So we need to win... And we need either BC, UNH, or PC to lose?
Correct. Before today I would have thought the no-brainer in that group was PC losing...but after tonight, who knows? Maine clinched at least 8th tonight so they won't be quite as motivated tomorrow, and hard to imagine they win two in a row vs UNH - same with BC - hard to imagine they'll get only 1 point out of 4 vs Vermont, so I still think it has to be PC. The WORST scenario is that everything stays the way it is and we have to play at UNH (they're fourth and we're fifth). UNH plays at 4:00 (NESN) so at least we'll know before our game starts.
No. Because if we don't get to the championship game, our Pairwise will be too low. Remember that there are automatic bids for league champions, so you have to really be about 12th in the PWR to be "certain." For example, Quinnipiac is going but if they lose their league tournament then some team from outside the top 16 will get in. Let's suppose Maine gets hot and wins the tourney - they're not in the top 16 either. There's two spots that top 16 teams won't get (i.e. 2 of the top 16 will be out). So we won't get there via any other route unless something really strange happens. We've forfeited the right to do that. Too many bad losses...now it's time to just win or go home.
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