D3 Tournament Rants, Raves, Whines and Predictions

[polarbear2]

Well, the seeds are sown, the games are scheduled. Here's your chance..have at it

[gojackets]

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Well, the seeds are sown, the games are scheduled. Here's your chance..have at it

I noticed that all of the host teams are on top in the bracket on the NCAA site, but it has River Falls on top of Gustavus...Gustavus is hosting right??


Nevermind...Middlebury is above Norwich too.

[dontyelldad]

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I noticed that all of the host teams are on top in the bracket on the NCAA site, but it has River Falls on top of Gustavus...Gustavus is hosting right??


Nevermind...Middlebury is above Norwich too.

Yeah, that was confusing. Asterisk denotes home team.

[gojackets]

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Yeah, that was confusing. Asterisk denotes home team.

I might be looking at a different spot than you, but I dont' see any Asterisk's lol.


All in all, I think the NCAA got it right. River Falls won the comparison over Manhattanville. Especially when you looked at results against ranked. 2-7 vs 7-5. Now I know you guys will say that the Eastern Teams are better...blah blah blah...but River Falls beat the teams they were supposed to...Manhattanville lost to Utica

[dgrand]

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blah blah blah...but River Falls beat the teams they were supposed to...Manhattanville lost to Utica

Hmmm leading 2 - 0 with less than 2 minutes to go and end up losing the Championship Game (on home ice) to a team that was barely on the radar, hardly qualifies as beating the teams they were supposed to.

[nyi19]

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Call it my Platty-centric thinking, but I have to question pinning the Platty/SNC winner against the Norwich/EC winner. Unless they're considering Norwich the "4 seed," which doesn't seem likely.

[OnMAA]

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...blah blah blah...but River Falls beat the teams they were supposed to...Manhattanville lost to Utica

Hmmm leading 2 - 0 with less than 2 minutes to go and end up losing the Championship Game (on home ice) to a team that was barely on the radar, hardly qualifies as beating the teams they were supposed to.

good point by dgrand.....BTW....I thought Manhattanville lost to Norwich ?.

[gojackets]

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good point by dgrand.....BTW....I thought Manhattanville lost to Norwich ?.

They did...but lost to Utica earlier in the season

[dontyelldad]

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I might be looking at a different spot than you, but I dont' see any Asterisk's lol.

Check the PDF:

http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/fi...en_d3_2012.pdf

[dontyelldad]

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Call it my Platty-centric thinking, but I have to question pinning the Platty/SNC winner against the Norwich/EC winner. Unless they're considering Norwich the "4 seed," which doesn't seem likely.

I agree it's hard to see Norwich falling behind Bowdoin in the seeding, unless Bowdoin gets credit for the NESCAC being a tougher conference than the ECAC-E ...

But I don't see any way the pairings work out unless Bowdoin is #3 and Norwich #4.

Actually, the 2/26 NCAA poll had Norwich just ahead of Bowdoin in the East, and the win over Middlebury may have put them ahead ...

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/icehock...ional_rankings

[HockeyDman]

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I agree it's hard to see Norwich falling behind Bowdoin in the seeding, unless Bowdoin gets credit for the NESCAC being a tougher conference than the ECAC-E ...

But I don't see any way the pairings work out unless Bowdoin is #3 and Norwich #4.

Actually, the 2/26 NCAA poll had Norwich just ahead of Bowdoin in the East, and the win over Middlebury may have put them ahead ...

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/icehock...ional_rankings

That's for the NC$$ Committee to know and the rest of us never to find out.

[spwood]

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It's been posted on the Plattsburgh State website that Plattsburgh's game with St. Norbert will be at 4:00 pm on Saturday, March 9th. Tickets will go on sale around 2:30 that afternoon.

I'm curious: Which airport is St. Norbert flying into?

[OnMAA]

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It's been posted on the Plattsburgh State website that Plattsburgh's game with St. Norbert will be at 4:00 pm on Saturday, March 9th. Tickets will go on sale around 2:30 that afternoon.

I'm curious: Which airport is St. Norbert flying into?

Plattsburgh Airport maybe ?.

Other choice would be Montreal for a larger center nearby, but then everyone needs to clear Customs twice so don't see that as an option.

[spike]

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Plattsburgh Airport maybe ?.

Other choice would be Montreal for a larger center nearby, but then everyone needs to clear Customs twice so don't see that as an option.

Burlington would be the logical choice not Montreal, eh?

[24checking]

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Burlington would be the logical choice not Montreal, eh?

Question. How long does it take to get from Burlington to Plattsburgh, and what is the best way? Thanks.