Cornell in Pairwise and KRACH

Jim Hyla · February 07, 2009, 03:50:49 PM

[quote nyc94]Current Bracketology is up at USCHO.

The part we would be interested in:

West Regional (Minneapolis)
13 North Dakota vs. 4 Cornell
10 Minnesota vs. 7 Miami[/quote]The only good thing about this is that we might have Minny on our side for the first game. Thus, we might get to play the cowbell. Otherwise, it's terrible. I'd take a second seed any day over this.

marty · February 07, 2009, 04:32:44 PM

[quote Jim Hyla][quote nyc94]Current Bracketology is up at USCHO.

The part we would be interested in:

West Regional (Minneapolis)
13 North Dakota vs. 4 Cornell
10 Minnesota vs. 7 Miami[/quote]The only good thing about this is that we might have Minny on our side for the first game. Thus, we might get to play the cowbell. Otherwise, it's terrible. I'd take a second seed any day over this.[/quote]

Jim,

Wasn't it at Minnesota that they put you up against the wall after being frustrated during their search for the cowbell? Was that a different arena?

Jim Hyla · February 07, 2009, 11:53:47 PM

[quote marty][quote Jim Hyla][quote nyc94]Current Bracketology is up at USCHO.

The part we would be interested in:

West Regional (Minneapolis)
13 North Dakota vs. 4 Cornell
10 Minnesota vs. 7 Miami[/quote]The only good thing about this is that we might have Minny on our side for the first game. Thus, we might get to play the cowbell. Otherwise, it's terrible. I'd take a second seed any day over this.[/quote]

Jim,

Wasn't it at Minnesota that they put you up against the wall after being frustrated during their search for the cowbell? Was that a different arena?[/quote]Indeed it was.::flipd::

lynah80 · February 10, 2009, 01:55:01 AM

With the Beanpot win, BU goes to 0.6037 rpi, 14-3-1 TUC, and 4-1/5-2 COP vs Cornell. They are opening a gap with the competition (Notre Dame split with Ohio State). They have two games against UMass at the end of the month, which could be beneficial to Cornell, but they are looking very strong right now.

Chris '03 · February 10, 2009, 08:07:29 AM

[quote lynah80]With the Beanpot win, BU goes to 0.6037 rpi, 14-3-1 TUC, and 4-1/5-2 COP vs Cornell. They are opening a gap with the competition (Notre Dame split with Ohio State). They have two games against UMass at the end of the month, which could be beneficial to Cornell, but they are looking very strong right now.[/quote]

Both teams looked to be playing on a much higher level than Cornell. BU in particular looked very very good. If Cornell played BU tomorrow they'd lose big.

Chris 02 · February 10, 2009, 09:59:21 AM

How did Clarkson get a single 20th place vote this past week in the meaningless poll?

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/

lynah80 · February 17, 2009, 06:55:28 PM

I don't know if this is common knowledge at eLynah, but the NCAA has added a new component to the final 16 bracket:

"The only other change to this year's bracket from last is that a team must have a .500 record or better to qualify. The "rule" was implemented last summer by the committee, in the aftermath of Wisconsin qualifying with an at-large bid despite being sub-.500."

Also, the regionalization mandate will not take effect this year.

see:

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2009/02/17_regionalization.php

KeithK · February 17, 2009, 07:22:40 PM

So we've come full circle. They should have never gotten rid of the .500 requirement when they traded it for an RPI cutoff. Havign both makes sense.

Al DeFlorio · February 17, 2009, 07:39:30 PM

[quote KeithK]So we've come full circle. They should have never gotten rid of the .500 requirement when they traded it for an RPI cutoff. Havign both makes sense.[/quote]
Exactly right. A team that doesn't win half its games doesn't deserve to compete for the national championship.

[Should apply to the ECAC tournament as well, IMHO.::idea::]

KeithK · February 17, 2009, 09:04:42 PM

[quote Al DeFlorio][Should apply to the ECAC tournament as well, IMHO.::idea::][/quote]Please don't spin me up Al. No one wants to read my rants on the subject. :-)

Rita · February 17, 2009, 09:10:46 PM

Just curious, does anyone else out there want the title of this thread changed (or a new one started).

The last three weekends have caused us to tumble from that lofty position.

Okay, I'll stop nit-picking for now. ;-)

cth95 · February 17, 2009, 09:47:53 PM

[quote Rita]Just curious, does anyone else out there want the title of this thread changed (or a new one started).

The last three weekends have caused us to tumble from that lofty position.
[/quote]

I have been thinking the same thing whenever I open this thread. Unfortunately, it should more accurately read "falls" from #1, #3, #6, etc. Hopefully this freefall will stop and turn back around a few spots before the end of the season.

lynah80 · February 18, 2009, 12:01:40 AM

Okay, I gave the thread a neutral title. Let's hope that Cornell turns things around though. 19-6-4 is very do-able, I think.

Rita · February 18, 2009, 12:19:36 AM

[quote lynah80]Okay, I gave the thread a neutral title. Let's hope that Cornell turns things around though. 19-6-4 is very do-able, I think.[/quote]

Thank you. **]

lynah80 · February 18, 2009, 01:12:14 AM

From the New Haven Register 2/17/09

BRACKETOLOGY

East Regional - (Bridgeport, Conn.)

No. 1 Northeastern vs. No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth
No. 2 Yale vs. No. 3 North Dakota

Northeast Regional - (Manchester, N.H.)

No. 1 Boston University vs. No. 4 Niagara
No. 2 Denver vs. No. 3 New Hampshire

Midwest Regional - (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 4 RIT
No. 2 Miami-Ohio vs. No. 3 Princeton

West Regional - (Minneapolis, Minn.)

No. 1 Vermont vs. No. 4 Minnesota
No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 3 Cornell