415 .415 .471 .--- .516 .542 .553 .579 .592 .596 .626 .655 .701 .709 .716 .746 .797 .802 .848 .858 .874 .878 .887 .930 .980
Boston Coll   .496 97.22 .078 .117 .118 .134 .190 .194 .202 .223 .257 .261 .293 .307 .315 .317 .318 .328 .338 .398 .400 .400 .456 .484 .--- .526 .538 .564 .577 .581 .611 .641 .688 .696 .703 .734 .786 .792 .840 .850 .867 .871 .881 .926 .979
Miami         .480 87.59 .071 .107 .108 .123 .174 .178 .185 .206 .238 .241 .272 .286 .293 .295 .296 .305 .315 .373 .375 .375 .430 .458 .474 .--- .512 .538 .551 .555 .586 .616 .665 .674 .681 .713 .768 .774 .825 .836 .854 .858 .869 .919 .977
Colgate       .473 83.55 .068 .102 .103 .118 .168 .171 .178 .198 .229 .233 .262 .276 .283 .285 .286 .295 .305 .362 .364 .364 .418 .447 .462 .488 .--- .526 .539 .543 .574 .605 .654 .663 .670 .704 .760 .766 .818 .830 .848 .853 .864 .915 .976
Ferris State  .458 75.22 .062 .093 .094 .107 .153 .157 .163 .182 .211 .214 .243 .255 .262 .264 .265 .274 .283 .338 .340 .340 .393 .421 .436 .462 .474 .--- .513 .517 .548 .580 .630 .639 .647 .681 .740 .747 .802 .814 .834 .839 .851 .907 .973
New Hampshire .450 71.37 .059 .089 .090 .102 .147 .150 .156 .174 .202 .206 .233 .246 .252 .254 .255 .263 .272 .327 .328 .328 .380 .408 .423 .449 .461 .487 .--- .504 .535 .567 .618 .627 .635 .670 .730 .737 .794 .806 .827 .832 .844 .902 .972
Ohio State    .447 70.22 .058 .087 .088 .101 .145 .148 .154 .172 .200 .203 .230 .243 .249 .251 .252 .260 .269 .323 .325 .325 .377 .404 .419 .445 .457 .483 .496 .--- .531 .563 .614 .623 .631 .666 .727 .733 .791 .804 .824 .829 .842 .901 .972
Notre Dame    .429 61.96 .051 .078 .079 .090 .130 .133 .139 .155 .181 .184 .209 .220 .227 .228 .229 .237 .245 .297 .298 .298 .348 .374 .389 .414 .426 .452 .465 .469 .--- .532 .584 .594 .601 .638 .701 .708 .770 .783 .806 .811 .825 .889 .968
Northern Mich .411 54.50 .046 .069 .070 .080 .116 .119 .124 .139 .162 .165 .188 .199 .205 .206 .207 .215 .222 .270 .272 .272 .319 .345 .359 .384 .395 .420 .433 .437 .468 .--- .553 .562 .570 .608 .673 .681 .746 .760 .785 .791 .805 .876 .964
AK-Fairbanks  .382 44.11 .037 .057 .057 .066 .096 .098 .103 .115 .136 .138 .158 .168 .173 .174 .175 .181 .188 .231 .232 .232 .275 .299 .312 .335 .346 .370 .382 .386 .416 .447 .--- .510 .518 .556 .625 .633 .704 .720 .747 .753 .770 .851 .955
Mass-Amherst  .376 42.43 .036 .055 .055 .063 .093 .095 .099 .111 .131 .133 .153 .162 .167 .168 .169 .175 .182 .224 .225 .225 .267 .291 .304 .326 .337 .361 .373 .377 .406 .438 .490 .--- .508 .547 .616 .624 .696 .712 .739 .746 .763 .846 .954
Northeastern  .372 41.09 .035 .053 .054 .061 .090 .092 .096 .108 .128 .130 .149 .158 .163 .164 .165 .171 .177 .218 .220 .220 .261 .284 .297 .319 .330 .353 .365 .369 .399 .430 .482 .492 .--- .539 .609 .617 .689 .705 .733 .740 .757 .841 .952
Harvard       .352 35.20 .030 .046 .046 .053 .078 .080 .084 .094 .111 .113 .130 .138 .143 .144 .144 .150 .156 .193 .194 .194 .232 .254 .266 .287 .296 .319 .330 .334 .362 .392 .444 .453 .461 .--- .571 .580 .655 .672 .702 .709 .727 .820 .945
Brown         .316 26.43 .023 .035 .035 .040 .060 .061 .064 .072 .086 .088 .101 .108 .111 .112 .112 .117 .122 .152 .153 .153 .185 .203 .214 .232 .240 .260 .270 .273 .299 .327 .375 .384 .391 .429 .--- .509 .588 .606 .639 .647 .667 .773 .928
Merrimack     .312 25.52 .022 .034 .034 .039 .058 .059 .062 .070 .083 .085 .098 .104 .108 .109 .109 .113 .118 .148 .149 .149 .180 .198 .208 .226 .234 .253 .263 .267 .292 .319 .367 .376 .383 .420 .491 .--- .579 .598 .631 .639 .659 .767 .925
RPI           .276 18.54 .016 .025 .025 .029 .043 .044 .046 .052 .062 .063 .073 .078 .081 .081 .082 .085 .089 .112 .113 .113 .138 .152 .160 .175 .182 .198 .206 .209 .230 .254 .296 .304 .311 .345 .412 .421 .--- .519 .554 .562 .584 .705 .900
Dartmouth     .268 17.17 .015 .023 .023 .027 .040 .041 .043 .048 .058 .059 .068 .073 .075 .076 .076 .079 .083 .105 .105 .105 .129 .142 .150 .164 .170 .186 .194 .196 .217 .240 .280 .288 .295 .328 .394 .402 .481 .--- .535 .543 .566 .689 .893
Army          .254 14.95 .013 .020 .020 .023 .035 .036 .037 .042 .051 .051 .060 .064 .066 .067 .067 .070 .073 .092 .093 .093 .114 .126 .133 .146 .152 .166 .173 .176 .194 .215 .253 .261 .267 .298 .361 .369 .446 .465 .--- .509 .531 .659 .879
Princeton     .251 14.44 .012 .019 .020 .023 .034 .034 .036 .041 .049 .050 .058 .062 .064 .064 .065 .067 .070 .089 .090 .090 .111 .122 .129 .142 .147 .161 .168 .171 .189 .209 .247 .254 .260 .291 .353 .361 .438 .457 .491 .--- .523 .651 .875
Union         .242 13.19 .011 .018 .018 .021 .031 .032 .033 .037 .045 .046 .053 .057 .059 .059 .059 .062 .065 .082 .083 .083 .102 .113 .119 .131 .136 .149 .156 .158 .175 .195 .230 .237 .243 .273 .333 .341 .416 .434 .469 .477 .--- .630 .865
Yale          .199 7.745 .007 .010 .011 .012 .018 .019 .020 .022 .027 .027 .032 .034 .035 .036 .036 .037 .039 .050 .050 .050 .062 .070 .074 .081 .085 .093 .098 .099 .111 .124 .149 .154 .159 .180 .227 .233 .295 .311 .341 .349 .370 .--- .790
Air Force     .133 2.059 .002 .003 .003 .003 .005 .005 .005 .006 .007 .007 .009 .009 .010 .010 .010 .010 .011 .014 .014 .014 .017 .020 .021 .023 .024 .027 .028 .028 .032 .036 .045 .046 .048 .055 .072 .075 .100 .107 .121 .125 .135 .210 .---
All teams in the group have undefined HHWPs with:


[Scersk '97]

Thanks, John. Observations:

(1) Is that output for '97 rather than '96? 'Cause I don't see UIC.
(2) 43 teams! One forgets...
(3) Boy, another great illustration of why it's PWR rather than KRACH. Wouldn't have been much of a national tournament that year. Good 'ol "last 20" criterion.

[jtwcornell91]

Thanks, John. Observations:

(1) Is that output for '97 rather than '96? 'Cause I don't see UIC.
(2) 43 teams! One forgets...
(3) Boy, another great illustration of why it's PWR rather than KRACH. Wouldn't have been much of a national tournament that year. Good 'ol "last 20" criterion.

Well, the file is called "1996", so I suspect the problem is that the script I used to generate it 15-ish years ago didn't include IC in its list of known teams (since I wasn't running the ranking codes until 1998).  I should really use my old results files to generate KRACH again at some point.  If I were really enterprising I would put up DIY pages and scripts going back to 1996, but I fear I don't have the time these days.

As for point 3, I've always said that if you want to ensure conference balance in the field, you should impose that as a selection criterion, rather than using a rating system that makes it look like there is more parity than there really is.  (OTOH, KRACH with a fictitious team, as Ken Butler originally implemented it, may be a better approach for that anyway.)

BTW, if you look in the Hockey-L archives, you should be able to find Ken's posting of KRACH back in the 90s.

[Scersk '97]

If I were really enterprising I would put up DIY pages and scripts going back to 1996, but I fear I don't have the time these days.

If I were really enterprising, I'd get off my ass and write something to do this myself! But then, I'm lazy. And, hell, I don't even know where one might find historical result composites——collegehockeystats.net has back to 2001, methinks, but I've never found anything further back.

BTW, if you look in the Hockey-L archives, you should be able to find Ken's posting of KRACH back in the 90s.

I've looked before, and I'll try again, but I've never been able to find it. For some reason, the last easily found posting from Ken Butler regarding KRACH comes at the end of the 1995 season; he returns to post more at the beginning of the 2000 season. Perhaps he took it to info-hockey-l, which isn't archived as far as I know, in the interim? There are some isolated references to KRACH by other posters, but no obvious posting to the list.