USCHO Women's Hockey Posters Poll

[TonyTheTiger20]

Re: USCHO Women's Hockey Posters Poll

For the life of me I can't figure out why almost all of you are putting RMU below BC.

[OnMAA]

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Teams are on the move. Who is hot and Who is NOT.

Clarkson is Hot, two impressive wins.

Harvard and Quinnipiac are NOT, each recording a surprising loss (To RPI and to Yale)


1 - Minnesota (1).....W, T.......Mystique now gone, but still no 1 by a good margin, as most teams below them also squandering points.
2 - Wisconsin (2).....W, L........Split with UND, staying ahead of Cornell, but just barely.
3 - Cornell (3).........T, W........Win and tie vs MU, edging them closer to the no 2 spot.
4 - Clarkson (6).......W,W.......Two impressive wins over SLU, MOving on up past Harvard and UND.
5 - UND (5)............W,L........Split with Wisco, staying where they are.
6 - Quinnipiac (7).....W,L,W......Lost to ECAC top ten killer RPI, but their other two wins keep them just ahead of BC.
7 - BC (9)..............W,T,W.......Great week against tough competition. On the move up.
8 - Harvard (4)........W,L.........Loss to Yale, dropping 3 spots. See a down trend with a short bench starting to factor in.
9 - BU (8)...............L,W........Loss to BC hurt them big time.
10 - RMU (10).....................Not yet convinced they belong in the top 8.

MU and UMD the only teams knocking on the door, but both are well behind RMU at the moment.

[CrazyDave]

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For the life of me I can't figure out why almost all of you are putting RMU below BC.

I'll give the reasoning for my thinking on this, and it has to do with the level of their opponents. Yes, they're on an 11-game unbeaten streak, but let's look at who they've played during it:

-- win vs. Mercyhurst (a quality win, but followed a loss to the Lakers the previous evening)
-- sweep of Lindenwood (ho-hum)
-- win and tie at Syracuse (good, but not surprising)
-- win at Ohio State (OSU is in last place in the WCHA, despite the tie at Minnesota this past weekend)
-- win vs. Maine (more ho-hum)
-- sweep of RIT (again, good but not surprising)
-- sweep of St. Lawrence (who had a 6-11-1 overall record going into those games)

RMU's only quality opposition (again, my opinion) has been Mercyhurst (the previously mentioned split) and BU (another split). And they had a season-opening loss to RPI. I just couldn't justify it moving them up in the rankings based on that strength-of-schedule.

Now, if the Colonials takes 3 or 4 points on the road at Quinny this weekend, we'll talk.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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I'll give the reasoning for my thinking on this, and it has to do with the level of their opponents. Yes, they're on an 11-game unbeaten streak, but let's look at who they've played during it:

-- win vs. Mercyhurst (a quality win, but followed a loss to the Lakers the previous evening)
-- sweep of Lindenwood (ho-hum)
-- win and tie at Syracuse (good, but not surprising)
-- win at Ohio State (OSU is in last place in the WCHA, despite the tie at Minnesota this past weekend)
-- win vs. Maine (more ho-hum)
-- sweep of RIT (again, good but not surprising)
-- sweep of St. Lawrence (who had a 6-11-1 overall record going into those games)

RMU's only quality opposition (again, my opinion) has been Mercyhurst (the previously mentioned split) and BU (another split). And they had a season-opening loss to RPI. I just couldn't justify it moving them up in the rankings based on that strength-of-schedule.

Now, if the Colonials takes 3 or 4 points on the road at Quinny this weekend, we'll talk.

I hear ya. But when you compare it to BC's resume...

[OnMAA]

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For the life of me I can't figure out why almost all of you are putting RMU below BC.

The unfaithful have more faith than the faithful.

[D2D]

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The unfaithful have more faith than the faithful.

And that includes USCHO!

[OnMAA]

Re: USCHO Women's Hockey Posters Poll

For the life of me I can't figure out why almost all of you are putting RMU below BC.

Rutter Math seems to agree with your sentiments.

  	Team 	Rating 	Last Week
1 	Minnesota 	2.42	1
2 	Wisconsin 	1.78	2
3 	North Dakota 	1.49	4
4 	Cornell 	1.39	3
5 	Harvard 	1.10	5
6 	Boston Univ.	1.06	6
7 	Clarkson 	0.95	7
8 	Robert Morris 	0.90	8	
9 	UMD	        0.772	10
10 	Boston College 	0.764	9

Surprising to see UMD ahead of both Quinnipiac AND BC in this model. In addition UND ahead of Cornell in this model.

[NUWH DogHouse]

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1. Minnesota
2. Wisconsin
3. Cornell
4. Harvard
5. North Dakota
6. Clarkson
7. Quinnipiac
8. Boston College
9. Robert Morris
10. Boston University

[TonyTheTiger20]

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22 hours to go. Where's my pokechecker index?

[Eeyore]

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22 hours to go. Where's my pokechecker index?

You're claiming it?

[OnMAA]

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You're claiming it?

I think he is poking for it.....

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

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22 hours to go. Where's my pokechecker index?

Que Paul Allen, Vikings radio guy..."Noooooo!!!" Or more old school...John McEnroe...."You can not be serious!!"

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Que Paul Allen, Vikings radio guy..."Noooooo!!!" Or more old school...John McEnroe...."You can not be serious!!"

Hey pokechecker might be the worst poster on the forum but I like his idea of averaging out different rankings to account for the differences between them.

Half hour left -- anyone else want to throw in a ranking?

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Little bit of shakeup this week.

Week XII Posters Poll

Rank Votes  Team (1st place votes)  Range   Last week (change)
 1.  110    Minnesota (11)          1-1     1st (0)
 2.   96    Wisconsin               2-3     2nd (0)
 3.   91    Cornell                 2-3     3rd (0)
 4.   75    North Dakota            4-5     5th (+1)
 5.   58    Harvard                 4-8     4th (-1)
 6.   57    Clarkson                4-7     6th (0)
 7.   41    Boston College          5-9     8th (+1)
 8.   33    Robert Morris           6-10    10th (+2)
 9.   24    Boston University       7-10    7th (-2)
10.   19    Quinnipiac              6-NR    9th (-1)

Also Receiving Votes:
       1    Mercyhurst              10-NR   NR
       
Dropped Out:
            None

[OnMAA]

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Hey pokechecker might be the worst poster on the forum but I like his idea of averaging out different rankings to account for the differences between them.

The irony of that approach is that He/She has lots of opinions on various subjects and postings by others, but none of his/her own input on the rankings, other than doing some math to compile rankings of others. There is a message in there somewhere.