You Are the Committee

[jtwcornell91]

People seem to need no prompting, but it is there to tinker with:

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/yatc.php

I got three ECAC teams in by having us lose to Union in the final...

[adamw]

And let's remember ... this is the ORIGINAL tool ... programmed by your very own JTW.  Found at CHN.  Any other tool owes its code to John.

[mikek]

If everything plays out according to seeds (including our games) we would end up as a #2 seed, 6th overall.  

If we lose both games and everything else goes according to seed, then we would be the first team out of the tournament (#14) with Union, RIT, and UAH taking the 3 non-at-large spots.  If we flip the Union and SLU game so that we play Union in the consy then we would still end up out at #16 overall.

If we beat Brown and lose to Union in the final and everything else goes according to seed we end up at #11.

Thats all I had time to run for now... basically if we win one game next weekend we should be ok as long as not every AQ is a team that wouldn't have otherwise had a bid (no really possible as whoever wins the WCHA should be high enough).  Lose 2 games and we might be able to squeak in but I wouldn't want to find out (Found one scenario where Ferris, ND, and Vermont win the AQ's and we still get in with losses to Brown and Union...)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

On the downside, if every game goes to the LOWER seed, we end up 20th.

[Chris 02]

The folks at USCHO don't seem real friendly with this kind of blog posting!!!  ::flipc::

http://www.uscho.com/blogs/bracketology/jayson/20100315/how-to-get-cornell-out.html

Shouldn't we be taking a more positive approach to this process?

[sockralex]

Looks hopeful to me.  Bimidji losing didn't help, but the way the USCHO blog post scenarios play out it says "if every game is an upset, then Cornell is out."

[KeithK]

You've got to like your chances when all you have to do (aside from win) is root for the favorites.

[ryeguy]

Has any one been able to get Yale to drop out? I can't seem to. I've tried a few different ways and they still remain in.

[Chris 02]

Has any one been able to get Yale to drop out? I can't seem to. I've tried a few different ways and they still remain in.

Try this:  It involves a bunch of upsets in conference tournaments reducing the at-large pool.

http://www.uscho.com/blogs/bracketology/jayson/20100315/and-heres-yale-not-getting-in.html

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

So far I haven't found a combination where we don't make it if we win at least 1 game.

FWIW

[ryeguy]

Has any one been able to get Yale to drop out? I can't seem to. I've tried a few different ways and they still remain in.

Try this:  It involves a bunch of upsets in conference tournaments reducing the at-large pool.

http://www.uscho.com/blogs/bracketology/jayson/20100315/and-heres-yale-not-getting-in.html

That works. ::burnout::

[ryeguy]

So far I haven't found a combination where we don't make it if we win at least 1 game.

FWIW

Have you tried anything if we tie in the 3rd place game?

[ryeguy]

If we tie against Union in the 3rd place game, I have us as the last team to be taken out. That's if all those terrible upsets happen.

[upperdeck]

the best thing is that the possibilities do down after day one.. at least the team should know if they have to pull the goalie or not before the game is over and is tied.

[mikek]

So far I haven't found a combination where we don't make it if we win at least 1 game.

FWIW

Found one a bunch where if we beat Brown and lose to Union we would be out (one example below puts us at #15)...  we don't want Maine anywhere near the HEA final, Ferris winning seems to be better than N. Mich.  Playing St. Lawrence in the final (or consy) is a lot better for us because a loss to Union is costing us 3 or 4 comparisons due to TUC record.  We really need NoDak to beat UMD in the first round of the final 5, it gives us the COp against UMD and helps out our RPI just a bit.  I haven't found a scenario yet where if NoDak beats UMD and we beat Brown we don't get in.

Hockey East Semifinal #2: Maine defeats Boston University.
Hockey East Semifinal #1: Boston College defeats Vermont.
Hockey East Championship game: Maine defeats Boston College.
ECAC Semifinal #2: Union defeats St. Lawrence.
ECAC Semifinal #1: Cornell defeats Brown.
ECAC Championship game: Union defeats Cornell.
ECAC Consolation game: St. Lawrence defeats Brown.
Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: Sacred Heart defeats Air Force.
Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: Canisius defeats RIT.
Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Canisius defeats Sacred Heart.
CCHA Semifinal #2: Northern Michigan defeats Ferris State.
CCHA Semifinal #1: Michigan defeats Miami.
CCHA Championship game: Northern Michigan defeats Michigan.
CCHA Consolation game: Ferris State defeats Miami.
WCHA Play-in #1: Minnesota-Duluth defeats North Dakota.
WCHA Semifinal #2: St. Cloud State defeats Wisconsin.
WCHA Semifinal #1: Minnesota-Duluth defeats Denver.
WCHA Championship game: Minnesota-Duluth defeats St. Cloud State.
WCHA Consolation game: Wisconsin defeats Denver.