Regional Rankings

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: Regional Rankings

So, who's #2 in the East? Ergo, who hosts if UNE and Hobart win?

I should actually rephrase my question.

What are the eastern seeds overall? Because it sure seems like they went with geography long before they attempted any bracket integrity.

On the surface, Hobart and Geneseo should be hosting Nichols and Fitchburg in some order. Potentially, they have the #2 and #3 east seeds meeting in a play-in round!

[spwood]

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I should actually rephrase my question.

What are the eastern seeds overall? Because it sure seems like they went with geography long before they attempted any bracket integrity.

On the surface, Hobart and Geneseo should be hosting Nichols and Fitchburg in some order. Potentially, they have the #2 and #3 east seeds meeting in a play-in round!

It would appear to be:
1. Salve Regina
2. UNE
3. Hobart
4. Geneseo
5. Colby
6/7. Fitchburg / Nichols

1 v. 6/7
2 v. 5
3 v. 4

That would be my guess. And I see the NCAA stat sheets on NCAA.com are from 3/31/17.

[KnightsOfTheRound]

Re: Regional Rankings

I should actually rephrase my question.

What are the eastern seeds overall? Because it sure seems like they went with geography long before they attempted any bracket integrity.

On the surface, Hobart and Geneseo should be hosting Nichols and Fitchburg in some order. Potentially, they have the #2 and #3 east seeds meeting in a play-in round!

Good point, there are clearly separate New England and New York brackets going on that don't make sense if you consider the rankings.

[ColdInRomney]

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Because it sure seems like they went with geography long before they attempted any bracket integrity.

Bingo. That answers MANY first round questions.

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: Regional Rankings

It would appear to be:
1. Salve Regina
2. UNE
3. Hobart
4. Geneseo
5. Colby
6/7. Fitchburg / Nichols

1 v. 6/7
2 v. 5
3 v. 4

That would be my guess. And I see the NCAA stat sheets on NCAA.com are from 3/31/17.

I forgot about Salve Regina as #1. So, not too crazy. But to have the two lowest seeds playing each other...

(Now that I got no work done this morning...)

[KnightsOfTheRound]

Re: Regional Rankings

The two lowest seeds playing in the first round is the give away

[802Hockey]

Re: Regional Rankings

NCHA baby.

So what is the deal here? This conference is regarded as the best just because of two schools? This Marian pick makes little to zero sense to me here...

[NUProf]

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Good point, there are clearly separate New England and New York brackets going on that don't make sense if you consider the rankings.

How many of the distances are more than 500 miles?

[smbenny]

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I wonder if Fish still thinks the AQ is worthless 🙃

[Russell Jaslow]

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How many of the distances are more than 500 miles?

You lived in the Northeast. Nothing is more than 500 miles...

The real question is, how many of these matchups don't require overnight stays with hotel rooms? Geneseo at Hobart certainly doesn't.

[Bartman]

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I still think the UNE v. Hobart relative ranking is a mystery since geography seemed the priority for the first round. In the past I don't think they even published the final RR, but I think football did it this year for transparency.

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: Regional Rankings

I wonder if Fish still thinks the AQ is worthless ��

To Fish's credit, he's been consistent to even saying that even if his team benefited from an AQ, he still thinks it's wrong.

[sshablak]

Re: Regional Rankings

??????

[Ronnieb]

Re: Regional Rankings

So based on the meaningless rankings, I guess there actually needs to be post season scrimmages to determine the real national champion. 😂😂😂

[altazo]

So what is the deal here? This conference is regarded as the best just because of two schools? This Marian pick makes little to zero sense to me here...

I agree the pick is surprising, but here are a couple points:
- Marian was a 20 game winner coming out of one of the toughest conferences in the nation. They did beat Point at Point.
- Maybe the committee felt strongly that SNC, Adrian, and Point were three of the top four overall seeds and all deserved byes to the quarterfinal round, but Augsburg did not.
- They thought the West was generally stronger than the East this season.