WTF???

[Section A]

in the East...

1. Cornell
2. BC
3. OSU
4. MSU-Mankato.


That's ridiculous...

[Tom Shen \'01 \'02]

Yeah, the #1 seed didn't get us anything special. All I can say is. . . . bring it on.

[Tub(a)]

So, being the number one team we get to play the highest ranked 4th seed and (potentially) a team that has a neutral site victory over us or the highest ranked 2nd seed at a regional that is not the closest to us.

Hey selection commitee:

::flipd::

[Greenberg]

Well, i wanted providence... but not exactly like this.

Still, i'm purchasing tickets for the Sunday game tomorrow.   They WILL beat Minn St, right?

[jtwcornell91]

Actually, we got the lower of the two WCHA 4-seeds, since SCSU wins the comparison with Mankato once the bonus points are figured in.  I presume they put us in the bracket with BC instead of Maine or BU to make up for that.

[Chris 02]

Wow was Schafer ever holding back in that interview!!!!.....all I could think when I saw those brackets was "Kill Schafer Kill, Kill Schafer Kill"

[min \'97]

on espn.com's frozen four predictions, two picked cornell to win it all.
but not adam wodon...

the page is here: http://espn.go.com/ncaa/s/03frozenpicks.html

[JordanCS]

I was thinking the same thing: We got totally screwed.  I would say we likely have the toughest draw in the entire tourny, and yet, we're the #1 seed?  What the hell?  Isn't the whole idea for the best team to get the easiest draw?  In all honesty, I'd swap with Harvard in an instant...I think they have an easier draw, and truly, probably just as tough a first round.

Jordan

[RedFan]

You guys are showing a lot of class.
I'm incredibly pissed.

[nyc94]

Anybody know the email addresses for the committee? :-)

[CUFan]

Folks
Here you go.

Just picked the UMASS AD email off the UMASS web site.  Chair of the commiitee.


ianmccaw@admin.umass.edu

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]Anybody know the email addresses for the committee? [/Q]
Yes ;-), but it wouldn't do much good now. Honestly guys, they had no choice.

Minn & CC are #1s. MSU and SCSU are #4s. They *can't* play each other by the guidelines, unless absolutely necessary, so MSU and SCSu had to come East. They gave us MSU, who's the lower of the two, and they gave us the easiest #2, BC in the 2nd round to make up for it. That move, btw, pissed of Maine, who has to go west. So they pissed off Maine to piss us off a bit less, they tried, and did what they could within the rules.

I guarantee they'll be dialog this summer about what we want the rules to be... again .

In the meantime, if we can't beat a team of MSU's stature, then we weren't going too far anyways. Fine, give us a test, it'll be a great game.

[Ben \'03]

::flipd::::flipd::::flipd::::flipd::This is the committees attempt at an "objective" selection process. . .the best team  should not be getting rewarded with playing the lowest seed. Instead they decided to go with the "subjective" attitude. . .the seeds mean absolutely nothing and we're going to avoid match-ups in the first round.
WHAT KIND OF DRUGS ARE THOSE A$$HOLES ON??? I am SO pissed right now. . .I'm having trouble typing this. ::flipd::::flipd::::flipd::::flipd::

[Tom Pasniewski 98]

I understand us getting Mankato.  The rules never said that 1 gets 16, just that 1-4 gets 13-16 and no conference matchups.  With 5 WCHA schools, the only way to avoid was to have a WCHA come to Cornell's bracket.

Why Cornell's bracket couldn't have been in Worcester and thus cheaper and also avoiding the second round BU-UNH, I don't know.

[French Rage]

I agree with DeltaOne.

You win a championship by beating the good teams.  If we are a national championshio team, then we sure as **** can beat a team like Mankato.

Instead of bitching, we should welcome the challenge of a tough #4 seed.  At least it'll stop the UND assholes from whining about how easy we have it.