I don’t remember much from statistics class but I would say this is statistically significant. St Clouds wins are heavily weighted towards playing on the big ice surface.
A Denver win against CC is not a done deal by any means. I think a team like CC could clog up the neutral zone ie like Bemidji State does against us and make things miserable for Denver. CC also has pretty good goaltending.
Pairwise is the same criteria for every team. We just basically did not win the games we needed to to be higher in the pairwise. Maybe our tam is not a first or second half team but a whatever you call a team that gets better when the playoffs start.
Automatic qualifiers from Atlantic Hockey etc. eat up most of bids from 13 - 16 so realistically you have to be #12 or higher to have a realistic chance of an at large bid.
I always thought of him as
It is a half chimpanzee half human that used to get worked up when the Gophers played the Sioux and would start beating on his chest.