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| Reply To: | Cheryl A. Morris |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Mar 1995 14:03:16 EST |
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The Providence upset of UNH has potentially thrown a wrench into the post-season
bid machine. And if the Friars win the tounament, things will get very
interesting, since this season seems to consist of 4 very good teams, and 8
chasers. While admittedly this is based purely on crystal ball gazing, let's
set out a potential NC$$ tourney:
East West
1. Maine 1. Michigan
2. BU 2. Colorado
3. Clarkson 3. Minnesota
4. UNH 4. Bowling Green
5. Northeastern 5. Denver
6. ECAC #2 (Colgate?) 6. Wisconsin
Note: the placings will undoubtedly change as a result of the league
tournaments, but my exercise suggsests a couple of interesting scenarios. Fi
First, until last night, UHN probably had a lock on the third East seed. Now
Clarkson has a good opportunity to grab the #3. I am assuming that the league
champions will not automatically receive the #1 and #2 seeds. Northeastern is
undoubtedly the bubble team. A victory against Lowell seems to be essential to
increase their chances. But what if Providence takes the tournament? Even if
Northeastern made it to the title game they probably wouldn't make it.
The West is similarly a rat's nest, with seeds 3-6 very tight. Minnesota,
because of their high RPI probably has the best chance of making the tourney,
but what happens in the CCHA tournament could greatly affect the WCHA's chances
of four bids. Michigan State and LSSU are probably inches away from a bid, with
LSSU ( as usual) dependent on an upset of Michigan to get a bid. And this year
it is not likely that the West will get more bids than the East, due to the
overall strength of Hockey East this year.
It will certainly be interesting.
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Brian Morris Go RPI! 1991 Redux?
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