I believe Orono High School is higher in its rankings than Maine is in
its rankings.

D. B. Doucette wrote:

>Here is the latest from the WTIO Men's Division 1 NCAA Hockey Poll:
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>the University of Maine is once again # 1, for the 19th consecutive week
>this year, and has led this poll every year since 1977.
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>Of course, WTIO stands for:  Which Team In Orono ? hehehehe
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>Any "subjective" voting poll is inherently suspect.  Look at Div. 1 college
>football and the use of voter polls toward BCS rankings for that point.
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>For those that don't know, in NCAA Div. 1 Hockey, the PWR rankings form the
>basis of its post-season Tournament selection process.  PWR is as objective
>as any ranking used for any other of the college sports, and the
>professional leagues, for that matter.  While the Hockey committee "bonus"
>adder is indeed subjective, the committee uses PWR in a more objective way
>than do the other NCAA selection committees who incorporate the PWR in the
>other sports, most notably the Basketball committee.
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>To shed light on this as we get closer to crunch time, follow this link:
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>http://www.uscho.com/FAQs/?data=selection
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>One thing this year:  Maine should be very grateful the Tournament is now 16
>teams instead of 12.
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>Dan
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