Now that is awesome.
I didn't realize that the CHA's power rankings were that bad.
Quoting NE Hampton <[log in to unmask]>:
> Good for Rich Comley! He is absolutely right. There are Ratings Percentage
> Index (RPI), of which only half or 25 are included in the Pairwise Ratings
> (PWR), include what is probably all the 59 Division 1 teams in college
> hockey. Atlantic Hockey teams are at 25,28,40,53,54,56,57, and 59 whereas
> CHA is at 29,35,46,49, and 52. The highest ranked team in BOTH conferences
> is 25. Of these 13 teams, only 3 of them rank in the top HALF of all the
> teams in college hockey. If these numbers are confusing you, they mean
> Atlantic Hockey and CHA both SUCK. They do not deserve an automatic bid. If
> ever one of these teams climb to the top 10, then they will get an at large
> birth, and deservedly so. But until that time, these garbage teams have
> taken spots in the tournament from much better teams who are more deserving
> except for the NCAA's attempt to encourage poor puppies to try and run with
> the big dogs. It is a rip off to the fans watching these regionals to have
> to put up with watching such low level hockey. If Sacred Heart (or Holy
> Cross or whoever it was) had been a good team, then when they beat Minnesota
> in the Grand Forks regional, it would not have been such a big deal, but
> because they were so bad, it was a big deal (even a broken clock is right
> twice a day, so just because they won a game does not justify their
> automatic bid).
>
> Nathan Hampton
>
>
> On 3/20/07 8:35 PM, "TODD NIELSON" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > That's an interesting way to make a 17-team tournament.
> >
> > Seriously, this would make a real mess of things. If a CHA team is rated
> in
> > the top 10 or 12 (ie deserving of a bid regardless of whether it gets the
> > autobid or not - not a far-fetched idea for a couple of those teams), why
> > should it have to go through a play-in? Can there - should there - be
> > different rules for different conferences? I don't think so at all.
> >
> > -Todd
> > http://mysite.verizon.net/creasemonkeyhockey
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Deron Treadwell" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:11 PM
> > Subject: Comley: AH-CHA Play-In Game Needed
> >
> >
> >> An interesting mull from Rick Comley.
> >>
> >> From a recent USCHO article, quote from Michigan State coach Rick
> >> Comley:
> >>
> >> "What I would like to see is a play-in game [between the CHA and
> >> Atlantic Hockey]. The CHA should not have an automatic bid under any
> >> circumstance whatsoever. They should have a play-in opportunity."
> >>
>
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