Need a couple of wins versus Providence and hope that Maine gets to play
Lowell in the First Round of Hockey East Playoffs.

Lowell will most likely be the only team that Maine could play in the
playoffs (first round) that would be considered a "team under
consideration", therefore Maine would have a better chance to move up in the
PWR beating Lowell than BU.

Even though I would rather see Maine beat BU.....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deron Treadwell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 1:06 AM
Subject: We are on the "bubble"


> A costly tie for Maine tonight..
>
> With the draw, Maine drops from 10th in the Pairwise Rankings to 13th.
> This is a net gain of 1 on the weekend, but it could have been (should
> have been?) more.
>
> In my estimation, with *no* upsets in the big three conferences, Maine
> will have to be at least 10th without needing to win the Hockey East
> Tournament to get into the NCAA Tournament.  Higher than that would be
> ideal.
>
> The Pairwise Rankings are a statisical representation of the selection
> criteria that the NCAA uses to make its selections for the NCAA
> Tournament.  It is not the bible, but it's been pretty accurate in the
> past.
>
> That said, if the season ended today Maine would not make the NCAA
> Tournament.
>
> HOCKEY EAST is tough, but we could have used the "W" tonight.  A couple
> wins against Providence though *could* help.  Keep in mind, with the
> Pairwise you do not always control your own destiny since every team does
> not operate in a vacuum.  Even with a win tonight, Maine may have dropped
> from 10th postion (where they were on Friday) because of other events in
> college hockey (like Nebraska-Omaha's performance).  But winning is the
> best way to move up!
>
> What we do know is this, a sweep of the Friars next weekend will have us
> no lower than 3rd-place in HE and if UNH loses just a point, 2nd-place,
> which would always help our chances at advancing in the HE Tournament.  It
> is starting to look like Maine is going to have to put together a good
> run, if not win the HE Tournament, to make it into the NCAA's.
>
> Maine is a "bubble-team", stay tuned!
>
> -dt
>
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