On Oct 8, 14:50, John Whelan wrote:
>Does anyone know the current status of Army vis-a-vis the College Hockey
>America championship tournament? I had heard that they were planning to
>skip the postseason, but somehow I get the feeling that I later heard
>they'd changed their minds about this.
>
>(This actually might have a domino impact on tournament selection, as
>Air Force, by my count, needs to face Army or Niagara in the playoffs
>to wind up with 20 D1 games.)
... but since Army is only playing two conference games against their CHA foes
this year, rather than four like the rest of the CHA, each CHA game involving
Army will count for four points, rather than two. Wonder if Air Force would
argue that, since games with Army count double, they should be considered as
two games instead of one...
Not To Be Taken Seriously!! Obviously, the NCAA would never go for anything as
convoluted as that, and will consider a win (or loss) in one of those
four-point games as a "normal" win (or loss). So Air Force is still stuck on
19.
In addition to the four-pointers against Army, Air Force also has a single
four-point game against Niagara and another one against Bemidji, since they
meet those two teams for only three conference games each. Oddly enough, Air
Force and Niagara will meet this Sunday in Anchorage in the Johnson Nissan
Classic in a non-league matchup. Any particular reason why they didn't decide
to call this a conference meeting and bring both teams up to the requisite four
games, rather than double the value of one of the existing conference games?
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