At this point, I'll take an at-large berth and a trip west if it means
we get to play in the tournament.

-Deron


--- "D. B. Doucette" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Well, first PWR of this season is out, and things do not look
> promising.
> Maine is now at a 15th place tie...even Lowell is ahead of them !
>
> Maine will in my opinion really have problems if it were going for an
> at-large bid: its record when it comes to the intangibles the
> Committee
> gives to "good wins", especially neutral site and road wins.  Other
> than
> Vermont (ahead of them also), and Lowell (barely snatched victory
> from the
> jaws of a tie) Maine on the road this year has been a disaster.  The
> fans
> travel well, but the team ?
>
> This season might come down to having to post at least one win at
> each of
> the two-game away series at New Hampshire and Boston College, and win
> all
> else, for the Black Bears to be in any contention for an at-large
> invite to
> the Tournament.  Quite the change this season, that Maine seemingly
> HAS to
> win in Boston to have the best shot to control its' post-season fate.
>
> Even were they to win the HE auto-bid at not-to-be-the-Bank of
> America
> Center, Maine might be so low in the seedings so that they are prime
> fodder
> to be posted other than to Amherst or Worcester, and sent west.  Even
> more
> scary, that the CHA (most likely a #16) auto-bid could be kept in the
> East
> given Maine is the "bigger" school and might be thought to be more
> flexible
> with regards to traveling.
>
> At least the Red Sox won the World Series....
>
> Dan
>
> Deron Treadwell wrote:
>
> >I recently wrote that Maine might only be able to lose 2-3 games in
> order
> >to realistically have a shot at an at-large berth to the NCAA
> Tournament.
> >While we are still waiting for the Pairwise Rankings to debut (as of
> >Monday night), but if they are anything like the below there is much
> work
> >to do.
> >
>