At 07:56 PM 12/6/95 -0600, Eeyore wrote: >them use their arena). Is it fair to punish CC for playing these games, or >any other team in a similar situation? They're in a no win situation; win >or lose, these games hurt their tournament chances. Let's look at it another way, is it fair to "reward" CC for having the 38th rated schedule of 44 Division I teams and posting a 10-0-3 record? If that was the case, what would be the incentive to schedule top teams? If CC was untied, perhaps this would be an issue, but those three ties are hurting them. Those three ties in 13 games means, that Colorado College ties almost one game in 4, roughly 23%, while playing this easier schedule. Ratings are only as good as the schedule played thus far. You have to take lots of things into consideration, like the WCHA unbalanced schedule for instance. That has the potiental to help or hurt any given team in the league. For instance, any team that plays CC four times will benifit because of their win percentage. But any team with a good winning percentage that CC only plays twice will hurt their ability to increase their OppWin%. With limited non-conference action, it will hurt them as well. I'm not familar with CC, but I'm sure they won't end up with the 38th ranked schedule when it's all said and done, but it might not rival Minnesota's or BU's either. --- Deron [log in to unmask] --> University of Maine Hockey (12-3-2) --> http://maine.maine.edu/~dtread41/mehockey.html --> Owner/GM: Maine Mariners (EHH Fantasy League) HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.