USCHO Women's Hockey Posters Poll

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Good stuff guys. I love reading everyone's reasonings.

1) Minnesota -- How's the weather up there?

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2) Wisconsin -- The more western teams BC has to go through to win the title the better, I say.

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3) Clarkson -- Looking like the team we all thought they would be. Wouldn't be surprised to see them knock off one of the western teams in the tournament before we get to.
4) Cornell -- Playing pretty well but it feels like they are a notch below Clarkson now. I don't fear playing them as much.
5) Boston College -- Total hot streak right now, Skarupa is playing like her early-season self, and the new top line (that doesn't even include Skarupa) has me really, really excited.
6) North Dakota -- Swept by Minnesota. "But it was Minnesota!" But they got swept.
7) Harvard -- They just do not look scary, at all. Was really hoping BC would get to play them at Bright in the quaterfinals. Starting to look more likely that BC will climb to 4th and host them.

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8) Robert Morris -- How the actual Christ did they lose to Lindenwood
9) Quinnipiac -- Just kind of meandering along.

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10) Northeastern -- Huge win against Harvard but they are still a little bit behind the rest because of their awful record. Still, I think they deserve the 10 spot. Mercyhurst is very close behind.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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By the way, if anyone wants to change their posts from earlier because of the Beanpot results, just make a new post like OnMAA did.

A little more than 24 hours left to get your picks in!

I might include a graph this week for your viewing pleasure!

[OnMAA]

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1) Minnesota -- How's the weather up there?.

Today Probably much better than down where you are. We have a nice quiet cloudy day up here, while my D tells me that there is another North Easter brewing.

Just heard the I84 is actually closed. Sometimes I wonder with all your emergency declarations. That is like the third one already this winter. Sounds like the GTA. I drove home last Saturday night from Ithaca, pouring rain at first, but further north through a foot of fresh snow. I guess we are better equipped to deal with it up here, and we have a mandatory snow tire policy in our region to ensure everyone is equipped to drive in those conditions.

[mattj711]

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

[brookyone]

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1) Minnesota
2) Wisconsin
3) Clarkson
3) North Dakota: Have seen NoDak full strength. Have seen BC, HU. NoDak is better. Maybe better than Clarkson too. Always struggle with Bucky.
5) Cornell: Total guess
6) Boston College
7) Harvard
8) Quinnipiac
9) Northeastern
10) Robbert Morris

[CrazyDave]

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

No matter how hot they are, I still can't put a team only 1 game above .500 in the top 10.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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No matter how hot they are, I still can't put a team only 1 game above .500 in the top 10.

Not unreasonable.

[NUWH DogHouse]

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1) Minnesota
2) Wisconsin
3) Clarkson
4) Cornell
5) boston college
6) North Dakota
7) Northeastern
8) Harvard
9) Quinnipiac
10) Robbert Morris

[pokechecker]

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BC fanboys seem to be in abundance here, are the Pollsters ahead of the curve, or just not as smart as the official polls?

1) 1-1-1-1=4 Minnesota 26-1-1
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2) 2-2-2-2=8 Wisconsin 21-3-2
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3) 5.5-3-4-5=17.5 Cornell 16-3-4
4) 3-4-5-6=18 Clarkson 21-4-3
5) 4.5-7.5-3-3=18 Northwestern Minnesota University16-7-3
6) 4.5-5-6-4=19.5 Harvard 17-2-3
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7) 7-6.5-7-7=27.5 Boston College 19-4-3
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8) 8.5-7-8-8=31.5 Robert Morris 21-5-2
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9) 8.5-9.5-9-11=38 Quinnipiac 17-4-7
10) 10-9.5-10-10=39.5 Mercyhurst 17-7-3

Since ONMAA got it wrong, it might pay to review:
(I don't have a doctorate, so I'll phrase it so everyone can understand, I have no need to impress anyone)
if 4 points or more seperates teams, it can be assumed the teams are accurately placed
if not, it's a tossup, too close to call, thus the above grouping

did ONMAA really put me on his ignore list? ... now if I could get eyeoree to do the same I wouldn't have to see their idiotic(in eyeore's case angry too) comments to my posts

[TonyTheTiger20]

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7) Northeastern

Good gosh a'mighty...

[OnMAA]

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No matter how hot they are, I still can't put a team only 1 game above .500 in the top 10.

Translation. Which Team ?

[ARM]

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Translation. Which Team ?

Northeastern

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Here is the chart for the Posters Poll. Just thought it would be a neat little visual.

http://i.imgur.com/cr8fQqA.jpg

I'll have the actual rankings up in a little bit.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Whole lot of swapping this week, and there is definitely quite the traffic jam between Cornell, North Dakota, and BC. The order changed with each new vote that came in.

Week XV Posters Poll

Rank Votes  Team (1st place votes)  Range   Last week (change)
 1.  120    Minnesota (12)          1-1     1st (0)
 2.  108    Wisconsin               2-2     2nd (0)
 3.   95    Clarkson                3-4     3rd (0)
 4.   74    Cornell                 3-6     5th (+1)
 5.   71    North Dakota            4-6     4th (-1)
 6.   70    Boston College          4-7     7th (+1)
 7.   48    Harvard                 6-8     6th (-1)
 8.   29    Quinnipiac              8-10    9th (+1)
 9.   22    Robert Morris           8-10    8th (-1)
10.   14    Northeastern            7-NR    ARV (+1)

Also Receiving Votes:
       9    Mercyhurst              7-NR    10th (-1)
       
Dropped Out:
            Boston University

And the chart: http://i.imgur.com/cr8fQqA.jpg

[Eeyore]

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1) Minnesota
2) Wisconsin
3) North Dakota
4) Cornell
5) Clarkson
6) Harvard
7) Boston College
8) Mercyhurst
9) Minnesota-Duluth
10) Northeastern

I really wanted to pick only seven teams this week.