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USCHO/CSTV January 31, 2005

Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week

1 Boston College (29) 17-3-4 588 1

2 Colorado College (10) 22-4-2 565 2

3 Wisconsin (1) 19-6-1 503 3

4 Denver 18-6-1 472 5

5 Michigan 20-7-1 438 4

6 Cornell 15-4-2 380 8

7 New Hampshire 17-6-3 327 6

8 Minnesota 19-10-0 314 7

9 Ohio State 18-7-3 293 10

10 Harvard 12-5-2 217 11

11 Colgate 19-7-0 196 9

12 Mass.-Lowell 15-6-3 153 13

13 North Dakota 15-10-3 128 12

14 Boston University 15-10-1 120 14

15 Maine 14-8-6 48 15

Others Receiving Votes: Northern Michigan 31,

Vermont 22, Dartmouth 3, Nebraska-Omaha 2

USA TODAY..JAN 31ST...

TEAM PTS Record Last week

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1. Boston College (26) 498 17-3-4 1

2. Colorado College (8) 482 22-4-2 2

3. Wisconsin 439 19-6-1 3

4. Denver 407 18-6-1 5

5. Michigan 365 20-7-1 4

6. Cornell 327 15-4-2 8

7. New Hampshire 283 17-6-3 6

8. Ohio State 261 18-7-3 9

9. Minnesota 260 19-10-0 7

10. Harvard 209 12-5-2 11

11. Colgate 155 19-7-0 10

12. Massachusetts-Lowell 112 15-6-3 13

13. Boston University 96 15-10-1 14

14. North Dakota 89 15-10-3 12

15. Maine 59 14-8-6 15

Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan 22; Vermont 14;

Holy Cross 1; Nebraska Omaha 1.

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PAIRWISE RANKINGS...........

1 Boston College 28 2 17-3-4 .7917 3 .5901

2 Colorado College 27 1 22-4-2 .8214 1 .6061

3 Minnesota 26 12 19-10-0 .6552 2 .5917

4 Denver 25 5 18-6-1 .7400 4 .5841

5 Michigan 24 6 20-7-1 .7321 7 .5733

6 Cornell 23 3 15-4-2 .7619 6 .5775

7 Harvard 21 11 12-5-2 .6842 10 .5598

8 Wisconsin 20 4 19-6-1 .7500 12 .5584

9t New Hampshire 19 8 17-6-3 .7115 8 .5653

9t Mass.-Lowell 19 10 15-6-3 .6875 9 .5629

11 North Dakota 18 21 15-10-3 .5893 11 .5595

12 Boston University 17 19t 15-10-1 .5962 5 .5779

13 Colgate 16 7 19-7-0 .7308 13 .5496

14t Ohio State 15 9 18-7-3 .6964 14 .5476

14t Northern Michigan 15 19t 13-8-5 .5962 17 .5365

16 Dartmouth 12 23 11-8-2 .5714 19 .5352

17t Michigan State 11 25 13-11-2 .5385 16 .5449

17t Maine 11 15 14-8-6 .6071 15 .5468

17t Vermont 11 14 15-9-3 .6111 18 .5353

20t Nebraska-Omaha 9 22 14-10-2 .5769 22 .5201

20t Minnesota-Duluth 9 30 11-12-5 .4821 25 .5094

22 Northeastern 8 36t 9-13-4 .4231 20 .5280

23 Brown 6 13 11-6-3 .6250 24 .5145

24 Minnesota State 5 36t 9-13-4 .4231 21 .5246

25t St. Cloud State 4 35 11-15-2 .4286 26 .5058

25t St. Lawrence 4 26 13-12-1 .5192 23 .5182

27 Bowling Green 2 24 12-9-3 .5625 27 .5049

28 Western Michigan 1 33 10-13-1 .4375 29 .5009

29 Bemidji State 0 16t 14-9-1 .6042 28 .5014

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This week's bracketology, with 3-2-1 bonus. Sioux have flipped back into the midwest region. I like the Sioux there, they have been the better team in the 3 CC games I've seen, and reportedly the most dominating performance was the one I didn't see (1-0 loss). Of course they just won 1 of those 4, so getting past Harvard may be harder than it seems (getting past anyone without scoring is hard). Both western regions "seem" a bit easier than the east regions.

Hard to imagine the change from dominating CC to being dominated by BSU in consecutive games. Not too much time left for the Sioux to break out. Would seem it has to start this weekend.

Minneapolis:

Ohio State vs. Minnesota

UML vs. Cornell

Grand Rapids:

UAH/Bemidji vs. CC

North Dakota vs. Harvard

Amherst:

Holy Cross vs. BC

UNH vs. Wisconsin

Worcester:

Colgate vs. Denver

BU vs. Michigan

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There's about no way a team at #3 in the PWR this late in the year won't make the NCAAs. Plus, if they make the NCAAs they play in Mariucci (host school).

No matter what happens, what seed they come in as, with that Mariucci Regional site Goldie is dangerous until they are put away for the season.

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I think you're right that there is no way they won't make the tourney.

BUT, they do have the weakest remaining schedule in the WCHA. I believe Wisconsin is their only TUC left. Then if they finish third or higher, they'll be playing another weak opponent in the first round. I get a feally that those PWR numbers will be slipping for them. I just don't see enough teams that will pass them by. Us included.

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Unfortunately, the piece of crap rodents will make the NCAA tourney and yes playing at Mariaucci arena gives them an advantage no matter who they play.

However, after Wisconsin, they have a very easy schedule. If they lose to Wisconsin, regardless how they do the rest of the season should see them fall in the Pairwise because of their weak schedule. Which means at least one quality opponent should be slated for the regional at Mariaucci making it not as easy for them to make it to the frozen four. Wisconsin should climb in the pairwise if

they continue to win at their current rate because of the quality opponents they play.

A sweep by Tech the last weekend of the season would be ohhhh so sweet.

Of course, this will all be a mute point when the Sioux get it going and march towards number 8.

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BUT, they do have the weakest remaining schedule in the WCHA.  I believe Wisconsin is their only TUC left.  Then if they finish third or higher, they'll be playing another weak opponent in the first round.  I get a feally that those PWR numbers will be slipping for them.  I just don't see enough teams that will pass them by.  Us included.

Defeating weak opponents in the conference tourney doesn't count toward a team's RPI, so there would be no affect on their PWR.

From the USCHO PWR page:

If a team defeats a weak opponent, it is possible for its RPI to go down despite the win. Starting in 2003-04, if this happens in a team's conference tournament, that game can be thrown out of the RPI calculation for that team.
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