Cromulent
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(1) Denver vs. (4) Mn-Mankato
(2) UND vs. (3) Minnesota
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I see at potential west regional of -
(1) UMD vs. (4) Air Force
(2) UND vs. (3) Minnesota
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3 minutes ago, UNDColorado said:
The weber state / sac state game earlier this season was non conference.
Ah. That answers my question. Thanks, UNDColorado!
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My apologies if this has already been posted but I was unable to find anything on the topic.
It appears Weber State and Sacramento State are playing 9 conference games this season, while all other teams are playing 8. Am I seeing this correctly? If so, any idea why this would be the case?
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Green and Beast
I'm a fan of the singular tense. Has a more united feel to me than plural options.
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since the huskie and huskie game went into OT the sioux game will be pushed back. no need to worry folks
Oh. Cool. My last post can be disregarded. Thanks!
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More annoying:
1. Missing UND hockey for lacrosse
2. Missing UND hockey for last 8 minutes of Gopher game that was technically over an hour a ago?
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Here's how the match-ups shape up going by pure bracket rules:
East
(1) Miami vs. (4) Yale
(2) Denver vs. (3) St. Cloud State
Northeast
(1) Boston University vs. (4) Quinnipiac
(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (3) Boston College
Midwest
(1) Minnesota State vs. (4) RIT
(2) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (3) Harvard
West
(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Providence
(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Minnesota
It would seem the committee will swap Denver and Michigan Tech to avoid a first round intra-conference match-up between Denver and St. Cloud State. I think there's also a good chance they swap Yale and Providence to boost attendance in the East regional:
East
(1) Miami vs. (4) Providence
(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) St. Cloud State
Northeast
(1) Boston University vs. (4) Quinnipiac
(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (3) Boston College
Midwest
(1) Minnesota State vs. (4) RIT
(2) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (3) Harvard
West
(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Yale
(2) Denver vs. (3) Minnesota
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Denver vs Michigan at Yost...North Dakota vs Michigan at Yost...North Dakota vs Minnesota at the X...if they won't put PC in Providence because of "fairness," we'll be entering NCAA uncharted territory.
Those were the host schools in your examples, correct? Similar to when UND was a one seed and had to play Wisconsin in Madison.
This is a little different since providence isn't the host so they aren't required to play in the east regional.
I understand your point though. It'll be interesting to see what happens.
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Apparently people think Providence won't be there because it would be unfair to the #1 seed to have to play a #4 in their territory.
I could see that. At the same time if you're the #4 overall, like Miami, they're less likely to protect you from that scenario. It would be sound logic though.
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I believe the host school is actually Brown, that's why.
This will be interesting to see. I realize providence isn't the host but it seems like a pretty clear choice to maximize attendance. Plus UND played providence already this year. I'm not sure if that's a factor the way it is in, say, football bowl season. I wouldn't be surprised if providence played out east though.
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The actual PWR on CHN doesn't match the prediction with Minnesota and Miami winning tonight, which happened.
I guess I'll wait until morning to make a prediction. Or I could just wait for the selection show tomorrow. But what fun is that?
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Here's my west regional prediction:
(1) UND vs. (4) Yale
(2) UMN vs. (3) UNO
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They are very beatable.
I agree. I think what's been overlooked during their recent run is that they've been playing exclusively against the B1G for the past two and a half months with the exception of the north star cup, where they lost both games.
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Everyone has been putting Providence in Providence for attendance reasons.
I didn't think to look at the regional locations. I can't imagine providence doesn't play in their backyard.
Looking like Quinnipiac.
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If Minnesota wins is there any chance the committee swaps providence for Quinnipiac or Yale since we already played providence this year?
I'm not sure if avoiding repeats of regular season matchups matters to the committee or not. I hope not. I'd rather face providence again than either of those other two teams.
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I agree, obviously head-to-head is first, you can certainly argue goal differential should be second. I'm not inclined to think that is better than overall conference wining percentage. After all, CONFERENCE points is the the main bogey here so CONFERENCE losses seems comencerate with the main goal of most CONFERENCE points. And further I think losing a game is a bigger deal than whether or not you or the other guy happen to have the empty netter go in vs sail wide...
In any case if you look at the current situation I think it is very conceivable that a tie breaker goes beyond head-to-head points AND head-to-head goals. Heck look at all the OT games we gave had lately. You get splits with two OT finishes and you have even goals right there.
I'm just saying it should be there somewhere and I think it should be #2...Hi, yababy8.
In the current standings, and based on the tiebreaker procedures you posted, UND comes out on top with rule 3:
3. If not determined by (1) or (2), the seeding for the NCHC Tournament shall be the team with the best NCHC regular-season winning percentage among the games played against the other teams tied in the standings, regardless of the schedule being balanced among the teams tied;
Rule 1 does not apply because UND, UNO, and Miami have not yet played an equal number of games in the "round robin". Rule 2 is a wash because all three teams have an equal number of wins in the conference.
Rule 3 essentially considers our 1 less loss an advantage since that gives UND a winning percentage of 67% while the other two teams have a winning percentage of 64%.
I hope I didn't confuse things further.
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I'm thinking a split on the road against the #5 team in the country should be enough to hold onto our #1 ranking.
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I hope to see UND come out playing in the first period with the intensity they displayed in the third period last night.
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SFI mentioned they've heard rumors of an all sports Adidas deal. This would be huge. It's another step in the direction of legitimacy. Also Adidias makes the best shoes and unis in the business. This is also huge for the football budget. Now the money they would spend on a new green jersey can be spent on other things like strength training equipment and other behind the scenes things that make a difference. All around this is long overdue.
This would be great!
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No. That was my mistake. I meant UND as the 3 seed and MN as the 2 seed.