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Mike wonders:
>I did not vote this week, but if I did, I would have put Maine in my top
>10, let alone top 15. I could not believe that four other HE teams
>came in ahead of Maine and all four made the top 15. Hmm...and they
>are also the #1-4 teams in the HE standings! Are HOCKEY-L poll
>voters really any better than the media?
Aw C'mon, Mike: you of all folks should remember about ceramic dalmations! :)
However, fearing that perhaps I'd really done the Black Bears an injustice, I
went back over my own poll submissions for the season. Had I unfairly
condemned Maine to the nether regions?? Nope. Actually, I started them at #7
(pre-season), and had them as high as #2 by the fifth week. After that it was
downhill -- based only on their performance. They slipped off my chart about
the twelfth week. You're right in that they've been doing much better lately,
but for "poll purposes" they have a lot of scrambling to do to catch up to
higher-ranked teams, IMHO.
This could all be academic in any event. I would not be surprised if Maine
ends up ineligible for post-season play ... and not just in hockey.
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