Bracketology 2016-17 Style

[Jim Hyla]

To be honest, I'd root for Harvard against several ECAC opponents.  Q and Union, certainly.

Agree

[BearLover]

Cl>RPI>B>P>StL>Colg>>>>>>U>Q>D>Y>H

[Dafatone]

Cl>RPI>B>P>StL>Colg>>>>>>U>Q>D>Y>H

That's about where I am at.  Put Y at the front of that group and put D at the very back.

God I hate Dartmouth.

[RichH]

To be honest, I'd root for Harvard against several ECAC opponents.  Q and Union, certainly.

Just to clear my conscious, I believe there's a difference between "would root for" and "won't commit seppuku if they win."

[Trotsky]

Cl>RPI>B>P>StL>Colg>>>>>>U>Q>D>Y>H

That's about where I am at.  Put Y at the front of that group and put D at the very back.

God I hate Dartmouth.

Mike needs to pay my way to Hanover every year.  Last time I checked I'm 9-1-1 there.

[Trotsky]

To be honest, I'd root for Harvard against several ECAC opponents.  Q and Union, certainly.

Just to clear my conscious, I believe there's a difference between "would root for" and "won't commit seppuku if they win."

Fair point.

Even during The Drought when we went 0-18-2 against Harvard in RS games, I still rooted hard for them in the NC$$s.  The wogs begin at Calais.

[BearLover]

To be honest, I'd root for Harvard against several ECAC opponents.  Q and Union, certainly.

Just to clear my conscious, I believe there's a difference between "would root for" and "won't commit seppuku if they win."

Fair point.

Even during The Drought when we went 0-18-2 against Harvard in RS games, I still rooted hard for them in the NC$$s.

No

[wakester2468]

Pairwise ranking being so volatile, it seems every game in all leagues except the WCHA and perhaps Atlantic Hockey has a potential impact on the Big Red. So for starters,
rooting for Michigan and Michigan State today seems to makes sense. Thaat is unless one of the two makes an improbable run and steal the Big Ten automatic bid in which case
not such a good thing.

[Dafatone]

Pairwise ranking being so volatile, it seems every game in all leagues except the WCHA and perhaps Atlantic Hockey has a potential impact on the Big Red. So for starters,
rooting for Michigan and Michigan State today seems to makes sense. Thaat is unless one of the two makes an improbable run and steal the Big Ten automatic bid in which case
not such a good thing.

We want air force in the AH.  Last I checked, they can rise as high as tenth.

[nshapiro]

Pairwise ranking being so volatile, it seems every game in all leagues except the WCHA and perhaps Atlantic Hockey has a potential impact on the Big Red. So for starters,
rooting for Michigan and Michigan State today seems to makes sense. Thaat is unless one of the two makes an improbable run and steal the Big Ten automatic bid in which case
not such a good thing.

We want air force in the AH.  Last I checked, they can rise as high as tenth.

Wouldn't we want an AH team that cannot be above us no matter what?...assuming AF with a loss (or win and loss) cannot be above us

[Dafatone]

Pairwise ranking being so volatile, it seems every game in all leagues except the WCHA and perhaps Atlantic Hockey has a potential impact on the Big Red. So for starters,
rooting for Michigan and Michigan State today seems to makes sense. Thaat is unless one of the two makes an improbable run and steal the Big Ten automatic bid in which case
not such a good thing.

We want air force in the AH.  Last I checked, they can rise as high as tenth.

Wouldn't we want an AH team that cannot be above us no matter what?...assuming AF with a loss (or win and loss) cannot be above us

For seeding, yes.  In terms of pure odds to get in, we probably want the highest AH team if they are gonna be in the top 16.  It doesn't really matter though, since I think there's no way for AF to wind up with an at-large bid if they don't win their conference.

And given that, maybe we want an AH team that doesn't outseed us after all.

Edit: Two AH teams is possible, if everything goes just right.  Canisius takes the autobid and Air Force squeaks in with the last at large bid at 13.  How absurd would that be?

[ugarte]

Edit: Two AH teams is possible, if everything goes just right.  Canisius takes the autobid and Air Force squeaks in with the last at large bid at 13.  How absurd would that be?

They wouldn't be the first, right? Didn't Niagara grab an at-large once?

[upprdeck]

osu/mich/msu all would steal bids if they win out if they lose OSU probably falls out..  PSU/wisc are in the same boat or close to it.

we are better off if mich/mich st both win and knock psu/osu out.  that way only only 1 gets in and thats only if they beat Minn and wisc.  if psu/osu both get to the finals they could both get a bid and hurt us even more

BC/ND are the real worry, once BC loses our chances get much better

[andyw2100]

osu/mich/msu all would steal bids if they win out if they lose OSU probably falls out..  PSU/wisc are in the same boat or close to it.

we are better off if mich/mich st both win and knock psu/osu out.  that way only only 1 gets in and thats only if they beat Minn and wisc.  if psu/osu both get to the finals they could both get a bid and hurt us even more

BC/ND are the real worry, once BC loses our chances get much better

Michigan State up 3-2 after 1. The game is on the Big Ten Network, which, if you have Time Warner cable, can be added, along with a bunch of other channels, for 33 cents a day. (I just added it.)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

MSU loses to OSU, 6-3.  

I saw the third period.  The Joe looked extremely empty.