Bracketology

[Steve M]

[Q]Ken '70 Wrote:

 How many of you astute prognosticators and observers of the PWR noticed that Harvard's win over Union last night dropped Miami out of TUC and reduced MI's TUC comparison advantage over Cornell to .002, bringing Cornell a you-know-what hair from #5 overall and a spot in Denver's bracket in the east?

Observing minutia like this is much more germane to what will keep Cornell "home" in the regionals than vapid speculation about what violence the committee will/should do to the natural seedings to maximize attendance (news flash - not much!).

[/q]

Except that everything is going to change between now and the end of the year.  Denver might be the #3 seed and Minny might be #4 by the end of the season, so the discussion of the potential "violence" ::rolleyes:: the committee might do the the natural seedings is a much more relavent topic of conversation at this time.  I never claimed to be an expert.  All I've said is no one has any concrete data to determine whether "natural seedings" will trump attendance concerns.  I guess you're an expert by releasing your news flash.  Can you quote a source besides Moy's articles?

[KeithK]

[q]Seems to me there was a quarterfinal series in the CCHA a few years ago where it would have been better for the higher-ranked team (Michigan?) to lose one game of the series rather than sweep it, because the losing team would remain a TUC with the single win. [/q]I remember that as well.  It was Michigan though I can't point to the year or opposing team. I suspect a littel time searching the H-L archives would find it, if I cared enough to look.

[jkahn]

Northeastern's win over UMass tonight makes Miami a TUC, as they had played Northeastern earlier in the season.  This results in a 2-0 addition to Michigan's record vs. TUCs.  
Why am I even paying attention to this at this point?  Bracketology should be forbidden until two weeks are left in the regular season.

[nyc94]

[Q]jkahn Wrote:
Why am I even paying attention to this at this point?[/q]

Because come March you won't be "that guy" that is convinced the Committee screwed us.  See Maine fans in 2003 that don't understand why Maine was sent west while BC played in Providence.

[billhoward]

[Q]jkahn Wrote: Why am I even paying attention to this at this point?  Bracketology should be forbidden until two weeks are left in the regular season.[/q]

Because you believe GNP and personal productivity are growing too quickly and our collective time on eLynahcarping about bracketology or McKee's chances for the Hobey  is part of a grass-roots circuit breaker mechanism that keeps the economy from overheating.