2017 NCAA tournament selection thread

[powerofyellowandblack]

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geography should not determine a bracket. i see it clearly on their page but it is flawed and doesn't give credit where it is due.

Baby wants a Zima.

[PuckVoice]

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Whine with your 8 teams in to our 4. Go right ahead.

Uh, how many teams play D-3 out your way? 25. How many out here in the East? 56. Oh, thank you. Split seems about right to me.

[UCfan30]

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Sure is an interesting bracket. Along with many of you, kind of surprised Norwich didn't get a bye but I guess that's just the way it got decided. The NCAA tournament is a battle no matter how you look at it, felt like having them not have a bye is saying "Let's see if you can play up to the expectations" kind of deal. Should be a good tournament to follow, best of luck to all teams and see you in Utica.

[802Hockey]

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"Easy" road in the playoffs? What are you smoking, and will you share? Is there ever an easy road in the playoffs?

I Clearly stated easier which doesn't mean 'easy'. It means a simpler route. puff, puff, passing on you.

[spwood]

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Final NCAA rankings are up...

RANK DIVISION III RECORD OVERALL RECORD
East Region
1 Norwich 19-1-3 23-1-3
2 Trinity (CT) 16-6-3 18-6-3
3 Hobart 20-4-4 20-4-4
4 Oswego St. 21-5-1 21-5-1
5 Endicott 21-3-2 23-3-4
6 Hamilton 18-4-4 19-4-4
7 Plattsburgh St. 17-9-1 17-9-4
8 Utica 18-9-0 18-9-0
9 Williams 14-9-3 14-9-3
10 Amherst 12-7-3 14-7-3
West Region
1 St. Norbert 21-5-1 21-5-1
2 Wis.-Stevens Point 21-4-3 21-4-3
3 Adrian 19-6-2 19-6-2
4 Augsburg 17-4-6 17-4-6
5 Wis.-Eau Claire 18-7-3 18-7-3

Looks like they swapped Endicott and Hamilton for the matchups. Anyone care to guess why?

[GB Puck Fan]

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Was SNC the #1 overall seed in 2010 and hosted Adrian in a Wednesday first-round game, before beating Gustavus in the quarters.... ?

[bakdraft21]

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ok may be time for the "My team got screwed " thread

[OZrebel]

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Looking at the regional rankings there are a few metrics that stand out, however they don't appear to have been weighted equally across the board.

Very Heavy on the In Conf SOS, with exception of Norwhich (RNK/WL)

Trinity Jumps to Two with In Conf SOS and High RNK

Hobart at three is puzzling but is why I said Very Heavy on the In Conf SOS which is .528 to .520 (Oz) as OZ holds a .500 to .375 RNK and .796 to .786 W/L

However Oswego Stays ahead of Endicott to be 4th rather than 5th by virtue of what? The fact that they've played 6 games vs ranked teams to Endicotts 1? And if thats the case and we are valuing it high there, why not the same in the 3 to 4 spot?

Endicott holds .846 to .796 (Oz) W/L and .524 to .520 (Oz) SOS, equal RNK at .500

and by the numbers and understood process, granted there are more numbers /metrics used. But what are given to us it should appear

1 Norwhich
2 Trinity
3 Endicott
4 Oswego
5 Hobart
6 Hamilton

[Big Trev]

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Regarding the Hobart-Endicott/Trinity-Plattsburgh St bracket, who is the higher seed, Trinity or Hobart? I can't seem to find the actual seedings anywhere.

[Big Trev]

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Final NCAA rankings are up...


Looks like they swapped Endicott and Hamilton for the matchups. Anyone care to guess why?

Sorry I didn't look at this post first!

[Big Trev]

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Uh, how many teams play D-3 out your way? 25. How many out here in the East? 56. Oh, thank you. Split seems about right to me.

East coast bias is right and it is good!

[Ronnieb]

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Fixed that for you.

Nice, love tournament time!

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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As a Norwich fan, we've had our little moment of surprise. Now stop whining. There was never a guarantee of a bye, so let's go thump Salem State and earn our way to Utica.

+1.

[NUProf]

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This was always a possibility. It just seems to me that at least two East teams deserved byes. The logical way to arrange it would be to pick the top 4 teams and give them the byes and quarterfinal home games. However, because of the 500 mile rule taking preference over everything, apparently they wanted to seed it so that the top 4 seeds could all make it to Utica. What I don't get is why Trinity jumped over Hobart. If, as is claimed UWSP and SNC are the national 2 and 3 seeds, why aren't they lined up in a semifinal. Traditionally the semifinals should line up 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3.

Ultimately, as I've always said you just need to win, but it seems like in this set up the matchups violate most of the rules that are deemed to be important for "bracket integrity." As a Norwich fan of long standing, I'm more annoyed with the lack of recognition of what they have accomplished than anything else. Adrian does not deserve a bye. Augsburg does not deserve a bye. To me that is what stands out as wrong.

[Hotfoot17]

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Anyone that looked at this bracket would not know who the number 1 ranked team is. It's nonsense!
Norwich got nothing for their #1 seed.