That had been one of the reasons a while back. But the last few years
the higher seeded team has their choice, and typically plays first!
Maine played Bu in the semis last year with UMASS-UNH being the later
game, so not always a Boston thing.
I am of the opinion that there will actually be more Maine fans at the
start of this one than BC fans! Won't be getting my tickets until
Friday from will call, so if a Maine fan can tell me what section of
loge we're in I would appreciate it!
Thanks,
Bob Fitta '83
On Mar 14, 2005, at 10:51 AM, james acheson wrote:
> I think Maine almost always plays the 5 PM game... and I think I
> remember Hockey East saying that BU and BC fans can make the late game
> without missing work but Maine fans from Maine will have to miss work
> no matter which game Maine plays in, so let's put em in the early
> game.
>
> I just hope that if Maine wins it will not be triple OT... I do hope
> that Maine wins though... and I hope tht the winner of the late game
> plays like 10 or 12 OTs.... heh!
>
>
>
> William <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Maine's in. In. What could possibly go wrong now? Seriously, Maine's
> playing for seeding now. Question: Does the team with the highest
> ranking (In this case, BC) get to choose which game (5/8 p.m.) to play
> on Friday? If so, is it a reach to think York and crew wanted the 5
> p.m. game because it gives them a pretty good shot at taking over the
> entire building? I know Maine fans travel and travel in droves,
> too, but a 5 p.m. weekday start time certainly can strain more
> schedules than it can help.
>
> Wayne T Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> With all home teams winning Sunday, Maine's chances for an NCAA bid
> have
> increased substantially!
>
> In fact, it will now take a very unlikely set of events to keep Maine
> from an NCAA bid.
>
> It will take Maine losing to BC, Colgate or Vermont winning the ECACHL
> and Nebraska-Omaha beating Ohio State for the CCHA title to cause Maine
> to be squeezed out. Of course those ECACHL teams must get by Harvard
> and
> Cornell (ranked 6th & 5th nationally), and in the CCHA Nebraska-Omaha
> must first dispose of Michigan State and Michigan (18th and 6th
> nationally). This would mean auto-bids to 4 teams below Maine in PWR.
> Maine would be tied for 12th with Michigan, but would lose the
> comparison with Michigan and the last at-large bid, due to 0.002 in
> RPI.
>
> There may be other scenarios where Maine doesn't go, but I can't find
> them.
>
> Warning: Th! ! ese calculations don't include the NCAA's RPI bonus "for
> quality wins", since the bonus values are not published by the NCAA.
>
> So, if Maine was a probable or likely (my words) NCAA tournament
> selection after Saturday's win over UMass-Lowell, they are now not a
> lock, but a prohibitive favorite to be selected!
>
> By the way, Hockey East has announced:
>
> HOCKEY EAST SEMIFINAL PAIRINGS SET
> The top four seeds in the Hockey East tournament advanced to next
> weekend’s semifinals, setting up what promises to be a choice
> double-header on Friday, featuring top seed Boston College taking on
> No.
> 4 seed Maine at 5:00 p.m., followed by No. 2 Boston University vs. No.
> 3
> New Hampshire at 8:00 p.m. Both games will be televised live on the New
> England Sports Network (NESN). The winners advance to Saturday’s
> championship game, which is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. faceoff and will
> also be televised live by NESN.
>
> chee! ! rs, wayne
>
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