Bob, I am with you!  Until yesterday when the results started coming in
I naively thought Maine was "in" regardless of what happened vs. BC.

My, my, my how wrong I was!

It will be a crying shame though if a team with 26 wins (Maine) does
not make it into the NCAA Tournament.

(I'm really missing the old Last 15 games criteria!!)

-Deron


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

> Well I for one am not liking what I see if Maine loses on Friday. 
> Does 
> not seem possible that Nebraska-Omaha, a team that was below .500 the
> 
> second half of the year would get an at-large bid over Maine.  This 
> also shows the penalty for finishing second and not playing a TUC as 
> UNH and BC did.  Not sure they should be weighted as much for the 
> simple reason they are rewarded for finishing 3rd and 4th and Maine
> and 
> BU are penalized for finishing 1st and 2nd.  Lastly what an impact
> that 
> UMD win over Denver had.
> 
> Strangely when you ad the 3-2-1 bonus Denver jumps into a tie for
> 15th 
> but that is not taken into consideration.  Bonus is not helping Maine
> 
> at all as there good wins have been at home save BC, and now they
> have 
> to beat the blasted Beagles again!  Game is just as important for BC
> as 
> the winner will secure a spot and the loser will have to hope that 
> Dartmouth and Colgate lose in the ECAC, SCSU or Duluth does not win 
> WCHA, No. Michigan does not win the CCHA.
> 
> The Dartmouth Colgate scenarios are the most likely to knock out a 
> Hockey East team!
> 
> Now I'll be more nervous watching the blasted game than usual!
> 
> Bob Fitta '83
> On Mar 13, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Deron Treadwell wrote:
> 
> > See the below link and play around with conference tournament
> results
> > and their effect on the PWR:
> >
> > http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/yatc.php
> >
> Bob Fitta
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> Harvard Magazine
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>