Hi -
 
On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Charlie Shub wrote:
> I just noticed this...
>                          Weight     35%         50%         15%
>                       G   W  L  T   win% rank   opp% rank  opp-opp     Total
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  1 Michigan State    40  31- 5- 4  82.50 ( 1)  51.22 (17)  51.01 (10)  62.14
>  2 North Dakota      38  30- 7- 1  80.26 ( 2)  51.69 (11)  50.93 (13)  61.58
>  3 Boston University 36  27- 7- 2  77.78 ( 3)  49.10 (30)  51.23 ( 8)  59.46
>  5 Boston College    38  25- 8- 5  72.37 ( 4)  50.11 (24)  51.56 ( 1)  58.12
> 11 Yale              34  23- 8- 3  72.06 ( 5)  43.51 (42)  49.06 (34)  54.33
>  4 Michigan          40  28-11- 1  71.25 ( 6)  51.30 (16)  51.23 ( 7)  58.27
>  6 Clarkson          33  22- 8- 3  71.21 ( 7)  49.37 (28)  49.06 (33)  56.97
> 10 Colorado College  40  25-12- 3  66.25 ( 8)  47.96 (34)  50.96 (12)  54.81
>  9 New Hampshire     34  22-11- 1  66.18 ( 9)  50.23 (23)  50.78 (18)  55.89
>  7 Ohio State        38  24-12- 2  65.79 (10)  51.56 (12)  51.10 ( 9)  56.47
>  8 Wisconsin         38  24-13- 1  64.47 (11)  51.39 (13)  51.45 ( 3)  55.98
> 16 Princeton         33  16-10- 7  59.09 (12)  47.54 (36)  48.71 (36)  51.76
 
  As impressive (or a fluke :-) as that may be, note also that NONE of the
teams with the nation's Ten Toughest Schedules made the Tournamnet.  Yes,
it's important to schedule tough non-conference opponents, but you'd best
WIN a good proportion of them .... (or, in the specific case of UNH, beat
the NC team who you're most in competition with should you wind up on the
bubble, i.e., CC, whom UNH beat in the opening round of the Denver Cup back
in December) ....
 
  And, in another oddity, all four participants in this year's IceBreaker
Tournament made the NC$$ field; perhaps that's a good omen for NEXT year's
participants = BC, UNH, Minnesota, and Miami ....
 
> 12 St Cloud          38  20-16- 2  55.26 (16)  53.08 ( 7)  50.85 (16)  53.51
> 13 Northern Michigan 37  18-15- 4  54.05 (17)  52.48 ( 9)  50.77 (19)  52.77
> 14 Maine             33  15-14- 4  51.52 (19)  54.07 ( 3)  50.57 (24)  52.65
> 19 Notre Dame        40  17-19- 4  47.50 (22)  53.27 ( 6)  51.00 (11)  50.91
> 20 Harvard           33  14-17- 2  45.45 (27)  55.19 ( 1)  48.16 (41)  50.73
> 21 Minnesota         39  17-22- 0  43.59 (30)  54.71 ( 2)  50.77 (20)  50.22
> 27 Ferris State      38  15-20- 3  43.42 (31)  51.76 (10)  50.64 (23)  48.67
> 32 Denver            36  11-23- 2  33.33 (34)  52.69 ( 8)  50.12 (25)  45.53
> 34 St Lawrence       32   8-20- 4  31.25 (35)  54.02 ( 4)  47.84 (42)  45.12
> 35 Merrimack         37  10-26- 1  28.38 (38)  53.90 ( 5)  49.12 (32)  44.25
 
  Good luck to all of this year's NC$$ teams !!
 
  Cheers from Maryland - Jim
  Go Blue !!  It's Redemption Time !!
 
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