"Stogies and Scotch" - Pick the 2021 Field

[sioux rube]

Fargo

1 UND vs 4 Bemidji St

2 Wisconsin vs 3 UMD

Loveland

1 Minnesota vs 4 Omaha 

2 St Could vs 3 Notre Dame

Bridgeport

1 BC vs 4 American International 

2 Quinipiac vs 3 BU

Albany

1 Minnesota St vs 4 Providence

2 Massachusetts vs 3 Michigan 

[yzerman19]

5 minutes ago, sioux rube said:

Fargo

1 UND vs 4 Bemidji St

2 Wisconsin vs 3 UMD

Loveland

1 Minnesota vs 4 Omaha 

2 St Could vs 3 Notre Dame

Bridgeport

1 BC vs 4 American International 

2 Quinipiac vs 3 BU

Albany

1 Minnesota St vs 4 Providence

2 Massachusetts vs 3 Michigan 

I hope not.  NCHC and Big 10 will both be very unhappy.

[Emerald joker]

16 hours ago, yzerman19 said:

No way do they stack all the NCHC in 2 brackets.

 

I could definitely see them do that, keep their gophers a safe path to the frozen 4 

[Kevin G]

Number 1 seeds:

UND, BC, Mankato, UMinn Gophers

The rest:

Wisconsin, Michigan, BU, UMass, Bemidji St., Quinnipiac, Minn Duluth, SCSU, Denver, AIC, Providence, Bowling Green

 

 

[yzerman19]

major upset brewing with big potential ramifications- Northern up big on Mankato

[crb1]

7 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

major upset brewing with big potential ramifications- Northern up big on Mankato

Is this televised anywhere?

[yzerman19]

1 minute ago, crb1 said:

Is this televised anywhere?

not where I am...its over now anyway...minute left and 5-1

[Clark17]

This makes things even more interesting.  Sunday should be fun.  

[crb1]

I still don't understand how Mankato has a higher Pairwise rating than us. I understand Pairwise is meaningless this year but I still don't get it. Also how AIC can be listed 3rd is beyond me.

Now with this loss to Northern Michigan, you would think Mankato's pairwise would take a bit of a hit.

[yzerman19]

As the the only team to win their conference regular season and playoff titles, in the toughest league in college hockey, I think UND is the #1 overrall.

Quinnipiac can claim both titles too, but in a less tough ECAC.

[stoneySIOUX]

That's gotta drop Mankato off the one line, right? Moving Wisconsin up. That also likely changes who's coming to Fargo.

[jk]

UND, Mankato, Duluth, Bemidji.  Your bus ride Fargo regional.  They can easily argue Mankato has slid behind teams like WI, SC, and UMass to justify their 2-seed placement.  The only potential issue is that two Bemidji wins could make it tough to call them a 4. 

[cberkas]

Back to the Dark Ages : College Hockey News

This was a good read

[brianvf]

49 minutes ago, jk said:

UND, Mankato, Duluth, Bemidji.  Your bus ride Fargo regional.  They can easily argue Mankato has slid behind teams like WI, SC, and UMass to justify their 2-seed placement.  The only potential issue is that two Bemidji wins could make it tough to call them a 4. 

That regional would be brutal.

[siouxweet]

1 hour ago, jk said:

UND, Mankato, Duluth, Bemidji.  Your bus ride Fargo regional.  They can easily argue Mankato has slid behind teams like WI, SC, and UMass to justify their 2-seed placement.  The only potential issue is that two Bemidji wins could make it tough to call them a 4. 

If Bemidji wins the WCHA they could move to the 3 line and come to Fargo to play Wisconsin. 

[Smoggy]

3 hours ago, crb1 said:

I still don't understand how Mankato has a higher Pairwise rating than us. I understand Pairwise is meaningless this year but I still don't get it. Also how AIC can be listed 3rd is beyond me.

Now with this loss to Northern Michigan, you would think Mankato's pairwise would take a bit of a hit.

I think it's due to some leagues having a nonconference series or two. Gives a nice bump when beating a team that then goes and beats teams in another conference.

I like Fenton, but I think the east - west thing made to much of seeing same team. And the NCHC should've allowed 1 nonconference eries if teams able to schedule. Just to shore up some pwr and rpi.

[Blackheart]

1 hour ago, Smoggy said:

I think it's due to some leagues having a nonconference series or two. Gives a nice bump when beating a team that then goes and beats teams in another conference.

I like Fenton, but I think the east - west thing made to much of seeing same team. And the NCHC should've allowed 1 nonconference eries if teams able to schedule. Just to shore up some pwr and rpi.

You're right...a little non-conf and a slightly more even interconference schedule would have likely gone a long way to avoid playing teams 6 times and provide a small comparison to other conferences.  On the flip side, CC probably would have gotten the Covid 5 more times and only got 4 games in.

[petey23]

I will finalize my field predictions tomorrow but right now I think Bemidji stays home and the WCHA Tournament Champion gets the 2nd spot and their is no third team.

[Godsmack]

https://letsgodu.com/2021/03/19/making-denver-hockeys-case-for-the-ncaa-tournament/

[Kevin G]

Denver/UNO needed Mankato to win the WCHA. 

[Vegas_Sioux]

1 minute ago, Kevin G said:

Denver/UNO needed Mankato to win the WCHA. 

Yep, too bad McKay got exposed worse then knight. Wonder what that does for the richter and hobey awards?

[Blackheart]

8 minutes ago, Vegas_Sioux said:

Yep, too bad McKay got exposed worse then knight. Wonder what that does for the richter and hobey awards?

Scheel for Richter! Clap, clap... clap, clap, clap!

[brianvf]

26 minutes ago, Vegas_Sioux said:

Yep, too bad McKay got exposed worse then knight. Wonder what that does for the richter and hobey awards?

Nothing for Hobey, Caufield has that wrapped up. 

[farce poobah]

6 hours ago, cberkas said:

Back to the Dark Ages : College Hockey News

This was a good read

1983 still hurts.   2nd place North Dakota gets left out - and Ralph Romano of UMD is on the committee and like magic 4th place UMD gets in.  Argh.   I can hope its better this time around, but I expect there to be hard feelings.

[yzerman19]

Bemidji lost their tourney slot tonight