2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

[PrezdeJohnson09]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

Seed this tournament made up of just the conference winners
Adrian
Augsburg
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Hobart
Geneseo
Trinity
Salem St.
Salve Regina

500 mile rule does not apply.

I'll play.

1. Adrian
2. Hobart
3. Stevens Point
4. Geneseo
5. Trinity
6. Salem State
7. Salve Regina
8. Augsburg

Creating:

Augsburg @ Adrian
Salve Regina @ Hobart
Salem State @ Stevens Point
Trinity @ Geneseo

[outlaw88]

Seed this tournament made up of just the conference winners
Adrian
Augsburg
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Hobart
Geneseo
Trinity
Salem St.
Salve Regina

500 mile rule does not apply.

Adrian
Hobart
Stevens Point
Geneseo
Trinity
Augsburg
Salem St.
Salve Regina

[joecct]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

ERROR! ERROR! RESET! REBOOT! BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!

Seed this tournament
Adrian
Augsburg
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Hobart
Geneseo
Mass-Boston <---- oops
Trinity
Salem St.
Salve Regina

[17'sfanNU]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

I am kind of hoping that UMass Boston takes the whole thing, they have played well all season and are proof that the old ECAC East, now NEHC has gotten more competitive over the past few years.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

I'll play.

1. Adrian
2. Hobart
3. Stevens Point
4. Geneseo
5. Trinity
6. UMass Boston
7. Salem State
8. Salve Regina
9. Augsburg

Updated.

[joecct]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

1. Adrian
2. Hobart
3. Geneseo
4. Stevens Point
5. UMB
6. Trinity
7. Salem State
8. Salve Regina
9. Augsburg

Friday (at Adrian)
Salve v Augsburg

Saturday
Salve/Augsburg @ Adrian
Salem @ Hobart
Trinity @ Genny
UMB @ Stevens Point

Semis
Adrian winner v Stevens Point winner
Hobart winner v Geneseo winner

[CARDS_rule_the_Burgh]

1. Adrian
2. Hobart
3. Geneseo
4. Stevens Point
5. UMB
6. Trinity
7. Salem State
8. Salve Regina
9. Augsburg

Friday (at Adrian)
Salve v Augsburg

Saturday
Salve/Augsburg @ Adrian
Salem @ Hobart
Trinity @ Genny
UMB @ Stevens Point

Semis
Adrian winner v Stevens Point winner
Hobart winner v Geneseo winner

8 v 9 at 1 the day before... I like it! Doesn't inappropriately award 8 with a home game, and ensure 1 plays the lowest remaining seed AND that 1 plays the team that's slightly tired from playing 24 hours earlier

[PrezdeJohnson09]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

8 v 9 at 1 the day before... I like it! Doesn't inappropriately award 8 with a home game, and ensure 1 plays the lowest remaining seed AND that 1 plays the team that's slightly tired from playing 24 hours earlier

What was our purpose to this exercise Joe?

[hawk]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

What was our purpose to this exercise Joe?

Prez I am wondering the same thing. You might as well use a crystal ball when it comes to the NCAA.

[Fishman'81]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

This is a totally different discussion, but there are many reasons behind perhaps a supposed decline in D3 talent. Many more D1 schools exist for starters, thus drawing away those on the borderline D1 players who used to go to D3 schools but now attend schools like AHA teams.

There's that, and there's the current NHL CBA that encourages early departures at the D-1 level. Even mediocre programs suffer defections regularly, and the better programs are revolving doors, creating more roster-spaces in D-1 for borderline talent.

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

There's that, and there's the current NHL CBA that encourages early departures at the D-1 level. Even mediocre programs suffer defections regularly, and the better programs are revolving doors, creating more roster-spaces in D-1 for borderline talent.

Good point. I forgot about that. I hate the unintended consequences of the way the NHL CBA was written.

If a player wants to leave early, all the power to him. It's his choice, best of luck to him. But, the situation of nearly forcing players to leave early, even those who wish to stay in school and get an actual degree, is just plain wrong.

[spwood]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

Good point. I forgot about that. I hate the unintended consequences of the way the NHL CBA was written.

If a player wants to leave early, all the power to him. It's his choice, best of luck to him. But, the situation of nearly forcing players to leave early, even those who wish to stay in school and get an actual degree, is just plain wrong.

None of the pro leagues care about colleges. The worst system is the NBA system that encourages the one and done. It forces kids that have no intention of seriously attending classes to take up space on college campuses that would best be spent on kids at least pretending to be student-athletes.

[Fishman'81]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

Good point. I forgot about that. I hate the unintended consequences of the way the NHL CBA was written.

If a player wants to leave early, all the power to him. It's his choice, best of luck to him. But, the situation of nearly forcing players to leave early, even those who wish to stay in school and get an actual degree, is just plain wrong.

I have no doubt whatsoever that there was anything unintended about it. The owners wanted this situation to exist, because it gave them a ton of leverage to use against the kids.

This is just another example of the Bettman's complete lack of vision. First, he inexplicably blew the ESPN contract that gave the NHL an unprecedented degree of national exposure, then he allowed the short-sighted owners to push through a provision that guts the NCAA game of star-power and hamstrings the growth of the sport at it's grass roots. Nobody really wins, but nothing he does surprises me. He's the worst commissioner of any sport, ever.

[joecct]

What was our purpose to this exercise Joe?

Fun waiting for Saturday. Face it. It's pretty quiet around here with NOP out on the golf course.

[spwood]

Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread

I have no doubt whatsoever that there was anything unintended about it. The owners wanted this situation to exist, because it gave them a ton of leverage to use against the kids.

This is just another example of the Bettman's complete lack of vision. First, he inexplicably blew the ESPN contract that gave the NHL an unprecedented degree of national exposure, then he allowed the short-sighted owners to push through a provision that guts the NCAA game of star-power and hamstrings the growth of the sport at it's grass roots. Nobody really wins, but nothing he does surprises me. He's the worst commissioner of any sport, ever.

Why would Gary Bettman (and more accurately the owners of the NHL) care about the NCAA star-power? It's the same with all of the pro leagues. The NCAA is not a concern of theirs. All of their rules are for the owner's benefit, not the NCAA. It's led in recent years to systems that are absolutely to the detriment of NCAA in hockey, basketball, and, to a lesser extent, football.