Another team to root for

Jeff Hopkins '82 · March 17, 2005, 06:06:40 PM

If Holy Cross wins AHA, and Colgate beat Hahvard (but not us), Brown can become a TUC again. We get two more TUC wins and can actually flip the comparison with Minnesota.

Jim Hyla · March 17, 2005, 06:17:01 PM

OK, OK can anybody put together a list of rooting priorities? Please just do it for today, and then update each day. If you do it too far ahead, some of us old farts get lost.:-D

Jeff Hopkins '82 · March 17, 2005, 06:18:55 PM

For you old-timers ::snore::

ROOT FOR CORNELL

:-D

Jim Hyla · March 17, 2005, 06:24:37 PM

[Q]Jeff Hopkins '82 Wrote: For you old-timers

ROOT FOR CORNELL [/q]Thanks, but I said priorities. (That's plural for you young farts:-D)

Jeff Hopkins '82 · March 17, 2005, 06:28:28 PM

Sorry, I'm an engineer. Grammar has never been one of our priorities (plural). ::laugh::

A-19 · March 17, 2005, 07:33:22 PM

wcha: root against minnesota. root against denver too. denver winning with a minny consolation victory = no #1 seed also. so, root for cc and wisconsin

hea: root for maine, boston college

cha: root for mich state

Briteside · March 17, 2005, 09:05:15 PM

DeltaOne81 · March 17, 2005, 09:39:43 PM

Sorry, the post above was mine, but it wasn't signed in under me, here was the text:

No, no, no... root against BC - we can pass them. Root for BU or UNH to take the HEA title because they can flip the comparison with Minn and knock Minn down a peg.

Other than that I pretty much agree. Rooting for HC was an interesting note too.

jy3 · March 17, 2005, 10:05:20 PM

how does brown fall out of tuc? last i checked they still are, at least with the nmu result in?

Jeff Hopkins '82 · March 17, 2005, 10:24:32 PM

Not sure, I've done a lot of scenarios where Brown isn't a TUC at the end. Possibly a combination of Colgate and Holy Cross losses. Brown is so borderline, it wouldn't surprise me if it came down to North Dakota or Denver since UMD's played them four times (having an impact on opp-opp %).

DeltaOne81 · March 17, 2005, 10:35:13 PM

Mainly Colgate loses, since they played them 4 times. HC loses wouldn't help.

More specifically, Colgate's win %age is what plays into Brown's RPI ranking. Colgate is over .500, so even Colgate going 1-1 this weekend would lower Colate's win %age, and therefore Brown's RPI. Enough so in fact, that Brown would drop out of TUC status even with Colgate going 1-1.

So from the 'Colgate effect', Colgate would need to take the ECAC title to keep Brown a TUC. But apparenty HC winning AHA could help out Brown enough to keep them a TUC even with Colgate going 1-1 (though I'd put money on not if Gate goes 0-2).