NCAA stuff

I'm in. I will probably come in dead last since I am pissed about Cornell's season. Angry don't make for good pickin.

 

Big Penn State winger Bailey signed by the Leafs. Sabres might have been able to use him, and Pegula is extremely well-connected with the PSU program. Connected may not be the word - he paid for it. I wonder if there's a backstory on why he snubbed Terry. I hope the org. limit of 50 isn't the reason he's not a Sabre.

In any case this could be a good signing by the Leafs.

 

good to have ya Dan. i'll probably challenge for the basement as I'll just ride BC through it all.

lol, when i read connected i was thinking the same thing....OWNS the program.

I dont think Buffalo has the space for Bailey. even if they had the roster spot i think they want the minutes to go to top tier prospects. I have to believe that Bailey was also thinking the same thing, probably more opportunity in the Leafs system.

 

any good ideas on how to do the scoring?
an easy option is to just do a weighted points system, something like 1 pt for 1st round win, 2 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd and 4 for the Champ. could even do more for the Champ.
im all for fun or different ways to do these things, i just don't really know any.

 

Matty, you may want to post this on another tread like the Ditch. Some may not open the NCAA one if they're not that into the college game. (I know that sounds insane, but to each their own.) I met up with Red last night and I think he may be interested.

 

i'll have a go.

what's the scoring?
1 pt for 1st round
2 pts for 2nd...
and so on?

 

i'll jump, how do we play?

 

that seems like the easiest way to do it.

i'll get my picks in soon so that you guys can have a template of sorts.

 

Quinnipiac? Did you make that up?

 

I'll put my picks up today too, I have a few stops and some work this morning, but when i get home i'll put my picks up.

 

so the winner of the West Regional will meet the winner of the Northeast in the Frozen 4 semis. same for Midwest vs East.


1st round-
west
North Dakota over Quinnipiac
St. Cloud over Michigan Tech

northeast
BU over Yale
Minnesota over Minnesota Duluth
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midwest
M.State Mankato over RIT
Harvard over Omaha (I think Ed Belfour's kid plays at Omaha)
east
Miami over Providence
BC over Denver


2nd round-

St. Cloud over North Dakota
Minnesota over BU
---------------------------------------
Mankato over Harvard
BC over Miami



3rd round (Frozen 4 semis)-
Minnesota over St. Cloud
BC over Mankato



Championship
BC over Minnesota

 

lol, seems like it but no i didn't. they were in the Title game a couple of years ago and lost to Yale. 1st time any Ct. school made the finals and they both did it that year. that was a crazy year for college hockey. QU has put a lot of money in to their program recently, built a really nice rink too. they have a nice pipeline of Canadian kids playing there.

 

no problem Will, the first game isn't until Friday at 2 est. so as long as picks are in by then everyone will be fine.

 

All Times Eastern.

Friday, March 27
2:00 PM: #1 Boston University vs. #4 Yale (Manchester), ESPNU
4:30 PM: #2 Michigan Tech vs. #3 St. Cloud State (Fargo), ESPN3/WatchESPN
5:30 PM: #2 Minnesota-Duluth vs. #3 Minnesota (Manchester), ESPNU
8:00 PM: #1 North Dakota vs. #4 Quinnipiac (Fargo), ESPNU

Saturday, March 28
3:00 PM: #2 Denver vs. #3 Boston College (Providence), ESPN2
4:00 PM: #1 Minnesota State vs. #4 RIT (South Bend), ESPNU
5:30 PM: BU/Yale vs. Minnesota/Duluth (Manchester), ESPN2
6:30 PM: #1 Miami vs. #4 Providence (Providence), ESPNU
7:30 PM: #2 Nebraska-Omaha vs. #3 Harvard (South Bend), ESPN3/WatchESPN
9:00 PM: MTU/SCSU vs. NoDak/QPac (Fargo), ESPNU

Sunday, March 29
5:00 PM: DU/BC vs. Miami/PC, ESPNU
7:30 PM: MnSt/RIT vs. UNO/Harvard, ESPNU

Thursday, April 9
5:00 PM: Semifinal #1 (TD Garden), ESPN2
8:00 PM: Semifinal #2 (TD Garden), ESPN2

Saturday, April 11
7:30 PM: The 2015 NCAA D1 Men's National Championship Game (TD Garden), ESPN

i'll be at the games in Providence this saturday. if you tune in look for the naked guy that jumps on the ice halfway thru the 2nd w/ "Teh Ditch" painted on his gut.

 

paint? a tattoo shows commitment

 

i'll have to get creative w/ a Ditch tattoo, there aint much room between all of my Broonz and Faygo ones.

 

Should we just pick the first round winners first before advancing to the second round, or what?

 

no shit. K Eddie here we go


West Regional ? Fargo, N.D.

No. 1 North Dakota vs. No. 4 Quinnipiac, March 27, 8 p.m.
No. 2 Michigan Tech vs. No. 3 St. Cloud State, March 27, 4:30 p.m.

Northeast Regional ? Manchester, N.H.
No. 1 Boston University vs. No. 4 Yale, March 27, 2 p.m.
No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth vs. No. 3 Minnesota, March 27, 5:30 p.m.

Midwest Regional ? South Bend, Ind.
No. 1 Minnesota State vs. No. 4 RIT, March 28, 4 p.m. what the hell is RIT, sounds like a cheap trade school
No. 2 Nebraska-Omaha vs. No. 3 Harvard, March 28, 7:30 p.m.

East Regional ? Providence, R.I.

No. 1 Miami (Ohio) vs. No. 4 Providence, March 28, 6:30 p.m.
No. 2 Denver vs. No. 3 Boston College, March 28, 3 p.m.

2nd round

MTU over N Dakota

BU over Minnesota

Miami over BCU

Harvard over RTI

3rd rd

MTU over BU

Miami over Harvard

MTU champs, go Huskies


this sucks Western and ND arent in it

 

we definitely could go round by round, i have no issue doing it that way its just that round 1 and round 2 are 24 hrs apart and rounds 3 and 4 are a couple days apart.

the weighted points for further down the bracket are incentive to get the right teams in play if we just pick the entire thing at once.

 

Doing this on the iPhone - hope that typos & auto spell don't fuck me up!

West:
N. Dal. over Quin.
MI Tech. over St. Cloud

NE:
BU over Yale
MN over Mn-Dul.

Midwest:
RIT over MN State
NE-Omaha over Hahvahd

East:
Miami over Prov.
BC over DU

West: North Dakota
NE: Univ. of Minnesota
Midwest: Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha
East: Boston College

Semifinals:
Minnesota over North Dakota
BC over NE-Omaha

Championship:
Minnesota over BC

There we have it in two words: Go phers!


I'm going to throw in a tie-breaker for total goals in the championship game: 7.