Maine Loses? Cornell #2 in PWR?

nyc94 · February 21, 2003, 09:40:04 PM

As shown on USCHO.

Beeeej · February 21, 2003, 09:41:23 PM

It appears that after tonight's results - pending the final outcomes of a few slightly less relevant games, obviously - we're #2 in RPI, KRACH, and PWR.

Wow. :-D

Beeeej

Greg Berge · February 21, 2003, 09:58:37 PM

Wow.

ZooeyDog · February 21, 2003, 10:04:50 PM

I went to the UMass-Maine game. Maine was bitchslapped. Not as close as the score indicated. A side benefit is that Jim Howard gave up four goals, so Lenny's lead in all relevant stats grows....

The excitement over being #2 is all probably for naught, though, unless we can get Providence the heck out of the tournament. A CU-PC first-rounder in Providence looms (lots of assumptions made about the ECACs, natch).

ZD

jtwcornell91 · February 21, 2003, 10:57:17 PM

ZooeyDog wrote:

QuoteThe excitement over being #2 is all probably for naught, though, unless we can get Providence the heck out of the tournament. A CU-PC first-rounder in Providence looms (lots of assumptions made about the ECACs, natch).

Damn BU, anyway.

ZooeyDog · February 21, 2003, 10:57:46 PM

Shoot. And now with Minnesota's win we're back to being tied with Maine in PWR (losing the comparison with the Gophers).

Hm. A little fluid, one supposes.

Let's just win the friggin' ECAC.

ZD

Robb · February 21, 2003, 11:02:48 PM

Yes, but we still win the individual comparison with ME and have the higher RPI, so we're ahead of ME any way you slice it. Nevertheless, we probably still end up as #1 in Providence so that ME/PC don't meet in the first round.

Greg Berge · February 22, 2003, 12:21:50 AM

#1 in Providence would still beat #1 in Ann Arbor.

jtwcornell91 · February 22, 2003, 07:50:32 AM

But Alabama-Huntsville at a neutral site would be a much better first-round draw than Providence at home. Of course then we'd have to hear fans of some fourth-place WCHA team talk smack about what an easy bracket they were in.

BTW, if you take away our win over RPI last night, we'd still be #2 in the RPI.

Robb · February 22, 2003, 08:03:10 AM

Heck, yeah! It just would have been nice to face a MAAC/CHA team at a neutral site rather than PC at home....

Greg Berge · February 22, 2003, 11:02:01 AM

With Providence in there is no neutral site. Rather Cornell play on the road in an eastern regional than on the road at Yost or Mariucci. That they might put off the away game to round 2 out there does not matter, since this year's mission is to get all the way through to the F4.

jd212 · February 22, 2003, 09:40:45 PM

come on, it's not like half of the rink wouldn't be cornell fans anyway. PC is no big deal....

ZooeyDog · February 23, 2003, 07:59:12 AM

As sweet as it's been to have all these high-flying western teams lose, is anyone else starting to get uncomfortable seeing three Hockey East teams bunch around us in PWR? (Let alone Providence's resurgence.) It's starting to look like the perfect excuse to send us west....

My opinion is it's a sad state of affairs when a team like Cornell has a truly terrific year, and we have to preoccupy ourselves with the idea of Providence looming at home ice (or Michigan, or Minnesota...). Am I the first one to say this: the rule to keep low seeds in their home building no matter what is $&%ing ridiculous. I know, I know, guaranteeing revenues for host buildings, whatever. And I know, God, I sound naive. But jeez, if you wanted to ensure packed buildings, play the regionals at the top-seeded schools' home sites, and let the NCAA control the revenues.

I know. Never happen. I'm a wuss. But the fact is, we probably *should* fear Minnesota, Michigan and even Providence on the road, in a one-game situation. At least a little.

GO BU!!! ::uhoh::

ZD

Greg Berge · February 23, 2003, 09:31:00 AM

> if you wanted to ensure packed buildings, play the regionals at the top-seeded schools' home sites

You can't do that, because then Cornell with 3800 would host a regional. Instead they want a venue with 8000 to host. Except then they can't fill the 8000. So they have to warp the rules to get a local team to play there.

Just weight PWR by home attendence, take the top 16 teams by revenue size, and be done with it.

DeltaOne81 · February 23, 2003, 12:10:07 PM

[Q]But the fact is, we probably *should* fear Minnesota, Michigan and even Providence on the road, in a one-game situation. At least a little.[/Q]
Oh come on, it's the NCAA tournament, we should fear anybody in a one game situation. You may want to argue except the MAAC and the CHA champs, and I'd agree it's a lesser degree, but the fact is when you're playing at the top 16 (or at least 14) teams in the country, you're not really gonna get a day off. Everyone comes to play, and we better too. We can not like facing a firey Providence at Providence, but the tournament is supposed to be a real test and it will be.