Jim Dixon UAF 90, 91 [log in to unmask] Asheville, NC First Round -- East Pod: #6E Holy Cross at #3E Sacred Heart Sacred Heart #5E Air Force at #4E Bentley Air Force Quarterfinals East Region: Air Force at #1E American Int'l American Int'l 3 Sacred Heart at #2E Army West Point Army West Point 2 First Round -- West Region: #5W Niagara at #4W Mercyhurst Mercyhurst Quarterfinals West Region: Mercyhurst at #1W Robert Morris Robert Morris 2 #3W RIT at #2W Canisius Canisius 3 Semifinals: Canisius vs American Int'l Canisius Army West Point vs Robert Morris Army West Point Championship: Winner (16 pts) Canisius vs Army West Point Army West Point Tiebreakers: 1. Championship game score: 4-3 2. Total goals scored in entire tournament: 90 On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 11:44 AM Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm a little leery about doing this this year, as COVID-19 protocols have > played havoc with scheduling and I'm pretty sure we're not done with it, > but anyway... > > Once again, it's time to announce this year's Pick the Post-season > Tournaments contest! Try out your prognosticating skills by predicting > the game results and champions of each of the six Division I conference > tournaments! > > This year's contest will be in several parts. I don't know how many yet, > but Atlantic Hockey is starting their post-season this weekend, so this > part of the contest will deal only with Atlantic Hockey. Separate mailings > will follow for the other conferences. > > As in the past, I'll be running two contests in one. The first will give > higher weighting to the latter stages of the tournaments, and the second > will give equal weight to all results (see under Scoring below). There > will be contest #1 and #2 winners for each of the six tournaments, plus #1 > and #2 overall Prognosticating Gods. > > Just to preserve their immortality, the winners of last year's rather > abbreviated contest were: > > Contest #1 Contest #2 > ECAC: Andy Weise John Edwards > WCHA: Bill Fenwick Andy Weise > Atlantic Hockey: Mark Lewin John Edwards > Big Ten: Nathan Hampton John Edwards > Overall: Nathan Hampton Nathan Hampton > > (The Hockey East and NCHC tournaments did not have any games played) > > The first playoff games are on Sunday, March 7th at 5:00 PM EST, so the > deadline for this part of the contest will be Sunday, March 7th at 4:00 PM > EST. > > The tournament formats (for the moment, anyway) are as follows: > > Atlantic Hockey (scheduled to begin March 7th): > > All eleven teams make the playoffs. The first round and quarterfinals are > seeded based on Atlantic Hockey’s East and West scheduling pods. Based on > the teams' overall seeding, the top two seeds in the East and top three in > the West receive a bye into the quarterfinals. > The remaining six meet in the first round in their respective pods, with > the #3E, #4E, and #4W seeds hosting. They play a single game "to > conclusion". > The three first-round winners advance and are reseeded in their pods. > In the quarterfinal round, the top two seeds in each pod host a best-of- > three series. Within each pod, the lowest-remaining seed plays at #1 and > the second-lowest plays at #2. > In the semifinal round, the highest-remaining East seed hosts the lowest- > remaining West seed, while the highest-remaining West seed hosts the > lowest-remaining East seed. > The semifinal winners meet in the championship game. There is no > consolation game. > > Hockey East (scheduled to begin March 10th): > > All eleven teams make the playoffs. The top five seeds receive a bye into > the quarterfinals, while the remaining six meet in the first round in a > single game. Seeds 6 through 8 host the first-round games. All games are > played "to conclusion". > The three first-round winners advance and are reseeded. > The top four seeds host the single-game quarterfinal round. Among the > first-round winners, the lowest-remaining seed plays at #1, the second- > lowest at #2, and so on. The #5 seed plays at #4. > The four quarterfinal winners advance and are reseeded. > The highest and lowest seed meet in one semifinal, while the other two > seeds meet in the other semifinal. Games are hosted by the higher seeds. > The semifinal winners meet in the championship game, hosted by the higher > seed. There is no consolation game. > > WCHA (scheduled to begin March 12th): > > All eight teams make the playoffs. The top four seeds host the quarter- > finals, which are a best-of-three series. All games are played "to > conclusion". > The four winners advance and are reseeded. > The semifinal round is a single game, in which the highest seed hosts the > lowest seed, while the second-highest seed hosts the third seed. > The semifinal winners meet in the championship game, which the higher > seed hosts. There is no consolation game. > > NCHC (scheduled to begin March 12th): > > All eight teams make the playoffs, and all games will be at one site. > The quarterfinal round is a single game, with #1 playing #8, #2 playing > #7, and so on. All games are played "to conclusion". > The four winners advance and are reseeded. > The highest and lowest seed meet in one semifinal, while the other two > seeds meet in the other semifinal. > The semifinal winners meet in the championship game. There is no > consolation game. > > Big Ten (scheduled to begin March 14th): > > All seven teams make the playoffs, and all games will be at one site. > The top seed receives a bye into the semifinals, while the remaining six > meet in the single-game quarterfinal round. Seed #2 will play #7, #3 will > play #6, and so on. All games are played "to conclusion". > The three quarterfinal winners advance and are reseeded. > The #1 seed meets the lowest seed in one semifinal, while the other two > seeds meet in the other semifinal. > The semifinal winners meet in the championship game. There is no > consolation game. > > ECAC (scheduled to begin March 18th): > > All four teams make the playoffs. > The highest and lowest seed meet in one semifinal, while the other two > seeds meet in the other semifinal. The semifinal games are played "to > conclusion" and are hosted by the higher seeds. > The semifinal winners meet in the championship game, hosted by the higher > seed. There is no consolation game. > > > Scoring: > > Contest #1: > > Each correct first round/quarterfinal winner is worth 3 points. For a > best-of-three series (Atlantic Hockey and WCHA quarterfinals only), giving > the correct number of games in the series is worth an additional point. > Sorry, but if you get the winner wrong, you get zippo, even if you get the > number of games right. > > Correct semifinal game winners are worth 8 points. > > Correct championship game winners are worth 16 points. > > So the maximum total points for each league would be: > > Atlantic Hockey 57 > Hockey East 53 > WCHA 48 > NCHC 44 > Big Ten 41 > ECAC 32 > > There will also be two tiebreakers for each conference. The first will be > the predicted final score of the championship game, with the closest score > winning. For example, if you predict 5-2 and the actual score is 4-2, > you're one off; if the actual score is 4-3, you're two off. > > The second tiebreaker will be the total number of goals scored in the > entire tournament. > > If there is a tie for the overall winner, the tiebreaker will be who > performed best in the greater number of individual tournaments. > > Contest #2: > > Each correct result from each round is worth 2 points. So you get 2 points > for each quarterfinal/first round winner you pick (regardless of whether or > not you forecast the correct number of games), 2 points for each semifinal > winner you pick, and so on. > > The maximum total points for each league would be: > > Atlantic Hockey 20 > Hockey East 20 > WCHA 14 > NCHC 14 > Big Ten 12 > ECAC 6 > > Tiebreakers will be the same as for Contest #1. > > One other scoring note: It's possible that a team may have to withdraw > from a tournament due to COVID-19 restrictions and will have to forfeit a > playoff game or series. In that case, the game/series will be counted as > a win for the non-forfeiting team (a 2-0 sweep if it's a series). > > An official entry form will follow as soon as I post this. Questions, > comments, and entries can be sent to [log in to unmask] . Simply > hitting "reply" MAY NOT WORK -- be sure to check the Email address before > you send. > > Thanks and good luck! > > > Bill Fenwick > [log in to unmask] > -- Jim Dixon (661) 236-1375 cell **************************