Following up on the ranking discussions and void of any statistical measures. For what its worth Observations and rankings from an opposing players viewpoint: 1. BC-Too fast and too many good shooters 2. RPI-Fast and good shooters 3. Lowell-streaky, a couple dominate players 4. Union-good physical team, the best we played It's close between the next teams 5. Merrimack 6. Providence 7. Colgate 8. Cornell-even though they killed us, they were not that good 9. Umass To reiterate my rankings playing the common opponent: 1. Lowell 2. BC 3. Union 4. RPI 5. Merrimack 6. Providence 7. Cornell I also ranked Michigan ahead of Lowell, as well as Michigan State. While Lake State was about in the Providence area. At least at the time I saw them play. tom morrison