The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for March 23, 1994:
Teams were given 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for a second-place
vote, and so on down to 1 point for a fifteenth-place vote. Total first-
place votes are in parentheses.
Not surprisingly, Colorado College made HOCKEY-L's Top 12, which of course
is small consolation for missing out on the NC$$'s. But it appears that
HOCKEY-L voters (at least, the nine who responded this week) would have sent
Colorado College to the tournament in place of Northeastern, with all other
teams remaining pretty much the same. Time to start writing letters?
Composite poll (9 responses):
Last NC$$
Record Pts. Week Range Seed
1. Boston University (5) 32-6 130 1 1-3 1E
2. Michigan (4) 33-6-1 129 2 1-3 1W
3. Harvard 23-4-4 109 4 2-6 2E
4. Lake Superior 27-10-4 102 3 2-15 4W
5. Mass Lowell 24-9-5 91 5 5-7 3W
6. Minnesota 24-12-4 69 7 3-10 2W
7. Wisconsin 25-14-1 69 6 4-13 4E
New Hampshire 24-11-3 60 11 5-13 3E
9. Michigan State 23-12-5 59 8 6-13 6W
10. RPI 21-10-4 54 13 5-12 6E
11. Colorado College 23-11-5 53 10 4-13
12. Western Michigan 24-12-3 46 9 7-14 5E
13. St. Cloud 21-13-4 40 14 7-15
14. Northeastern 20-11-7 23 -- 9-15 5W
15. Clarkson 20-9-5 17 12 10-15
Others receiving votes: Maine, Northern Michigan, Alaska-Fairbanks,
Miami
Teams named on all responses: Boston University, Michigan, Harvard,
Lake Superior, Mass Lowell, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Michigan State,
RPI, Colorado College, Western Michigan
Dropped out of Top 15: Northern Michigan (#15 last week)
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Boston University (2) 58 1. Boston University (3) 72
Michigan (2) 58 2. Michigan (2) 71
3. Lake Superior 50 3. Harvard 63
4. Harvard 46 4. Lake Superior 52
5. Mass Lowell 41 5. Mass Lowell 50
6. Minnesota 36 6. Wisconsin 40
7. St. Cloud 30 7. New Hampshire 37
8. RPI 29 8. Colorado College 35
Wisconsin 29 9. Michigan State 33
10. Michigan State 26 Minnesota 33
11. New Hampshire 23 11. Western Michigan 30
12. Colorado College 18 12. RPI 25
13. Western Michigan 16 13. Northeastern 18
14. Clarkson 10 14. Maine 14
15. Northeastern 5 15. St. Cloud 10
There were no media polls posted this week, so there is no media composite
or Tadpoll. Here is a composite of the three HOCKEY-L ratings, along with
Tad-rate:
HOCKEY-L TCHCR RPICH CHODR
Team Record Rank
Boston University 32-6 1 1 1 1
Michigan 33-6-1 2 2 2 2
Harvard 23-4-4 3 7 3 4
Lake Superior 27-10-4 4 6 9 3
Mass Lowell 24-9-5 5 10 6 5
Minnesota 24-12-4 6 3 4 17
Wisconsin 25-14-1 7 4 7 6
New Hampshire 24-11-3 7 11 5 8
Michigan State 23-12-5 9 13 12 13
RPI 21-10-4 10 18 11 7
Colorado College 23-11-5 11 5 13 14
Western Michigan 24-12-3 12 12 10 19
St. Cloud 21-13-4 13 8 14 10
Northeastern 20-11-7 14 14 8 15
Clarkson 20-9-5 15 19 16 16
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Northern Michigan 22-16-1 9 15 11
Maine 6-29-1 15 17 9
Boston College 15-16-5 21 19 12
Tad-rate:
1. Boston University (3) 45
2. Michigan 42
3. Harvard 34
4. Wisconsin 31
5. Lake Superior 30
6. Mass Lowell 27
7. Minnesota 25
8. New Hampshire 24
9. Colorado College 16
St. Cloud 16
11. RPI 14
12. Northern Michigan 13
13. Northeastern 11
14. Michigan State 10
Western Michigan 10
Just to throw even more fuel on the fire... using Tad-rate, the preliminary
seedings for the NC$$ tournaments would have been:
East: Boston University, Harvard, Mass Lowell, New Hampshire, RPI,
Northeastern
West: Michigan, Wisconsin, Lake Superior, Minnesota, Colorado College,
St. Cloud
(giving the edge to Colorado College based on their 3-0-1 season record vs.
St. Cloud)
New Hampshire and Northeastern cross over to the Western regional (letting
RPI stay at home), while Colorado College and St. Cloud go East. Then,
reseeding within the regionals produces the final tournament seeds:
East: Boston University, Harvard, Mass Lowell, Colorado College, RPI,
St. Cloud
West: Michigan, Wisconsin, Lake Superior, Minnesota, New Hampshire,
Northeastern
RPI and St. Cloud switch places to prevent a first-round matchup between
WCHA members Colorado College and St. Cloud. This could also have been
prevented by swapping Mass Lowell and Colorado College, but RPI and St.
Cloud are much closer in the Tad-rate than the other two are.
So in the Tad-rate Tournament, the Eastern regionals have Colorado College
facing RPI with the winner taking on Boston University, and Mass Lowell
playing St. Cloud with Harvard getting the winner. In the West, Lake
Superior faces Northeastern (sounds familiar) for the right to play
Wisconsin, while Minnesota and New Hampshire battle with Michigan getting
the winner.
I know the Michigan State and Western Michigan folks would hate these
seedings, but somehow, they come out a lot neater than the actual NC$$ ones
did. Oh, well, we can dream...
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