This isn't football or basketball, "stature" won't get Maine in the
tournament.  Only wins.  Hockey has proven that it is by the numbers
when it comes to tournament selection.

That said, you are right.  Maine may only be able to lose 2 or 3 more
games the rest of the way in order to be fighting for an at-large
berth.

-Deron


--- William <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> It's going to take a pretty impressive run for this team to get into
> the
> tournament. The stature of the program works in its favor, but .500
> hockey
> the rest of the way simply won't get it done. It's certainly doable,
> but
> the Black Bears find themselves in relatively unfamiliar territory
> concerning the NCAAs as the calendar quietly flips to 2005: The
> outside
> looking in.
>
> If there isn't a sense of urgency with this team to start winning -
> and a
> 10-8-3 mark suggests there isn't - now is a pretty good time to start
> playing that way. It's easy to say this team can just fight through
> this,
> but the clock is ticking in what is already shaping up to be a pretty
> disapointing/frustrating season.
> --- Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Maine ended up falling 4-3 to Cornell.  Maine is now 10-8-3 and is
> > winless in its last three.
> >
> > It stands to reason that for the first time in a long time Maine
> will
> > not be ranked in the Top 15 this week.  (what do you guys think,
> about
> > five or six years?)
> >
> > But that won't be even close to as scary as our Pairwise Ranking
> will
> > look when that comes out.  There is at least some hope there.  With
> > Maine playing mostly Hockey East teams the rest of the way, if they
> can
> > put together a serious win streak they could still play themselves
> into
> > the NCAA Tournament.  However, that is a big IF and it becomes more
> and
> > more likely it will take defending their Hockey East title to get a
> > berth in the big dance.
> >
> > -Deron
> >
>
>
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