Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament Thread
I agree completely that the conferences have statistically become more competitive. However, the D3 Interconference Records, which may be the only way to measure competitiveness, reveals that much of the improvement has been at the expense of the NE-10 teams, and each other.
My statement was no "appreciable improvement." A collective 2-14 score in year [whatever] of this AQ process is quite disappointing.
When this whole thing first started ~15 years ago, I was one of the most supportive of the AQs on these boards hoping that the entire landscape of D3 hockey would be more competitive (having watched some of the "no-class" double-digit blowouts). In my feeble estimation, that hope is now gone. In fact, not only has the overall quality of D3 hockey not improved, I believe that it has declined substantially. Ergo, some of the improvement of the "weaker" leagues can be attributed to the increased level of stink of other teams.
Originally posted by KRBFLINT03
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My statement was no "appreciable improvement." A collective 2-14 score in year [whatever] of this AQ process is quite disappointing.
When this whole thing first started ~15 years ago, I was one of the most supportive of the AQs on these boards hoping that the entire landscape of D3 hockey would be more competitive (having watched some of the "no-class" double-digit blowouts). In my feeble estimation, that hope is now gone. In fact, not only has the overall quality of D3 hockey not improved, I believe that it has declined substantially. Ergo, some of the improvement of the "weaker" leagues can be attributed to the increased level of stink of other teams.
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