"You are the Committee"

[Chris '03]

Time for everyone's favorite game: find weird NCAA scenarios. http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/yatc.php


What will it take to get 5 ECAC teams in? Here's one plausible way:

# WCHA Play-in #2: Minnesota-Duluth defeats Bemidji State.
# WCHA Play-in #1: Alaska-Anchorage defeats Colorado College.
# WCHA Semifinal #2: Denver defeats Minnesota-Duluth.
# WCHA Semifinal #1: North Dakota defeats Alaska-Anchorage.
# WCHA Championship game: North Dakota defeats Denver.
# Hockey East Semifinal #2: New Hampshire defeats Merrimack.
# Hockey East Semifinal #1: Boston College defeats Northeastern.
# Hockey East Championship game: Boston College defeats New Hampshire.
# ECAC Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Dartmouth.
# ECAC Semifinal #1: Colgate defeats Yale.
# ECAC Championship game: Cornell defeats Colgate.
# ECAC Consolation game: Dartmouth defeats Yale.
# CCHA Semifinal #2: Notre Dame defeats Miami.
# CCHA Semifinal #1: Western Michigan defeats Michigan.
# CCHA Championship game: Western Michigan defeats Notre Dame.
# CCHA Consolation game: Michigan defeats Miami.
# Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: Holy Cross defeats Air Force.
# Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: RIT defeats Connecticut.
# Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Holy Cross defeats RIT.

1. North Dakota
1. BC
1. Yale
4. Michigan
5. Denver
6. Union
6. UMD
8. Merrimack
9. Notre Dame
9. Miami
11. Western
12. UNH
13. Dartmouth
13. RPI
21. Cornell
NR. Holy Cross

[Trotsky]

So worth it to watch WCHA heads asplode.

[Rita]

So worth it to watch WCHA heads asplode.

Would be even better if it was an all-ECAC FF in St. Paul. ::dribble::

[Chris '03]

So worth it to watch WCHA heads asplode.

Would be even better if it was an all-ECAC FF in St. Paul. ::dribble::

I'll settle for a FF with an ECAC team in it.

Last FF:

CHA: 2009 (now defunct)
AHA: 2010
CCHA: 2010
HEA: 2010
WCHA: 2010
ECAC: 2003

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

So worth it to watch WCHA heads asplode.

Would be even better if it was an all-ECAC FF in St. Paul. ::dribble::

I'll settle for a FF with an ECAC team in it.

Last FF:

CHA: 2009 (now defunct)
AHA: 2010
CCHA: 2010
HEA: 2010
WCHA: 2010
ECAC: 2003

At least it was us.  B-]

[Trotsky]

The last time there were 2 ECAC teams in the Frozen Four, one of them was Providence (1983).

The last time there were 2 current ECAC members in the Frozen Four, they were Cornell and Dartmouth (1980).  

1952 St. Lawrence and Yale
1955 Harvard and St. Lawrence
1957 Clarkson and Harvard
1958 Clarkson and Harvard
1961 RPI and St. Lawrence
1962 Clarkson and St. Lawrence
1969 Cornell and Harvard
1970 Cornell and Clarkson
1980 Cornell and Dartmouth

[ugarte]

1. North Dakota
1. BC
1. Yale
4. Michigan
5. Denver
6. Union
6. UMD
8. Merrimack
9. Notre Dame
9. Miami
11. Western
12. UNH
13. Dartmouth
13. RPI
21. Cornell
NR. Holy Cross

Goddamit, shipped out West again!

[Josh '99]

1. North Dakota
1. BC
1. Yale
4. Michigan
5. Denver
6. Union
6. UMD
8. Merrimack
9. Notre Dame
9. Miami
11. Western
12. UNH
13. Dartmouth
13. RPI
21. Cornell
NR. Holy Cross

Goddamit, shipped out West again!

I forget what their current guidelines are - do they still avoid intraconference matchups in the first round, while still keeping teams in 1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 bands?

[Rita]

1. North Dakota
1. BC
1. Yale
4. Michigan
5. Denver
6. Union
6. UMD
8. Merrimack
9. Notre Dame
9. Miami
11. Western
12. UNH
13. Dartmouth
13. RPI
21. Cornell
NR. Holy Cross

Goddamit, shipped out West again!

Given the season we have had, if we should happen to make the NC$$ tourney, I'd be okay* with us being shipped to Timbuktu.

*provided there is an internet feed or tv coverage on a mainstream cable sports network ;-).

[Trotsky]

The ECACs are actually in negotiation with Timbuktu for the next site of their tournament.

[Beeeej]

I know what my intuition says about the answer to this question, but - is there any scenario in which Union doesn't make it?  Or are there just too many spots below them right now and not enough potential upsets?

[Trotsky]

God bless the internet.

[French Rage]

God bless the internet.

Mali doesn't play anyone!

[kingpin248]

The ECACs are actually in negotiation with Timbuktu for the next site of their tournament.

Is Vladivostok already booked for the years in question?

[Josh '99]

Time for everyone's favorite game: find weird NCAA scenarios. http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/yatc.php


What will it take to get 5 ECAC teams in? Here's one plausible way:

# WCHA Play-in #2: Minnesota-Duluth defeats Bemidji State.
# WCHA Play-in #1: Alaska-Anchorage defeats Colorado College.
# WCHA Semifinal #2: Denver defeats Minnesota-Duluth.
# WCHA Semifinal #1: North Dakota defeats Alaska-Anchorage.
# WCHA Championship game: North Dakota defeats Denver.
# Hockey East Semifinal #2: New Hampshire defeats Merrimack.
# Hockey East Semifinal #1: Boston College defeats Northeastern.
# Hockey East Championship game: Boston College defeats New Hampshire.
# ECAC Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Dartmouth.
# ECAC Semifinal #1: Colgate defeats Yale.
# ECAC Championship game: Cornell defeats Colgate.
# ECAC Consolation game: Dartmouth defeats Yale.
# CCHA Semifinal #2: Notre Dame defeats Miami.
# CCHA Semifinal #1: Western Michigan defeats Michigan.
# CCHA Championship game: Western Michigan defeats Notre Dame.
# CCHA Consolation game: Michigan defeats Miami.
# Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: Holy Cross defeats Air Force.
# Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: RIT defeats Connecticut.
# Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Holy Cross defeats RIT.

1. North Dakota
1. BC
1. Yale
4. Michigan
5. Denver
6. Union
6. UMD
8. Merrimack
9. Notre Dame
9. Miami
11. Western
12. UNH
13. Dartmouth
13. RPI
21. Cornell
NR. Holy Cross

Out of curiosity, does "Yale beats Colgate, Cornell beats Yale" not accomplish the same result (5 ECAC teams in the NCAA tourney), or did you just deem Cornell over Yale to be an implausible scenario?  :-}