ND_Texan Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 After the Sioux win at Omaha coupled with BC losing, UND will be #1 in both college hockey polls. Looking good for that #1 seed heading into the Final 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakgirl93 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxnatty#8 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 hour ago, ND_Texan said: After the Sioux win at Omaha coupled with BC losing, UND will be #1 in both college hockey polls. Looking good for that #1 seed heading into the Final 16. We will need to keep winning to get the #1 overall seed because the committee approach to picking teams and ranking for the national tournament leaves a lot of room for bias (eastern?). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, siouxnatty#8 said: We will need to keep winning to get the #1 overall seed because the committee approach to picking teams and ranking for the national tournament leaves a lot of room for bias (eastern?). Agree with that. However the strength of schedule factor, whatever form that takes, has to favor UND. Eastern school strength (in BC's schedule particularly) not too impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxnatty#8 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: Agree with that. However the strength of schedule factor, whatever form that takes, has to favor UND. Eastern school strength (in BC's schedule particularly) not too impressive. We have been able to almost entirely been able to do away with bias with the pairwise but now we are entering into interpretation which inevitably leads to bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burd Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 UND will make the tournament. Glad that who wins the tournament will be decided on the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 minute ago, siouxnatty#8 said: We have been able to almost entirely been able to do away with bias with the pairwise but now we are entering into interpretation which inevitably leads to bias. There will be some kind of "pairwise-ish" factoring. Do you have a sense of what that will look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxnatty#8 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: There will be some kind of "pairwise-ish" factoring. Do you have a sense of what that will look like? https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2021/01/28_Between-the-Lines-What-About.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Dave Starman just said he thinks some NHL scouts should have a say in the 16 NCAA selections since they've seen all the teams. Interesting thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 5 hours ago, siouxnatty#8 said: We will need to keep winning to get the #1 overall seed because the committee approach to picking teams and ranking for the national tournament leaves a lot of room for bias (eastern?). UND's games in the pod, plus an outstanding conference with the ability to show games and have voters/committee see those games likely removes some of this bias. Anyone who is truly dialed in to college hockey knows how dominant we've been this season, IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxnatty#8 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 23 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said: UND's games in the pod, plus an outstanding conference with the ability to show games and have voters/committee see those games likely removes some of this bias. Anyone who is truly dialed in to college hockey knows how dominant we've been this season, IMO. The only bias I might worry about for us would be the number 1 overall seed. I agree our resume should speak for itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langster019 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I'm normally not one to have this thought, but would it be a bad thing to humble the boys with a loss at home next weekend? Otherwise, I'm all for steamrolling through the NCHC's into the national tournament. Complacency can be a self killer. However, based on Berry's words in the latest "through these doors" it appears he's preaching more work to do. Hopefully the drive within the guys who came back will be the fuel necessary to finish the job. My fear regardless of what happens is facing a team we haven't seen much of, aka the unknown, which is true every year, but this year more than ever. The measuring stick is so blurry with no non con games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, Langster019 said: I'm normally not one to have this thought, but would it be a bad thing to humble the boys with a loss at home next weekend? Otherwise, I'm all for steamrolling through the NCHC's into the national tournament. Complacency can be a self killer. However, based on Berry's words in the latest "through these doors" it appears he's preaching more work to do. Hopefully the drive within the guys who came back will be the fuel necessary to finish the job. My fear regardless of what happens is facing a team we haven't seen much of, aka the unknown, which is true every year, but this year more than ever. The measuring stick is so blurry with no non con games. Hoping we can make it to the NCHC title game/win it so we can get 3 different teams in short order leading into the NCAAs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 They've been up and down, but we need to play Duluth. They've been hard to play against for a long time, and that's what we need to see before the NCAAs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 36 minutes ago, jk said: They've been up and down, but we need to play Duluth. They've been hard to play against for a long time, and that's what we need to see before the NCAAs. Duluth looked sloppy and undisciplined last night, but St. Cloud was worse. A couple greasy goals early won the game for them. I see St. Cloud beating them next week for the #2 seed. Frankly Duluth is just not that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 2 hours ago, ND_Texan said: Duluth looked sloppy and undisciplined last night, but St. Cloud was worse. A couple greasy goals early won the game for them. I see St. Cloud beating them next week for the #2 seed. Frankly Duluth is just not that good. I tend to think that any top three NCHC team is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 16 minutes ago, tnt said: I tend to think that any top three NCHC team is good. The Dogs came out of the pod looking pretty good but since then have gone 8-6 with 4 of those wins against Miami. They are fortunate to be in the top 3. The best teams in the NCHC right now are UND, Western and St. Cloud, probably in that order. I put Duluth at #5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bale31 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/27/2021 at 9:05 PM, ND_Texan said: Dave Starman just said he thinks some NHL scouts should have a say in the 16 NCAA selections since they've seen all the teams. Interesting thought. With all due respect to Starman, that's a horrible idea. NHL scouts are there to watch specific players, not to judge the quality of the teams. While they may have seen all the teams, they also are going to have seen the Big10 and NCHC (and probably 5 or 6 teams) much, much more than anyone else. That in itself creates a bias in favor of those teams. There are a lot of very good college hockey teams that don't have NHL-level talent that deserve to be in before teams that have a lot of NHL-level talent, but aren't good college hockey teams (think of Wisconsin the last 2-3 years). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvHockey Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 And its official: UND number 1 in both hockey polls... Unanimous in USAToday poll. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/27/2021 at 4:52 PM, ND_Texan said: ... UND will be #1 in both college hockey polls. That and $5 will get you a foot long ham sandwich at Subway. The only "poll" that matters is the "pole" you raise a banner on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 21 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said: That and $5 will get you a foot long ham sandwich at Subway. The only "poll" that matters is the "pole" you raise a banner on. Can I exchange that footlong for a ham grinder with taco meat? Oh, and a large milk please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said: That and $5 will get you a foot long ham sandwich at Subway. The only "poll" that matters is the "pole" you raise a banner on. #1 nationally also means #1 seed in the Final 16 and last line change throughout the playoffs. I'd say that beats the hell out of a ham sandwich. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: #1 nationally also means #1 seed in the Final 16 and last line change throughout the playoffs. I'd say that beats the hell out of a ham sandwich. Being ranked #1 in the traditional pairwise, used every year except this year to determine the tourney field, gets you a 1 throughout the tournament. #1 in the USCHO or USA Today polls does not provide that same guarantee...but maybe it will for 2021. Still have hopefully 4 more games until selection for the NCAA's; a lot can happen between now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Blackheart said: Can I exchange that footlong for a ham grinder with taco meat? Oh, and a large milk please. No substitutions. You wanna go grinder it's upcharge, bay-bee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Blackheart said: Being ranked #1 in the traditional pairwise, used every year except this year to determine the tourney field, gets you a 1 throughout the tournament. #1 in the USCHO or USA Today polls does not provide that same guarantee...but maybe it will for 2021. Still have hopefully 4 more games until selection for the NCAA's; a lot can happen between now and then. There's no reason to think that whoever is ranked #1 nationally going into the Final 16 won't be the #1 seed. None. So yes, hopefully we win four more games and retain that #1 ranking. It doesn't mean everything, but it means a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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