Re: The Top 25 College Hockey Teams of the NCAA Era
Suppose for a moment that there was no formula, and you were picking the top teams of all time using more conventional criteria: win conference regular season, win conference tournament, win NCAA tournament, dominate opposition, have outstanding players, etc. etc. etc. In this universe, you have a team that did not lose a single game all season, you have another team that lost only one game all season. Maybe you poll 50 of the greatest, most knowledgeable men's NCAA division I hockey historians, writers, commenters, etc. and tally up the results of that poll. For now, just for conversation's sake, let's say they had a consensus on # 1 and # 2 as well. In this alternate universe, I just do not see how one makes a compelling argument that an 8-loss team "should" be ranked higher than these other two teams.
One might say that all of these other people and criteria are "wrong" or one might wonder whether maybe there is a subtle misplaced formula weighting on certain arcane criteria, no?
Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23
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One might say that all of these other people and criteria are "wrong" or one might wonder whether maybe there is a subtle misplaced formula weighting on certain arcane criteria, no?
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