Conference Tournaments / NCAA Bubble

[Trotsky]

Brown wins, 4-zip.  Bruno in their first final since 1993, and the lowest seed (7) to reach the final since 2004 (Clarkson, 9).

[kingpin248]

Canisius 5, Niagara 3. According to CHN this means two Atlantic Hockey teams will make the NCAA tournament for the first time.

[billhoward]

UMass-Lowell logo: I was thinking, the Albany River Rats decide post 9/11 to become the Albany Patriots, go red-white-blue, and this is the logo that says it so proudly.

Meanwhile, this looks like a Hockey East tournament final weekend except with all those empty seats. HE is supposed to sell out.

[ajh258]

So if Union wins, and Brown wins tomorrow, we'll have 4 ECAC teams in the NCAA?

[Trotsky]

Meanwhile, this looks like a Hockey East tournament final weekend except with all those empty seats. HE is supposed to sell out.

Maine and UNH are not supposed to crap out in the QF, either.

[Rita]

So if Union wins, and Brown wins tomorrow, we'll have 4 ECAC teams in the NCAA?

i'm no expert so don't bet your house on this, but union is at 15 and will like get bumped down and out by the AHA winner and Brown if Brown  wins the ECAC. So I think we can get Brown or Union in but not both.  In the WCHA both Wisconsin and CC have to win to get in and both are still alive. And of course Michigan winning the CCHA would screw things up even more.

[Trotsky]

So if Union wins, and Brown wins tomorrow, we'll have 4 ECAC teams in the NCAA?

That would probably knock Union out.  They are only a 15 now.

[Trotsky]

i'm no expert so don't bet your house on this, but union is at 15 and will like get bumped down and out by the AHA winner and Brown if Brown  wins the ECAC. So I think we can get Brown or Union in but not both.

So Yale can ensure the conference 3 reps by losing tonight.

[billhoward]

So if Union wins, and Brown wins tomorrow, we'll have 4 ECAC teams in the NCAA?

Brown makes the NCAAs, they're going to walk to the top of the arena and try to look out a window or fire door to see if they on set at the Truman Show.

[Rita]

the providence - uml game is taking forever. I didn't know they could review icing calls.

[Rosey]

So if Union wins, and Brown wins tomorrow, we'll have 4 ECAC teams in the NCAA?

Brown makes the NCAAs, they're going to walk to the top of the arena and try to look out a window or fire door to see if they on set at the Truman Show.

I wonder if the Cornell players will be watching it from the clubhouse at the golf course.

[jkahn]

North Dakota fell to #11 in PWR afteer last night's results.  Without playing, they were up to #5 about an hour ago, but have since fallen to #7.  It's great that PWR's purely objective but the methodology sure needs some tweaking.

[Rita]

union up 3-0 very early in the 2nd. A very pretty breakout leads to unions 3rd goal.

cc and minnesota tied at 0, late in the 1st.

In the scoreboard watching department for squeakball, FGCU the university in Estero that is a long golf drive from Germain Arena, is taking it to #2 seed Georgetown. This is their 2nd (or 3rd) year of DI basketball eligibility. ::bugeye::

[Jim Hyla]

It's the quietest rink I've ever heard.  Brown must think it's a home game.

Not that it's accurate (they probably don't want to publish the real number), but from the boxscore:

Attendance: 0

[billhoward]

It's the quietest rink I've ever heard.  Brown must think it's a home game.

Not that it's accurate (they probably don't want to publish the real number), but from the boxscore:

Attendance: 0

Those Groupon offers made the turnstiles whirl.