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I went back over the last 3 years, and here's how things stack up:
YEAR DivIII vs DivI vs DivI Conf vs DivI Indep
1991-92 4-38-2 .114 0-8-0 .000 4-30-2 .139
1990-91 8-34-2 .205 0-4-0 .000 8-30-2 .225
1989-90 11-48-4 .206 3-10-1 .250 8-38-3 .194
TOT 23-120-8 .179 3-22-1 .135 20-98-7 .188
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Mike, thanks for the analysis - it looks like my estimate of .400 was way off.
It's interesting to see how the total number of these games has decreased due
to scheduling restrictions (63 in 89-90 down to 44 the past two years), and how
the winning percentage has gone down as well. I can remember back to the days
of division II when many schools were playing 5-6 games a year against
division I teams and winning a fair number of them (more than 19% anyway).
This year is the first in my memory that RIT has no division I teams on their
schedule - perhaps the 8-0 drubbing by RPI plast year (it was an all-around
embarassment, lots of needless roughing, etc.) has something to do with that,
although it was uncharacteristic of previous meetings between the two teams. I
would think that a couple of division I games on the schedule helps in
recruiting for a division III school, and can also help them come playoff time
when they're playing tougher division III opponents.
Mercyhurst seems to be playing more and more games against division I schools
(haven't seen their schedule for this year, though). They've moved to the
forefront of division III in a very short time, and I believe have recently
built a new rink. Perhaps they've got division I aspirations. Their program
looks interesting - it looks like they're dumping tons of money into it and
have been successful recruiting a large number of players from Western Canada.
Anybody have any additional information?
Chris Lerch
Xerox
RIT '84 & '91
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