Bracketology Begins

[Roy 82]

We haven't won a conference game in 2 months.

We have only lost 3 conference games in the past 2 months!

5, I think?

Whoops, I forgot (repressed) last weekend!

I put exclamation points at the end of every sentence!

[BearLover]

We haven't won a conference game in 2 months.

We have only lost 3 conference games in the past 2 months!

5, I think?

Whoops, I forgot (repressed) last weekend!

I put exclamation points at the end of every sentence!

Nice!

[Roy 82]

We haven't won a conference game in 2 months.

We have only lost 3 conference games in the past 2 months!

5, I think?

Whoops, I forgot (repressed) last weekend!

I put exclamation points at the end of every sentence!

Nice!

Thanks!

[Jim Hyla]

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This week's brackets

East Regional (Albany):
14 Robert Morris vs. 4 Boston College
11 Harvard vs. 5 Providence

Northeast Regional (Worcester):
15 Minnesota State vs. 1 Quinnipiac
10 Yale vs 8 Boston University

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):
13 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 3 North Dakota
12 Denver vs. 6 Michigan

West Regional (St. Paul):
16 Minnesota vs. 2 St. Cloud State
9 Omaha vs. 7 Notre Dame
Conference breakdowns

Hockey East — 5
NCHC — 4
ECAC Hockey — 3
Big Ten — 2
WCHA — 1
Atlantic Hockey — 1
On the move

In: None

Out: None

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2016/02/10/five-weeks-out-and-the-field-remains-the-same/#ixzz3znt4yubD



[Jim Hyla]

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This week's brackets

East Regional (Albany):
15 Minnesota State vs. 4 Boston College
[b][u]12 Harvard vs. 5 Providence[/u][/b]

Northeast Regional (Worcester):
[b][u]16 Robert Morris vs. 1 Quinnipiac[/u][/b]
[b][u]10 Yale vs 8 Denver[/u][/b]

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):
13 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 3 North Dakota
11 Boston University vs. 6 Michigan

West Regional (St. Paul):
14 Minnesota vs. 2 St. Cloud State
9 Omaha vs. 7 Notre Dame
Conference breakdowns

Hockey East — 5
NCHC — 4
ECAC Hockey — 3
Big Ten — 2
WCHA — 1
Atlantic Hockey — 1
On the move

In: None

Out: None

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2016/02/17/four-weeks-out-and-this-is-beginning-to-be-a-trend/#ixzz40SqYqrEZ



[upprdeck]

Some interesting PWR stuff to happen this week..

Mass -lowell has 2 games with #3 BC

Neb Omaha which is 8-11 in their league yet #11 in PWR plays 2 with #4 North Dakota and then next week 2 at #8 Denver
getting them to drop would help our cause

need mich to run the table and knock PSU/Minn/OSU out

[Dafatone]

Some interesting PWR stuff to happen this week..

Mass -lowell has 2 games with #3 BC

Neb Omaha which is 8-11 in their league yet #11 in PWR plays 2 with #4 North Dakota and then next week 2 at #8 Denver
getting them to drop would help our cause

need mich to run the table and knock PSU/Minn/OSU out

Huh.  I guess those games worry me a little.  I'm not sure losing to a top team would hurt the PWR of Mass Lowell or UNO, but a win or two would really help.

[jeff '84]

Adam's early take on CHN:

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2016/02/23_bracket_abcs_february_edition.php

[upprdeck]

if UNO stays in the top 16 with  those losses and is 8-15 and 6th in their own league then using the PWR to decide who gets in is completely broken,

who did they beat to get such a lofty ranking OC?

vermont/air force/ohio state sub 20 teams.

[KeithK]

if UNO stays in the top 16 with  those losses and is 8-15 and 6th in their own league then using the PWR to decide who gets in is completely broken,

who did they beat to get such a lofty ranking OC?

vermont/air force/ohio state sub 20 teams.

If this is evidence of a broken system it's only broken in that there are too many teams in the tournament. UNO still have a winning percentage north of .600 and there are only a few teams below them in PWR that have a higher pct, none of whom scream out "must get a bid".

[Swampy]

if UNO stays in the top 16 with  those losses and is 8-15 and 6th in their own league then using the PWR to decide who gets in is completely broken,

who did they beat to get such a lofty ranking OC?

vermont/air force/ohio state sub 20 teams.

Hard for us to make much of a case, at least in the court of public opinion, if they beat tOSU.

Maybe the best thing to come of this season will be for our YOUNG team to learn it has to show up EVERY night.

[Dafatone]

if UNO stays in the top 16 with  those losses and is 8-15 and 6th in their own league then using the PWR to decide who gets in is completely broken,

who did they beat to get such a lofty ranking OC?

vermont/air force/ohio state sub 20 teams.

If this is evidence of a broken system it's only broken in that there are too many teams in the tournament. UNO still have a winning percentage north of .600 and there are only a few teams below them in PWR that have a higher pct, none of whom scream out "must get a bid".

A 16 team field is about 25% of D-1, which I think is easy to forget.

[Trotsky]

if UNO stays in the top 16 with  those losses and is 8-15 and 6th in their own league then using the PWR to decide who gets in is completely broken,

who did they beat to get such a lofty ranking OC?

vermont/air force/ohio state sub 20 teams.

If this is evidence of a broken system it's only broken in that there are too many teams in the tournament. UNO still have a winning percentage north of .600 and there are only a few teams below them in PWR that have a higher pct, none of whom scream out "must get a bid".

A 16 team field is about 25% of D-1, which I think is easy to forget.

The problem is 12 sucks.  By all rights it ought to be 8.  But by all rights the ECACs ought to be 8, too.

[KeithK]

if UNO stays in the top 16 with  those losses and is 8-15 and 6th in their own league then using the PWR to decide who gets in is completely broken,

who did they beat to get such a lofty ranking OC?

vermont/air force/ohio state sub 20 teams.

If this is evidence of a broken system it's only broken in that there are too many teams in the tournament. UNO still have a winning percentage north of .600 and there are only a few teams below them in PWR that have a higher pct, none of whom scream out "must get a bid".

A 16 team field is about 25% of D-1, which I think is easy to forget.

The problem is 12 sucks.  By all rights it ought to be 8.  But by all rights the ECACs ought to be 8, too.

Yeah, I think twelve would be the perfect number of bids, given the size of D1. If some smart person can find a way to make 12 be a power of 2 that would be awesome.

[BearLover]

Less than 16 means either conference champs wouldn't get in or many deserving teams wouldn't make it.