USCHO Women's Hockey Posters Poll

[OnMAA]

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you keep telling people to ignore me

I think you are confusing me with another poster. (Your Idol).

[wwhyte]

For all the chaos many of us had in the 5-8 range, no changes other than BU and QU flipping

There may be more chaos next week... With everyone else's inconsistency, Robert Morris are making a solid bid for top four. And with BU's meltdown, I think we're down to nine top-ten teams...

[CrazyDave]

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There may be more chaos next week... With everyone else's inconsistency, Robert Morris are making a solid bid for top four. And with BU's meltdown, I think we're down to nine top-ten teams...

Chaos? Yes. Only nine worthy teams? I tend to concur. RMU in the top four? Ummm...

[ARM]

RMU in the top four? Ummm...

The Colonials are unbeaten in their last 14 (longest active streak), and have lost only once in the last 20. You can claim that their schedule is weak, but they've played a number of teams that are the caliber that other ranked teams are having losses against. RMU seems to be playing better than either Harvard or Cornell at the moment. That doesn't automatically put it into the top four, but it definitely bears consideration. North Dakota is hard to slot, because how much Olympic-absence leeway should be given?

[D2D]

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North Dakota is hard to slot, because how much Olympic-absence leeway should be given?

I believe Mr. KRACH, Miss Pairwise, Mrs. RPI and "LakersFan Rutter" would agree that the answer should be "zero". But, despite all of our shortcomings and varying degrees of bias, we humans can be a little more forgiving.

[Eeyore]

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I believe Mr. KRACH, Miss Pairwise, Mrs. RPI and "LakersFan Rutter" would agree that the answer should be "zero". But, despite all of our shortcomings and varying degrees of bias, we humans can be a little more forgiving.

Speak for yourself. It's North Dakota.

[Eeyore]

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

The gap between #3 and #6 is infinitesimal. I'm trying to decide whether BC has put it together and figured out how to play like the team we thought they were going to be they're winning but UNH seemed to give them some trouble.

[brookyone]

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

Take note you Easterners...your conferences are beginning to require way too much thought when attempting to rank.

[TonyTheTiger20]

I'm trying to decide whether BC has put it together and figured out how to play like the team we thought they were going to be they're winning

We've been doing the same thing all year! haha

but UNH seemed to give them some trouble.

True, though keep in mind that BC has won its last 4 games without Haley Skarupa playing. The BC fans I know were just going to be thrilled to get out of Durham with any win as that place has been horrible to us over the years.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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

Huskies deserve it.

[D2D]

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

[CrazyDave]

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This is getting messy... I did a lot of shuffling in the 3-6 range this week over my own selections last week.

1) Minnesota
2) Wisconsin
3) Harvard
4t) Clarkson
4t) North Dakota
6) Cornell
7) Boston College
8) Robert Morris
9) Quinnipiac
10) Mercyhurst

Dropped out: Boston University

[CrazyDave]

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10) Northeastern

Huskies deserve it.

Tony -- can you enlighten the masses as to what funky algorithm you used to come up with this gem?

[OnMAA]

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Once you get past the 1-2 spot things get very interesting in the 3-8 placings. The teams in 9 and 10 are not in consideration (IMHO anyways) for the top 8 at the moment. The divide lines are between 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 8 and 9

1 - Minnesota (1).....W,W.......Winning two games they are expected to win.
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2 - Wisconsin (2).....W,W........Winning two games they are expected to win.
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3 - Clarkson (4).......W,W.......Big win over Cornell, moves them up to the three spot. They are hot.
4 - BC (6)..............W,W.......Keep moving on up, 2 solid wins
5 - UND (3)............T,W........Dropping a point in two games they are expected to win.
6 - Harvard (7)........W,W......Winning two games they are expected to win.
7 - Cornell 5)...........W,L........Recent losses to Harvard and Clarkson has them below those two now.
8 - RMU (8).............W,L........Split with MU
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9 - Quinnipiac (9).................Did not play.
10 - NU (NR)...........W,W......NU looks to be on their way to second in Hockey East.

Only other team under consideration is MU.

[OnMAA]

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Tony -- can you enlighten the masses as to what funky algorithm you used to come up with this gem?

I used the same Funky algorithm. Right now they are clearly the second best team in HE AND on a four game winning streak. Since the break they have played four games against top 10 teams and only lost twice overall.