the PWR

[upperdeck]

just noticed we climbed to 19th in the PWR.. but what kind of system is it that a team thats 8th in its league and 5 under .500 is 16th?? and the have allowed 20 more then that have scored?

[Jacob '06]

[quote upperdeck]just noticed we climbed to 19th in the PWR.. but what kind of system is it that a team thats 8th in its league and 5 under .500 is 16th?? and the have allowed 20 more then that have scored?[/quote]

Since when were we 8th in our league?

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Jacob '06][quote upperdeck]just noticed we climbed to 19th in the PWR.. but what kind of system is it that a team thats 8th in its league and 5 under .500 is 16th?? and the have allowed 20 more then that have scored?[/quote]

Since when were we 8th in our league?[/quote]

Read upper's posting again, a bit closer this time

[KeithK]

[quote Jacob '06][quote upperdeck]just noticed we climbed to 19th in the PWR.. but what kind of system is it that a team thats 8th in its league and 5 under .500 is 16th?? and the have allowed 20 more then that have scored?[/quote]

Since when were we 8th in our league?[/quote]
Since when were we 5 under .500 either?  He's not talking about us.

[Jacob '06]

Doh!

[upperdeck]

sorry.. minn duluth..

[French Rage]

[quote upperdeck]sorry.. minn duluth..[/quote]

If you guys posted on USCHO more, you would know that the 10th place team in the WCHA would clearly still be the first place team in any other conference.

[Chris 02]

Duluth is done.  They lost to Denver last night, so no more room for wins...and the rules for picking teams from the Pairwise state you have to be .500 or better overall.

[jeff '84]

"[quote Chris 02]Duluth is done.  They lost to Denver last night, so no more room for wins...and the rules for picking teams from the Pairwise state you have to be .500 or better overall.[/quote]

Maybe not: http://www.uscho.com/blogs/uscho/in-the-corner-with-jim-connelly

"For about six hours today, this exact blog space was occupied by a story reacting to what we thought was new legislation instituted by the NCAA men's ice hockey committee that would require at-large teams in this year's NCAA tournament to posses a record at or above .500.

Well, according to an email that USCHO.com received from the NCAA today, that was a misprint.

So go on with your life, Minnesota-Duluth. Your tournament life may still hang by a thread, but at least it doesn't hang by your record."

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote jeff '84]"[quote Chris 02]Duluth is done.  They lost to Denver last night, so no more room for wins...and the rules for picking teams from the Pairwise state you have to be .500 or better overall.[/quote]

Maybe not: http://www.uscho.com/blogs/uscho/in-the-corner-with-jim-connelly

"For about six hours today, this exact blog space was occupied by a story reacting to what we thought was new legislation instituted by the NCAA men's ice hockey committee that would require at-large teams in this year's NCAA tournament to posses a record at or above .500.

Well, according to an email that USCHO.com received from the NCAA today, that was a misprint.

So go on with your life, Minnesota-Duluth. Your tournament life may still hang by a thread, but at least it doesn't hang by your record."[/quote]
Ridiculous.  Even high school teams are required to finish at .500 or above to qualify for postseason tournaments.

[Scersk '97]

The college hockey world should be rooting for Wisconsin to drop from serious PWR contention.  I will be happy if Minnesota drops out also.  5 teams?  Fine, but there's no need for the bottom feeding WCHA 6th and 7th teams, especially if and when they lose their quarterfinal series.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Scersk '97]The college hockey world should be rooting for Wisconsin to drop from serious PWR contention.  I will be happy if Minnesota drops out also.  5 teams?  Fine, but there's no need for the bottom feeding WCHA 6th and 7th teams, especially if and when they lose their quarterfinal series.[/quote]

Of course, if they are 6th or 7th, they should lose their quarterfinal.::banana::

[PAthologicalLynah]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote jeff '84]"[quote Chris 02]Duluth is done.  They lost to Denver last night, so no more room for wins...and the rules for picking teams from the Pairwise state you have to be .500 or better overall.[/quote]

Maybe not: http://www.uscho.com/blogs/uscho/in-the-corner-with-jim-connelly

"For about six hours today, this exact blog space was occupied by a story reacting to what we thought was new legislation instituted by the NCAAmen's ice hockey committee that would require at-large teams in this year's NCAA tournament to posses a record at or above .500.

Well, according to an email that USCHO.com received from the NCAA today, that was a misprint.

So go on with your life, Minnesota-Duluth. Your tournament life may still hang by a thread, but at least it doesn't hang by your record."[/quote]
Ridiculous.  Even high school teams are required to finish at .500 or above to qualify for postseason tournaments.[/quote]

I'm not sure I understand what's so ridiculous.  The team's RPI still has to be above .500 to be considered, right?   And isn't the whole point of the RPI to account for balance of schedule?  Minn-Duluth has played 4 games each against Denver, CC, and NoDak.  Believe me, if there were any justifiable way to give it to those stuck up WCHA fans, I would.  

What right do I as a Cornell fan have to say they don't belong there when we've only seen 3 quality opponents all season (BU, Clarkson, and UML) and went 0-3-1 against them?  Not only that, but got utterly embarrased in the BU game at MSG where we looked like a Bush league team?  To me, THAT would be ridiculous.

[Dpperk29]

[quote PAthologicalLynah]
...(BU, Clarkson, and UML) and went 0-4-1 against them? [/quote]

FYP

[PAthologicalLynah]

Thx.   Also, maybe I should include Sucks as a quality opponent.  They hung 11 on Q the other night, and took BC to overtime in the beanpot.