Opponents and Others 2023-24

[upprdeck]

even in losing last night there is path with the RPIs being so close that we could jump right back up to 13-14th or so tonight with all the teams in that 12-16 group being real close.

CC losing tonight is big and hopefully Denver takes them in 2 weeks
Mich losing to ND and then getting help from Minn next week
umass we beed UNH and then maine in 2 weeks as well
Prov we need to slip up somewhere for sure



so basically we need those teams in the top 10 to play well

[BearLover]

Again, the logical extension of Trotsky's argument is to not care about the regular season, not care about out of conference games, and put the entire season's weight on 2-5 games in March. Last night's game was irrelevant in Trotsky's view, I guess. Which is nice for him, because if he actually cared about Cornell hockey having national success, last night was about as crushing a series of events as you could imagine in the regular season.

[BearLover]

Safe to assume Cornell is going to have to win every single game until the ECAC finals if they want to make the NCAAs.

Absolutely not safe to assume that.

There's more hockey left than people realize.

I disagree. Cornell is going to be 16th in the PWR after tonight. It will not be especially close to any of the teams ahead of them in RPI. Cornell has 6 games left before the ECAC final (7 if quarterfinals go to 3 games). Cornell will play zero teams in the top half of the Pairwise before the ECAC final. Therefore, any loss from now until the ECAC final will badly hurt us in the Pairwise. Assuming we lose the ECAC final (i.e., we're in the world where we need an at-large bid to get into the NCAAs), then that means another loss is probably fatal because we would be 5-2 or 6-2 against a very weak schedule.

Remember, the teams we have left to play are:
StL (53)
Union (37)
RPI (56)
Someone bad
Someone bad
Someone bad

And Clarkson is 36.  So we just tied/lost to "someone bad."

Correct

[Scersk '97]

Again, the logical extension of Trotsky's argument is to not care about the regular season, not care about out of conference games, and put the entire season's weight on 2-5 games in March. Last night's game was irrelevant in Trotsky's view, I guess. Which is nice for him, because if he actually cared about Cornell hockey having national success, last night was about as crushing a series of events as you could imagine in the regular season.

I share Greg's perspective on things, but I also can say I cared about last night's game quite a bit. I don't need to rehearse why.

But you do you, man. Your ad hominem stuff is getting tiresome, again.

[ugarte]

I share Greg's perspective on things,

dammit scersk this is terrible timing

[Scersk '97]

I share Greg's perspective on things,

dammit scersk this is terrible timing

Well, I don't share his perspective on ALL things. That would be... disturbing? ::banana::

[BearLover]

Again, the logical extension of Trotsky's argument is to not care about the regular season, not care about out of conference games, and put the entire season's weight on 2-5 games in March. Last night's game was irrelevant in Trotsky's view, I guess. Which is nice for him, because if he actually cared about Cornell hockey having national success, last night was about as crushing a series of events as you could imagine in the regular season.

I share Greg's perspective on things, but I also can say I cared about last night's game quite a bit. I don't need to rehearse why.

But you do you, man. Your ad hominem stuff is getting tiresome, again.

If the ECAC tournament is what you care about, last night was a positive development, because our chance of getting the 2-seed actually went up. Hmm...

[marty]

Again, the logical extension of Trotsky's argument is to not care about the regular season, not care about out of conference games, and put the entire season's weight on 2-5 games in March. Last night's game was irrelevant in Trotsky's view, I guess. Which is nice for him, because if he actually cared about Cornell hockey having national success, last night was about as crushing a series of events as you could imagine in the regular season.

I share Greg's perspective on things, but I also can say I cared about last night's game quite a bit. I don't need to rehearse why.

But you do you, man. Your ad hominem stuff is getting tiresome, again.

If the ECAC tournament is what you care about, last night was a positive development, because our chance of getting the 2-seed actually went up. Hmm...

And if group think on eLynah is what you care about you haven't been paying attention.

[Chris '03]

Something not related to hand wringing over PWR:

Check out the third period box from Alaska last night. https://alaskananooks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/stats/2023-24/arizona-state-university/boxscore/4500

Not sure I've seen "persisting in misconduct" before.

[ugarte]

Something not related to hand wringing over PWR:

Check out the third period box from Alaska last night. https://alaskananooks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/stats/2023-24/arizona-state-university/boxscore/4500

Not sure I've seen "persisting in misconduct" before.

first of all, hoo boy. second of all, goddamnit, ASU!

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Something not related to hand wringing over PWR:

Check out the third period box from Alaska last night. https://alaskananooks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/stats/2023-24/arizona-state-university/boxscore/4500

Not sure I've seen "persisting in misconduct" before.

first of all, hoo boy. second of all, goddamnit, ASU!

Does "persisting in misconduct" mean not getting off the ice after being called for a game misconduct?

[Trotsky]

Again, the logical extension of Trotsky's argument is to not care about the regular season, not care about out of conference games, and put the entire season's weight on 2-5 games in March.

No, it's not. It's to care about the game that is in front of your eyes, right now. Treat today's game as the end, not a means to the end of the NC$$s.

Be alive, not merely instrumental.

[Trotsky]

I share Greg's perspective on things,

dammit scersk this is terrible timing

This post, right here, is why you are awesome. :-)

I promise to let you crass materialists alone in future, and not chide you as dupes of the emptiness of the national title hedonic treadmill, obscuring the spiritual transcendence of the ECACs.

[marty]

Something not related to hand wringing over PWR:

Check out the third period box from Alaska last night. https://alaskananooks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/stats/2023-24/arizona-state-university/boxscore/4500

Not sure I've seen "persisting in misconduct" before.

Let's go to the video!

[ugarte]

I share Greg's perspective on things,

dammit scersk this is terrible timing

This post, right here, is why you are awesome. :-)

gotta keep it light. in the end it's something i watch from my couch that gets interrupted by life all the time.