Mike writes:
>I think strength of schedule strength should be a factor.
 
Perhaps. But if that's the case, then a team with a relatively
not-so-strong schedule can never hope to achieve a high ranking,
if you go by that. Also, a team like Clarkson is in a catch22. We
(seem to) agree that HE and the midwest leagues are stronger than the
ECAC. If Clarkson beats an ECAC team, the stock of that team goes down
as well as CU's schedule strength. If CU loses, the reverse happens and it
does the Knights no good. How can Clarkson escape from this vicious
cycle? Also, how is this "schedule strength" determined? It seems rather
arbitrary to me. If it's not, please explain to me how it's determined.
 
Also, I observe that CCHA and WCHA teams play few if any non-league
contests because of their heavy slate of league games. How can Clarkson
prove themselves against the "better" conferences if we don't have an
opportunity to play them in the reg. season. Last two times we played
teams from the midwest, our results were pretty good for a team from
a "weak" conference. If I recall, we swept a pair of games from the
defending national champion Wisconsin Badgers and we took 2 of 3 on the
road from the #1 Lake Superior St. Lakers. Not too bad, eh?
 
Enough rambling,
Bri Farenell
Clarkson '95
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