franchise Posted Sunday at 06:17 PM Posted Sunday at 06:17 PM 24 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: The brackets could have been set within 10 minutes of DU beating UMD. The travel and attendance considerations are nonsense. They care about attendance but not when it comes to waiting 12 hrs to reveal a bracket, giving fans even less time to make travel plans. 1 Quote
nodakvindy Posted Sunday at 06:23 PM Posted Sunday at 06:23 PM 24 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: The brackets could have been set within 10 minutes of DU beating UMD. The travel and attendance considerations are nonsense. Why even have a committee. If UMD would have been 15 instead or 8 I would say it's stupid to have them play UND. This is the national tournament and I want to see teams play different opposition. I dont think there is nearly enough interconfernce play to make the ratings system accurate enough to follow so blindly. The basketball tournament uses a variety of criteria and that seems to work out OK. 1 1 Quote
ND_Texan Posted Sunday at 06:52 PM Posted Sunday at 06:52 PM 26 minutes ago, nodakvindy said: Why even have a committee. If UMD would have been 15 instead or 8 I would say it's stupid to have them play UND. This is the national tournament and I want to see teams play different opposition. I dont think there is nearly enough interconfernce play to make the ratings system accurate enough to follow so blindly. The basketball tournament uses a variety of criteria and that seems to work out OK. No committee needed. Your logic doesn't apply to college football nationals, so why does it make sense for college hockey. I couldn't care less whether we play different opposition. You have to defeat the field to win the championship. Quote
franchise Posted Sunday at 06:55 PM Posted Sunday at 06:55 PM While I don't think they should go thru great lengths to avoid conferences in the same regional, I'd prefer they leave UMD at 8 instead of potentially seeing UND vs UMD for a 6th time this yr. Fun to play teams we don't normally see. 1 1 Quote
burd Posted Sunday at 06:58 PM Posted Sunday at 06:58 PM How are the income (gate and merch receipts, advertisement income, etc) and expenses shared between the venue sites, participating schools, and NCAA? Quote
nodakvindy Posted Sunday at 07:14 PM Posted Sunday at 07:14 PM 20 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: No committee needed. Your logic doesn't apply to college football nationals, so why does it make sense for college hockey. I couldn't care less whether we play different opposition. You have to defeat the field to win the championship. What college football championship uses a numerical ranking to seed postseason? 1 Quote
cberkas Posted Sunday at 07:19 PM Posted Sunday at 07:19 PM 25 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: No committee needed. Your logic doesn't apply to college football nationals, so why does it make sense for college hockey. I couldn't care less whether we play different opposition. You have to defeat the field to win the championship. The CFP uses a committee that everyone hates or complains about. They had to make a rule that Notre Dame gets in if they are in the top 12. Quote
brianvf Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago Article on Smaby: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/matt-smaby-hopes-experiences-have-prepped-und-for-ncaa-tournament Quote UND associate head coach Matt Smaby has been watching the NCAA basketball tournament. He said the players have, too. "These high seeds, these teams that are projected to make big runs, they're done," Smaby said. "They're done in 40 minutes. We've got all these great reminders around us." Quote
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