Hockey moves to 6 in Pairwise
Besides the great Senior Night game and the sweep of Western that came along with these two victories, Michigan also made a nice move in the Pairwise rankings - up to #6 - a solid #2 seed. It would appear to me that if UM wins 2 @ NMU this weekend, and then makes the Joe for the CCHA Semis they will be a 2 seed. I think they have bid #21 in a row locked up.
I also believe UM clinched (at worst) a #2 seed in the CCHA playoffs. Even if Northern sweeps UM and Miami sweeps, we tie in points, but will have more conference wins.
Go Blue!
EDIT - my bad, and just saw Mfan_in_Ohio's Pairwaise update in the Diaries. It's very good and very detailed. I didn't even think to look there. My bad!
February 20th, 2011 at 12:38 PM ^
Hello lads, first post and it is about hockey!
Habs fan so wondering about impressions of our two prospects at Yost, Bennett and Pateryn.
Any comments about their development?
Thanks and Go Blue! Fans in Montreal too!
February 20th, 2011 at 12:56 PM ^
still great news. Two seed would be huge for this team to make a run. Can't wait! Go blue
February 20th, 2011 at 1:27 PM ^
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Team | W | L | T | SW | Pts | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5** | 6*** | 7*** | 8*** | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Notre Dame | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 56 |
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Michigan | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
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Miami | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 49 |
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Western Michigan | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 41 |
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Northern Michigan | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 |
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Ferris State | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 38 |
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Lake Superior | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 37 |
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Ohio State | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 35 |
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Alaska | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 |
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Michigan State | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
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Bowling Green | 3 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
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Green=Controls own destiny
Red=Does not control own destiny
X,^=Cannot finish in this nth place
February 20th, 2011 at 1:46 PM ^
Well that 6% chance of finishing 3rd is wrong. We've clinched a top 2 finish. Even if we lose both and Miami sweeps their series, we'd still win the tie-breaker (total conference wins, 18-16). The 2 additional shootout wins by Miami do not count in tiebreakers.
February 20th, 2011 at 5:21 PM ^
The first conference tie-breaker is in conference wins. Michigan had 18 to Miami's 14 (and ND's 17, which is why even a shoot-out win for them vs a sweep for us will give us the #1 seed), so Miami cannot catch us, no matter what happens this weekend. Winning percentage against the other teams is the second tiebreaker. It probably should be the first tie-break, but it isn't.
February 20th, 2011 at 1:46 PM ^
Good stuff! I like the different colors for team destinies.
February 20th, 2011 at 3:36 PM ^
I like seeing the green and white team bogged down at the bottom, with the good guys having a solid chance at clinching first.
February 20th, 2011 at 10:25 PM ^
Not to mention the scarlet and gray team. Good luck building your program without cheating or fanatical fan support, and having to recruit against entrenched rival in-state programs with actual backbone! Ha ha ha!
February 21st, 2011 at 4:07 PM ^
Hey, don't act like they don't have a 2% shot at winning fourth place.
Fourth place for them would be a little like it was for Jackie Moon.
February 20th, 2011 at 1:55 PM ^
I have a feeling that ND will drop at least one point next week against Western, which leaves the door open for Michigan if we can get the sweep.
This team has to be flying high after last night as well as the last two weekends. They believe this could be the year which is a far cry from where we were after the Miami series.
So back to tie breakers, If ND were to drop even one point (ie winning one game in a shootout) and Michigan got the sweep, Michigan would win the tie breaker because of the conference win total.
I would love to add another banner to the Yost rafters, and I think we'll get our shot next weekend!
EDIT: How about 3 banners? CCHA Regular Season, CCHA Tourney, and National Title.
February 20th, 2011 at 2:25 PM ^
not minding seeing bowling green have a neighbor like msu in the basement. I hope bg gets of there before msu but i doubt it
February 20th, 2011 at 3:26 PM ^
So we're likely to play Lake State, OSU or Alaska in the CCHA Quarters. That's really good. We've swept them all this year, so it seems we have a good chance to make it to the Joe.
The key is to beat Northern first next weekend. That and ND losing points to Western would be great for hanging a regular season banner in Yost.
February 20th, 2011 at 3:55 PM ^
They didn't sweep OSU. They lost in overtime in Columbus. I was yelling at a TV at a bar in Ohio, so I remember this vividly.
February 20th, 2011 at 4:56 PM ^
Props to you my man. I live down here in the land that God forgot so I know just how dangerous yelling at TVs can be when Michigan/OSU is on.
February 20th, 2011 at 5:12 PM ^
It really wasn't bad, I was on the Cincinnati campus at the time visiting friends. People seemed pretty apathetic; I had to ask the bartender to even put it up on a big screen.
February 20th, 2011 at 10:33 PM ^
That sounds like the setup and punch line to a good joke. "I was yelling at a TV at a bar...in Ohio!"