krach REALLY likes the wcha.  wcha teams own the top 10, literally, in
sos:
                                                         \/
2 North Dakota      928.1 .8727 3 22-6-3 .7581 3.133      1 296.2
3 Minnesota-Duluth  576.0 .8155 5 22-8-3 .7121 2.474      5 232.9
5 Minnesota         454.5 .7817 8t 20-11-3 .6324 1.720    2 264.3
7 Wisconsin         374.5 .7515 8t 18-9-7 .6324 1.720     7 217.7
8 St. Cloud State   356.8 .7435 11 18-10-4 .6250 1.667    8 214.1
9 Denver            333.7 .7324 8t 19-10-5 .6324 1.720   10 194.0
10 Colorado College 249.7 .6812 26t 16-13-3 .5469 1.207   9 206.9
19 Alaska-Anchorage 142.8 .5726 46 10-17-3 .3833 0.622    6 229.7
30 Michigan Tech    102.4 .5048 52t 7-20-5 .2969 0.422    3 242.5
36 Minnesota State   85.72 .4686 54t 6-21-5 .2656 0.362   4 237.0

the first non-wcha team?  bc at 11th.  in fact, hockey east has the
next 5 spots.  following them?  ohio state at 15th, and the ccha owns
the next three.

just interesting how splotchy the sos ranking is.  is this a function
of the lack of statistics, lack of interconference games, both?
neither?  i know the wcha has done very well against non-league
opponents in all the other leagues, as well.

scott quakkelaar
hoping michigan can find some yost magic elsewhere this year

--- Bob Gilreath <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> At 02:38 PM 2/23/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> >There is an amazing aspect to this ranking.  The WCHA has seven of
> the
> >top ten spots in KRACH and, except for Denver and CC, 5 of the top
> 10 in
> >the other three lists.  Now, I like the WCHA (living in Wisconsin),
> but
> >is the conference really that strong this year, or will there be an
> >embarrasing comeuppance come the tournament?
> >BTW, I vote for Mike Eaves for coach of the year.  And I hear that
> >Wisconsin's recruiting class may be just as strong next year as this
> one
> >was.
> >
> >Tom Rowe


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