Luiz Valente writes:
>In 1995 regular season champion Clarkson and playoff champion RPI
>participated. Both were automatic picks, and were eliminated in the
>first round. Brown probably would have been picked if it had advanced
>to the ECAC finals in Lake Placid. I know from reliable sources, however,
>that after Brown was eliminated in the semifinals, it was decided that
>if Clarkson also won the ECAC playoffs (as the NC$$ evidently hoped),
>Vermont have been picked despite having finished fifth in the regular
>season, having been eliminated by Colgate in the semifinals, and having
>a worse overall record than second-place Brown (which had defeated
>Vermont twice in the regular season, including a 6-3 pasting in
>Burlington). I guess that for the NC$$ not every school is created
>equal.
 
I can't speak to their creation, but at NCAA selection time all teams
are obviously not equal.  That's why they had/have this thing called
the Rating Percentage Index.  Maybe you've heard of it?  I didn't
take time to work through all of the criteria (obviously Brown would
have a 2-0 head-to-head advantage), but at the time of selection
Vermont (#14) was ahead of Brown (#17) in the RPI.  In fact, so was
Princeton (#15), another ECAC club.
 
(Soapbox)
Nothing personal against Luiz, but I have a pet peeve with people
*who know how it's done* complaining about past NCAA selections.
Crunch the numbers, Luiz.  If Brown is ahead of Vermont, Princeton
and any other ECAC team within .01 of Vermont based on the 1995
NCAA criteria, then ask your reliable sources for an explanation.  You
may have something.  However, your paragraph above simply sounds
like sour grapes.  (And don't feel as if you're all alone, everyone has
sour grapes about something, sometime, somewhere.  I just think this
example can be objectively explained...at least objectively researched.)
 
 
John H (U Mich) [log in to unmask]
Who was knocked on his gluteus maximus (sp?) by a fellow Hockey-Ler
(who shall remain nameless) at an open skate last night.  His version
is that I was going down anyway, he just helped the process.  My
version is that I had everything in control until he intentionally cross
checked me (minus the stick).  True story. :-)
 
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