This Year's "Three Goals"

[Greg Berge]

> At the time, at least, I could have sworn goal #3 was to get home ice for the ECAC Quarterfinals.

I'm sorry, you are of course right and I'm an idiot.  ::help::

It is nice to see the effect of altered expectations on hindsight, however. :-D

[Greg Berge]

Also, winning the ECACs after a good season gives the NCAA an excuse to keep us East, while losing the ECACs after a good season could possibly send us west.

[Josh '99]

[Q]Greg Berge Wrote:
Also, winning the ECACs after a good season gives the NCAA an excuse to keep us East, while losing the ECACs after a good season could possibly send us west.[/q]
On the bright side, that's a good excuse for a roadtrip to an exciting new destination!  :-D

[Jacob '06]

Where are the regionals and finals this year?

[Beeeej]

Worcester, Amherst, Minneapolis, and Grand Rapids (Michigan); then Columbus, Ohio.

Beeeej

[Jacob '06]

Kinda silly to have worcester and amherst....only a couple hours apart.

[Beeeej]

For some people that's a feature, not a bug.  You have a realistic chance of catching all six games over the three days if you hustle.

What do you see as the drawback of having them so close together?  No matter where you put them, someone's hometown fans will have to travel a fair distance to be there.

Beeeej

[Jacob '06]

I guess it would make more sense to me to spread them out more around the hotbeds of hockey. Of course theres 2 out by michigan and minnesota and 2 in massachusettes which are the 2 pretty central areas. But I guess the issue I see with it is how do you decide which regional a team like cornell goes to. I also guess that could be looked at as an advantage for them since they have more flexibility in placing teams in the brackets.

[billhoward]

College hoops is so big nobody snickers when Duke essentially hosts the West Regional at the LA Forum. Although they're starting to call the regionals by the names of the host cities. Either the team's fans are willing and able to buy tickets for flights accross the country just days in advance ... or it's one more sign that that part of college sports is all about adults in the seats, not students.

OTOH, with TV as good as it is - real TV, not Web TV - fans can at least experience the game as well or better as being there in person. Er, see the game and the goals and replays. You won't experience it in quite the same way.

Does Cornell, did Cornell in 2003, set up a big screen projection in Lynah or Newman or the Straight for the NCAAs? For the ECACs? It's somethign that ought to be experienced in HD on a 20-foot screen with 500 of your closest friends. I bet it's a dry event, though. Sheesh. Killjoys.

[Bio '04]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

Does Cornell, did Cornell in 2003, set up a big screen projection in Lynah or Newman or the Straight for the NCAAs? For the ECACs? It's somethign that ought to be experienced in HD on a 20-foot screen with 500 of your closest friends. I bet it's a dry event, though. Sheesh. Killjoys. [/q]

I remember watching the Frozen Four in Statler Auditorium.  The prof that was set to teach a class said he'd hold off starting as long as he could.  There was also one guy wearing a UHN jersey.  Brave soul.

There were several "big" screens scattered throughout campus (like the Campus Store).

[jeh25]

[Q]Beeeej Wrote:

 For some people that's a feature, not a bug.  You have a realistic chance of catching all six games over the three days if you hustle.
[/q]
 
That, and they're both under 90 min from my house (and hot tub).

[Ack]

The defense will be a little less tense knowing that there is some artillery on their side too.

[Ack]

Thankfully, "exciting" and "new" are words that don't describe Hamilton.

[Ack]

If the hot tub can hold more than Lynah, you could sell tickets.

[jtwcornell91]

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