Hi -
 
  I'm pleased to see that USCHO is now providing PWR along with the RPI
(Thanks Tim !!) but I'm confused ...  At the bottom of the rankings Tim
writes:
 
> The Pair Wise Ranking is the ranking system used the NCAA Selection
> Committee in determining the selections for the NCAA hockey tournament.
> The PWR compares all teams at or above 0.500 judging them by five
> criteria: common opponents, record in last 20 games, head to head
> meetings, record against teams at or above 0.500, and the Ratings
> Percentage Index (RPI).
 
  So far, so good; that much I knew from last year.  But then we see:
 
> Each comparison won by a team is worth one point.
 
  Isn't this a change from last year ??  It was my understanding that
head-to-read records could be worth in excess of one point if one TUC was
particularly successful vs. another.  For example BU is currently 2-0-0
vs. UNH, and it was my understanding that BU would get *2* points for this
in the HtH comparison.  If BU were to sweep the season series (3-0-0),
then they would receive *3* PWR points; conversely, if UNH manages to win
at Walter Brown on the last day of the season (I can dream, can't I :-)
then BU's record of 2-1-0 would be worth only *1* point in the BU-UNH
comparison.  I recall some comments along these lines from Mike M. in
years past, but don't have the time/knowledge to search the archives
effectively.  Can someone shed some light on this ??
 
  Scratching his head in Solomons - Jim
 
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