2005-2006 PWR

[Chris \'03]

[quote jy3]as implied by ferris at #5, ferris beating michigan improved cornell 2nite (sic).[/quote]

Add the bonus. Cornell went down from 7 to 9 (now losing a 3 way tie for 7).

[TCHL8842]

Interesting that the newest brackets on USCHO has us as #8 playing #9 MSU.

[A-19]

[quote TCHL8842]Interesting that the newest brackets on USCHO has us as #8 playing #9 MSU.[/quote]

it could be the case this year that we're in albany for the ncaas with a bracket consisting of minnesota, cu, msu and some other team. that would be an interesting chance at revenge.

[Josh '99]

[quote A-19]it could be the case this year that we're in albany for the ncaas with a bracket consisting of minnesota, cu, msu and some other team. that would be an interesting chance at revenge.[/quote]Any bracket that has us in Albany is fine by me.

[Chris \'03]

[quote A-19][quote TCHL8842]Interesting that the newest brackets on USCHO has us as #8 playing #9 MSU.[/quote]

it could be the case this year that we're in albany for the ncaas with a bracket consisting of minnesota, cu, msu and some other team. that would be an interesting chance at revenge.[/quote]

If you threw in UNH as the 4 it'd be some party, but how do you reach that outcome? If MN is the one seed there, they'd have to be the one behind UW and another WCHA team. Right now MN would go to the ND regional, Miami would be in Albany, and BC would be in Worcester.

Minnesota would have to fall to a 2 seed before they end up out here if BC and Miami maintain position. Of course at this point it's just as likely that Cornell could be in a regional with pretty much any of the top 25 teams as being in the "revenge" region.

[jy3]

[quote Chris '03][quote jy3]as implied by ferris at #5, ferris beating michigan improved cornell 2nite (sic).[/quote]

Add the bonus. Cornell went down from 7 to 9 (now losing a 3 way tie for 7).[/quote]
i did, i think i did .0003/2/1 instead of .003/2/1

[ajec1]

[quote Chris '03][quote A-19][quote TCHL8842]Interesting that the newest brackets on USCHO has us as #8 playing #9 MSU.[/quote]

it could be the case this year that we're in albany for the ncaas with a bracket consisting of minnesota, cu, msu and some other team. that would be an interesting chance at revenge.[/quote]

If you threw in UNH as the 4 it'd be some party, but how do you reach that outcome? If MN is the one seed there, they'd have to be the one behind UW and another WCHA team. Right now MN would go to the ND regional, Miami would be in Albany, and BC would be in Worcester.

Minnesota would have to fall to a 2 seed before they end up out here if BC and Miami maintain position. Of course at this point it's just as likely that Cornell could be in a regional with pretty much any of the top 25 teams as being in the "revenge" region.[/quote]

In my opinion, this is not the year to get "revenge" against MN, I would rather wait until they don't have Kessel, Potulny or Irmen. They are a much better team than last year, without question. Well, that, and I don't think that our team is good enough to beat them. We have been giving up far too many odd man rushes off of overcommiting into the offensive zone and turning the puck over, at least like 2-3 per game, and the Gophers would bury those pucks. The Gophers and CC are teams that I do not want to see in our bracket come March (Also, look out for St. Cloud who is sneaky-good and on an influential run right now).

[Dafatone]

Something interesting...

In USCHO's "bracketology", only one hockey east team gets in.  Sure, it's way too early to tell much, and it isn't exactly a great source, but it's nice to see hockey east's poor interconference record actually reflected for once.

[Josh '99]

A tournament with 4 ECAC teams and 1 HE team would be so hot.

Also one where we and Colgate are both in Albany.

[nr53]

granted harvard would be seeded ahead of us for that particular bracket to work... but i think i can live with them going out west instead of us:-)

[Ken \'70]

Colgate is shown only because the bracket has to include the ECAC tournament winner.  USCHO puts the current league point leader into that role by default.

Colgate is decidedly not "in" in any real world sense.  They would have to win the ECAC tournamentt to get in, but you could put Brown or Princeton there just as well and get 4 ECAC teams in the NCAAs.  

HE is likely to get 2 teams.  With expected bonuses UNH is the last the at large qualifying today.

[jy3]

i think unh is the 15 seed if u use .003/2/1 today. tOSU is 14 so they are last out by colgate being in. of interesting note will be how far colgate will climb if they win out except against cornell (i hope) and then if they lose in the albany finals (to cornell i would hope! . i would be curious to see...no woofing intended woofing gods!
LGR!

[Ken \'70]

You're right about UNH, I took a quick look and saw 14 next to them but didn't notice it was a tie that they would lose.

I use .33/.22/.11.  Some post on USCHO said that someone examined the entrails of last year's RPI movements and discovered this was the more exact weighting.  Who knows if it was true then and if the committee would not adjust the weighting year to year anyway?

Colgate would have to raise their RPI by about .02 to get in the hunt for an at large.  They're also losing TUC quite badly to many teams they'd have to overtake.  That's a lot of wood to chop.  Near flawless in remainder of regular season, then meeting teams with high win %s in playoffs and losing to a non-TUC in final.  Or something close to that.

[jy3]

[quote Ken '70]You're right about UNH, I took a quick look and saw 14 next to them but didn't notice it was a tie that they would lose.

I use .33/.22/.11.  Some post on USCHO said that someone examined the entrails of last year's RPI movements and discovered this was the more exact weighting.  Who knows if it was true then and if the committee would not adjust the weighting year to year anyway?

Colgate would have to raise their RPI by about .02 to get in the hunt for an at large.  They're also losing TUC quite badly to many teams they'd have to overtake.  That's a lot of wood to chop.  Near flawless in remainder of regular season, then meeting teams with high win %s in playoffs and losing to a non-TUC in final.  Or something close to that.[/quote]
i tend to use 0.0033/22/11 myself as well. 'gate could do it, but it will be a tough task. it would be sweet to have 4 ecac teams in it, though i fear that will be unlikely. i just want cornell to make it above all else of course
a win against clarkson will help  slu(T) this weekend as that will improve their tuc status. we shall see.

[A-19]

the reason they claim there are 4 ecac teams in is because they give the autobid to whoever is currently winning the division, which happens to be 'gate for ecac