I believe New Hampshire swept Maine this weekend and dropped from 16 Friday morning to 17 now?
I feel like I have a decent understanding of the pairwise, this one is pretty crazy.
You are correct. The reason for this is the teams ahead of them had big enough RPI gaps that New Hampshire wasn't able to pick up comparisons against them.
Colorado College was just behind UNH and passed them (& other teams) by beating #2 North Dakota yesterday which allowed them to pick up multiple comparisons including the one with North Dakota (since they are 3-0 against North Dakota). If Colorado College loses tonight they will lose some or all of the comparisons they pick up yesterday and will drop back some.
Colorado College is currently #14 in Pairwise, #13 RPI but #15 St. Cloud, #16 Michigan, and #17 New Hampshire are close to them so losing tonight will likely drop them some.
I believe New Hampshire swept Maine this weekend and dropped from 16 Friday morning to 17 now?
I feel like I have a decent understanding of the pairwise, this one is pretty crazy.
You are correct. The reason for this is the teams ahead of them had big enough RPI gaps that New Hampshire wasn't able to pick up comparisons against them.
Colorado College was just behind UNH and passed them (& other teams) by beating #2 North Dakota yesterday which allowed them to pick up multiple comparisons including the one with North Dakota (since they are 3-0 against North Dakota). If Colorado College loses tonight they will loses some or all of the comparisons they pick up yesterday and will drop back some.
Colorado College is currently #14 in Pairwise, #13 RPI but #15 St. Cloud, #16 Michigan, and #17 New Hampshire are close to them so losing tonight will likely drop them some.
yeah it's kind of wild that log jam in the middle. Feels like the teams 10 and up will shuffle amongst themselves and then the 11-18 logjam can move a lot with teams 20 and up really taking a lot to move at all.
Not necessarily since we have a chance to pass Wisconsin in Pairwise.
If some of the goal/no goal calls Saturday at Madison and yesterday would have gone our way resulting in 2 regulation wins rather than a tie (shoot out loss) and an OT win we likely would be #6 in Pairwise right now rather than #9.
As it currently stands we still have a chance to catch them. Go Penn State and Michigan State the next two weekends.
Comprehensive list of circumstances in which I’d lower myself & hope for the cheesedicks to win:
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“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Well until this weekend it was Ohio State this season but clearly Wisconsin said "Hey Brutus quit taking our spot we want it back." 😉
Wisconsin is 3-4-2 in their last 9 games and this is with goal/no goal calls against the Gophers (multiple times), Notre Dame, and Ohio State three straight weekends all going their way.
There are really only two teams in college hockey right now that truly scare me.
1. Boston College
2. Minnesota when they decide not to show up.
All jokes aside I truly believe that when the Gophs play at their best, like against Wisconsin on Saturday night two weeks ago, they can beat almost anyone. But boy, BC looks legit.
I agree. Clearly this means in all Maroon and Gold Championship game at the X.
BTW, When I was at Madison Square Garden for the annual Boston University vs. Cornell game wearing a Gopher jersey amongst the sea of red of fans from both teams I stuck out like a sore thumb. At the start of the second period I was walking back to my seat and was going by the BU band. One of the people in the band saw the maroon and gold of my jersey from the side and yelled out "BC sucks" while pointing at me thinking I was wearing a BC jersey. I yelled back at him "It is a Minnesota Gopher jersey" while chuckling.
BC was up 2-0 after one period and then U Mass scored three straight goals in a span of just over 3 and a half minutes at the mid point of the 2nd period. BC then scored a little more than 3 minutes after U Mass took the lead to tie the game with just under 5 minutes left in the 2nd period.
Since U Mass is currently #13 in Pairwise/RPI all the bubble teams are definitely rooting for BC.
The shots on goal are BC 35-14 (34-13 after two periods).
Ryan Leonard has a hat trick. BC has three power play goals. The penalty that gave BC the 5 on 3 was goalie interference so apparently this call can work for a maroon and gold team (just not us).
