Opponents and Others 2023-24

[marty]

Do any of these metrics factor in how a team is doing recently, versus how they played in November 2023?

It used to be part of the criteria. "Record in last 10" or something similar back when the smoke-filled room still held a scrap of power. I remember being against that then.

With 10" you know you can get screwed. ;-)

[adamw]

Didn't think Alaska-LIU was close enough but I guess it could be at the second level.

you're talking about differences of .0001 in team's RPIs ... every game affects everyone else's RPI at least a little.

[Al DeFlorio]

BC leads Massachusetts 1-0 early.

UMass leads 3-2 late 2nd.

[arugula]

BC 5 Massachusetts 4 late third. Great game.

[arugula]

Gauthier to the empty net.  BC 6-4. Jack Malone getting a lot of time for BC

[Dafatone]

Phew. BC hangs on.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

And we're back to 14th.

[BearLover]

BC 5 Massachusetts 4 late third. Great game.

Jack Malone playing on both PP and PK and getting a lot of playing time in general. Plus I think I saw an "A" on his jersey. Frankly, it feels extra unfair that a fifth year senior from Cornell goes to play for BC. Watching this game, BC looks like the most talented team in the country. I'm sure Malone would have played his fifth year at Cornell if that were allowed. Instead, he serves a much needed role to plug the one weakness BC has.

But, more importantly at this point, crisis averted. UMass winning this game would have made them very hard for Cornell to catch.

[Chris '03]

BC 5 Massachusetts 4 late third. Great game.

Jack Malone playing on both PP and PK and getting a lot of playing time in general. Plus I think I saw an "A" on his jersey. Frankly, it feels extra unfair that a fifth year senior from Cornell goes to play for BC. Watching this game, BC looks like the most talented team in the country. I'm sure Malone would have played his fifth year at Cornell if that were allowed. Instead, he serves a much needed role to plug the one weakness BC has.

But, more importantly at this point, crisis averted. UMass winning this game would have made them very hard for Cornell to catch.

Next week UMass plays a pair with UNH in a battle of two teams Cornell would like to see lose...

[upprdeck]

BC avg 5+ a game since the new yr and they have a PP as well.. Gonna be a tough team to beat

[upprdeck]

This weeks games to help us.

ND splitting with Mich would be nice

trying to keep umass and NH behind us so maybe a split there

St Cloud/WMU.  ST cloud jumps them ahead of us but puts WMU behind us.  A split moves ST cloud down. A WMU sweep knocks them back a good chunk

CC/Omaha CC winning or splitting doesnt do much for us, IMAH sweeping knocks CC back and moves up a small amount

Cornell a tie/win keeps us about the same, 2 wins could jump a team

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'd like to see NoDak back in the #2 slot.  That way, they get to play the CCHA autobid in Sioux Falls.  

If they're #3 (with BU #2), BU gets the CCHA in Providence or Springfield and we get UND in Sioux Falls (assuming we're still at 14).

[Dafatone]

I'd like to see NoDak back in the #2 slot.  That way, they get to play the CCHA autobid in Sioux Falls.  

If they're #3 (with BU #2), BU gets the CCHA in Providence or Springfield and we get UND in Sioux Falls (assuming we're still at 14).

I'm willing to get jumped by rabid NoDak fans for the cause.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'd like to see NoDak back in the #2 slot.  That way, they get to play the CCHA autobid in Sioux Falls.  

If they're #3 (with BU #2), BU gets the CCHA in Providence or Springfield and we get UND in Sioux Falls (assuming we're still at 14).

I'm willing to get jumped by rabid NoDak fans for the cause.

I'm OK with that.  I just don't feel like hauling myself out to Sioux Falls (especially if we lose the first game).

[BearLover]

This weeks games to help us.

ND splitting with Mich would be nice

trying to keep umass and NH behind us so maybe a split there

St Cloud/WMU.  ST cloud jumps them ahead of us but puts WMU behind us.  A split moves ST cloud down. A WMU sweep knocks them back a good chunk

CC/Omaha CC winning or splitting doesnt do much for us, IMAH sweeping knocks CC back and moves up a small amount

Cornell a tie/win keeps us about the same, 2 wins could jump a team

We don't want Notre Dame to split with UMich. We want them to sweep. Notre Dame is way too far behind us in RPI for them to be a concern. In the event Notre Dame catches us, we will likely be too low in the Pairwise to have a shot anyway.

The goal is to be in position for an at-large bid by the end of the season. The goal is not to be as high as possible by the end of this weekend. For example, CC splitting with Omaha (rather than sweeping) might not let us jump CC this weekend, but it would put us in much better position to jump CC by the end of the year. Moreover, it's really just about getting into the NCAAs, and less about our rank assuming we do get in. For example, Western splitting with SCSU would give us the best shot of a higher seed, but it may lower our chance of getting into the tourney in the first place (because then we would be neck and neck with both rather than well ahead of one of them).

Here's what I think we should root for:
Notre Dame sweeps Mich
UNH splits with UMass
Omaha sweeps CC
Western sweeps SCSU (this one I'm not certain of, it's possible a split maximizes our chances)
UML beats Prov (just a one-game series)