Someone help me..

Maine, UNH and BC are all tied in PWR right now.  I would think that if
Maine were to lose, our preferred result would be to have UNH lose also
to BU so that they are also saddled with a loss.

Do we really have to win Friday to get in?

-Deron





--- Bob Fitta <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> So what you are saying is we all need to be UNH fans this weekend. 
> And 
> should BU win and Maine lose on Friday we then have to become BC
> fans!  
> Well let's just hope we take care of our own business, but if UNH
> wins 
> the early game it is fine by me!
> 
> See you at the Garden!
> 
> Bob Fitta '83
> On Mar 13, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Wayne T Smith wrote:
> 
> > Good time of year for the "What if"ers ;-)
> >
> > Rick Sayles wrote, in part,  on 3/13/2006 9:15 AM:
> >> If BU wins Hockey East by beating UNH & BC, Maine will finish 12th
> in 
> >> the PWR and probably go to the Worcester, Mass. regional.
> >
> > In this scenario, if you include the often estimated "good win"
> tweak 
> > to RPI (as the NCAA is expected), throw out tournament the results,
> 
> > for purposes of calculating RPI, where RPI decreases with a win (as
> 
> > the NCAA will), and all of the rest of the tournaments go according
> to 
> > current tournament seeding ...
> >
> > Maine finishes 16th, but fails to go to the dance, since Bemidji 
> > State, ranked 27th, gets the 16th spot due to winning their CHA 
> > tournament.  Several other, less likely, scenarios also result in 
> > Maine ending their season if they can't beat BC Friday night at the
> 
> > Gaahden.
> >
> > Go Blue!
> >
> > cheers, wayne
> >
> Bob Fitta
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