Big Ten Out of Conference is a joke

[Jon]

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I'm too drained to get involved in this right now. Give me a few months to recuperate...

I think everyone in Hockey East and ECAC land knows better than to get involved in the titanic BigMistake/ Nacho battle royals on this board and elsewhere.
I missed my chance to rub it everyone's face when PC cut through 3 Nacho teams in a row in 2015. Sigh. Missed opportunity.

We all know Facebook is useless, but every USCHO and NCAA hockey post really drives that home. In the span of one month, it went from UND fans ranting about every bloody thing under the sun to Big Ten fans demanding that we acknowledge their supremacy. Fun!

[SkiUMah]

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The east had 3 in 1985, 1991, 2000, 2013 FWIW.

You sir are correct & often when this happens, the odd one out wins it all: Wisconsin (1990), Northern Mi (1991), UND (2000). I'm sure there's a Frozen Four where an eastern team prevailed, despite being surrounded by Western based teams.

Despite being a MN alum, I find the conference talk silly. I was really ****ed when the WCHA got gutted, it really is the most historically rich conference, all-time.

But, the sport needs regional balance: the NCHC and BIG are beginning to grow on me. But as a Minny fan you really miss playing in-state rivals via a conference slate. HE has no such concerns.

[Speed Kills]

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Sounds like you will be stuck in a vicious cycle then, cause as long as you keep going, others will too. As to your question, I think you’d have a better take on that since you usually are right in the thick of the discussions you mention.

Those thin-skinned crybabies banned me about a year ago. I guess they're just too sensitive/insecure to hang with somebody that has a contrary point of view.

But just because I can't post doesn't mean I can't read. I am sooooooooo loving the fact that they're all depressed about having three Big Ten teams in the Frozen Four. Serves them right for their obnoxious attitudes.

[mookie1995]

This is also the 5th time that all four teams are from the West.

1981 - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan
1984 - Bowling Green, Minnesota-Duluth, Michigan State, North Dakota
1992 - Lake Superior State, Wisconsin (vacated), Michigan State, Michigan
2005 - Denver, North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado College
2018 - Minnesota-Duluth, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan

The East has two years with 3 teams (1990 and 1999) but has never had all four in the same season.

3of the teams this year are out of the eastern time zone. Dumass

[John J. MacInnes]

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3of the teams this year are out of the eastern time zone. Dumass

Yep. That makes them eastern teams.

It's remedial college hockey 101 for you next semester.

[Sean Pickett]

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1978 with the (in)famous BU/Providence playin game? That would have been 3 ECAC.

Since BU and PC played each other there was no way for 3 ECAC teams to be in the Frozen Four that year.

Sean

[mookie1995]

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Yep. That makes them eastern teams.

It's remedial college hockey 101 for you next semester.

buy a map

[John J. MacInnes]

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buy a map

Tell you what slappy, find me ANYONE else who doesn't consider those four to be west teams.

It's in relation to the rest of the teams playing. 32 teams are east of Ohio State. That puts them in the west.

[Tipsy McStagger]

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buy a map

Midwest regional was in Allentown. So any teams West of Allentown are automatically Western teams.

[FredsDeadFriend]

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None of the Big Ten teams that will make the NCAA tournament won a game against a tournament team in OOC.

-Notre Dame lost and tied to Denver, their best win was #19 Omaha and includes a loss to #49 Sacred Heart at home
-Penn State lost to Clarkson, their best win was #23 Mercyhurst and includes a loss to #44 AIC.
-Ohio State didn't play anyone, their best win was #34 UConn and includes zero wins in two tries at home against #58 RPI.
-Michigan lost to Clarkson, their best win was #48 Vermont and includes a loss to #50 Ferris State. I'm not counting the Sparty game in the GLI because they're conference opponents.

The only team in the Big Ten that DID beat a conference team in OOC - Minnesota's sweep of Clarkson - is the last team out.

This is a joke. I get that scheduling cupcakes is the easy way to get to the tournament, but something needs to be done to encourage competitive OOC scheduling and not "just get a bad team and beat them easily"

"This is a joke"


Sorry dude, but the B1G teams that scheduled creampuffs got into the tourney, the one B1G team that scheduled a really tough schedule got punished.


Should changes be made? Of course. The RPI is one of the dumbest ranking systems in all of history, and the PWR depends upon it almost completely.

[BlackI]

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Kind of stupid to argue. Big ten won it this year. So every one else has to try to get better.

[mookie1995]

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Tell you what slappy, find me ANYONE else who doesn't consider those four to be west teams.

It's in relation to the rest of the teams playing. 32 teams are east of Ohio State. That puts them in the west.

golly snowflake.... does that make air force an eastern team?

[mookie1995]

Midwest regional was in Allentown. So any teams West of Allentown are automatically Western teams.

the bball east regional played games in san diego. so any teams east of san diego are automatically Eastern teams.

snowflake logic

[John J. MacInnes]

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golly snowflake.... does that make air force an eastern team?

If you'd bother to count, no. But counting isn't really high on your skill set list if you don't know the difference between an eastern and a western team in college hockey.

[UMD21]

"This is a joke"


Sorry dude, but the B1G teams that scheduled creampuffs got into the tourney, the one B1G team that scheduled a really tough schedule got punished.


Should changes be made? Of course. The RPI is one of the dumbest ranking systems in all of history, and the PWR depends upon it almost completely.

Where you been? Did you get banned for a little or what? I’m glad we have the PWR rankings though we don’t need some subjective system like in the football. This year got me especially chapped With how the BCS went. Might as well negate who wins the tournament because the “best” team lost in a single elimination game. As much as I love football minus the life altering head and knee injuries, the inconsistent officiating and reviews in NFL and subjective playoffs in college, they really manage to destroy the sport. Fans are getting turned off, hockey needs to capitalize on football’s mistakes not follow in their path