I am confused but reading Bracketology and NCAA websites I thought all that 
counted was up thru the quarterfinals?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne T Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: Bracketology: #7 to #10 no thanks!!


> Well, yes, as far as UNH is concerned ...
> If Maine loses to BC, then the only scenario (with other conferences going 
> according to seedings) where Maine advances to the NCAAs is if UNH beats 
> BU *and* BC ... and then we go only by a nose (over BC!).  Upsets in other 
> tournaments could well push us out in any event, should we lose to BC. 
> Win, baby, win!
>
> What I meant to say is that bad things can still happen.  Colgate, St 
> Cloud, Duluth, Mercyhurst, Bentley, Connecticut and Northern Michigan are 
> still playing and are all out of the top 16.  Should any of them win their 
> tournament, that's more automatic bids, squeezing out the 15th and perhaps 
> 14th or 13th place teams.  I'll let Rick and Chris figure out where we 
> might be going, since I can't even tell the chances of us going!
>
> cheers, wayne
>
> Bob Fitta wrote, in part,  on 3/13/2006 11:16 AM:
>> 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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>