U2Bad1 Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I know they wanted to avoid putting three WCHA into one regional, but does anyone else think it is absolute BS that these first round match ups are set up this way???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakvindy Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Nope, I think it is the right move. This is a national tournament. You shouldn't play conference teams until there is no one else left to play. You don't see Duke and Maryland or Oklahoma and Kansas playing in the Sweet 16. Having conference opponents play in the first round should be saved for Division II. There the cost savings can possibly be rationalized. They should have also split up all four Hockey East schools, but that didn't happen. Hopefully for next season, they will change the RPI back to the split is had last season and also make teams a TUC based on record rather than RPI. That second change was a huge benefit to Hockey East, a large part of why all their teams are highly seeded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I think it was the wrong move, but the committee had no choice. They should have been given the flexibility to move a team a few spots from their final PWR ranking, even if it meant moving them from a 3 seed to a 4. In this case, OSU or Harvard could have been flipped with SCSU or MSUM. It would have meant playing a team that was a few PWR spots different from the ideal matchup, but nothing as bad as Cornell getting #14 instead of #28. The biggest winner is MN. Next is Cornell's second-round opponent, which gets a wearier Cornell team than if they had received the "bye." The loser is Cornell, which gets the #3 team in the WCHA instead of a "bye." Also suffering is the winner of the Ferris/UND game, which will have to play a rested MN team instead of one that endured the pounding of a Division 1 game the night before. --------------------------------------- This post isn't just a whine. We can speak the truth without it being a considered a whine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPoS Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 jk, "rested MN"?!?!? We play a game just like everyone else on Friday...unless you count an easy win for the Gophers a rest? WPoS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Yes, I count that easy a win for the Gophers as a "rest." Maybe you are right; the Gophers' arms might be pretty tired from taking all those shots on goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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