#20 UConn vs. #10 UMass (Friday 2/18/22 @ 7:05p @ XL Center on CollegeSportsLive & Saturday 2/19/22 @ 7:30p @ Mullins Center on NESN+). | Page 4 | The Boneyard

#20 UConn vs. #10 UMass (Friday 2/18/22 @ 7:05p @ XL Center on CollegeSportsLive & Saturday 2/19/22 @ 7:30p @ Mullins Center on NESN+).

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Way to go UConn, steal the 2 points and head back to Storrs with the W like thief’s in the night.
 
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Bomber36 said:
Hanson huge again with 35 saves.
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That 2nd goal, he looked tired.... but man...

Gotta love that a grad transfer from Union has been our best goalie than any NHL draft goalie we’ve had.

Rest up. Well deserved
 
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What can you say. A split was the best outcome IMO against probably the best team in the league and to do it on the road after a tough loss yesterday AND to do it where you took care of business in the 3rd period was huge.
Having Vermont at home twice to close the year is a nice safety blanket. To me if you split vs Northeastern next weekend you are in great shape to finish top 4. Hell, get four points next weekend and first place may even be in play as hard as it is to believe.
 
They only played one good period all weekend, but it was a big one. Great to see Tverberg being aggressive again, hopefully he keeps driving to the net. Good things will happen.
 
Being 15th for pairwise purposes puts us in the realm where Bracketology matters.

A straight bracketing (1v16, 2v15, etc) has us in the Allentown regional with Minnesota State as our first rounder and St Cloud-Quinnipiac the other pairing. We will be in the fourth seed “band” with BU, Ohio State and the AH winner.

Attendance focused matching might not change anything for us, based on what I can see (probably the only swap they’d make is BU to Worcester and Ohio State to Loveland). With only five “Eastern” teams projected to make the field at current, there isn’t really much they can do to tweak attendance.

For those not in the know, there’s very little “smoke-filled room” behavior in the hockey bracketology, and virtually none in setting who goes to the tournament. Barring conference tournament upsets, anyone 15 or above in the Pairwise rankings makes the field.

The only settings the committee can monkey with are who gets sent to what regional. You can nominally get a “higher” seed via swapping within your seed band but can’t swap what band you end up in.
 
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^^^^ vs copy and paste staff report from the courant
www.courant.com

Third-period rally lifts UConn past UMass

Third-period goals by Hudson Schandor and Marc Gatcomb lifted the No. 20 UConn hockey team to a 4-2 Hockey East win over No. 10 UMass to salvage a split of the home-and-home series on Saturday nigh…
www.courant.com www.courant.com
 
Good news:
March 12th for HE home Playoff day is free of Wolfpack, Disney, Monster Trucks, Frozen, WWE, etc
Bad news:
Possible Big East Basketball Championship Game @ 6:30pm

Hockey for me ALL the way, but will cut down on casuals if they make it
 
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ct06111 said:
Good news:
March 12th for HE home Playoff day is free of Wolfpack, Disney, Monster Trucks, Frozen, WWE, etc
Bad news:
Big East Basketball Weekend

Hockey for me ALL the way, but will cut down on casuals.
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This is what it is with the way the schedule is gonna shake out every year. The NCAA tournament weekend overlaps with the basketball second weekend, so while I hope there's a crossover :) its less likely.
 
ct06111 said:
Good news:
March 12th for HE home Playoff day is free of Wolfpack, Disney, Monster Trucks, Frozen, WWE, etc
Bad news:
Possible Big East Basketball Championship Game @ 6:30pm

Hockey for me ALL the way, but will cut down on casuals if they make it
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Same for me. Hockey #1. Maybe the hockey could be at 3 and we can still watch bball.
 
JeannoCT said:
Same for me. Hockey #1. Maybe the hockey could be at 3 and we can still watch bball.
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We got 2x SAT 3:05 games coming up.

Maybe having it @ 3:05 again will help with muscle memory and help
plan and maintain the
game then dinner
or
lunch then game plans
 
ct06111 said:
We got 2x SAT 3:05 games coming up.

Maybe having it @ 3:05 again will help with muscle memory and help
plan and maintain the
game then dinner
or
lunch then game plans
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Love the 3:05 games on the weekend. Always at Vaughn's for tailgating pre game.
 
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JeannoCT said:
Same for me. Hockey #1. Maybe the hockey could be at 3 and we can still watch bball.
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What's the over/under going to be on student attendance? Low, lower or pitiful?
 
Don't assume the hoops team will be playing Saturday night. Whoever they play Friday night - if they get to Friday night - will make things difficult.
 
kingdobbs said:
For those not in the know, there’s very little “smoke-filled room” behavior in the hockey bracketology, and virtually none in setting who goes to the tournament. Barring conference tournament upsets, anyone 15 or above in the Pairwise rankings makes the field.

The only settings the committee can monkey with are who gets sent to what regional. You can nominally get a “higher” seed via swapping within your seed band but can’t swap what band you end up in.
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I'd go a step further - there's absolutely zero determination from the committee of who gets in. Everyone will know the 16 teams once the conference tournaments are over.

Unfortunately, while the at-large cut line is technically 15, it's more likely than not going to be 13 or 14. Most years someone from the non-AHA conferences makes a run and steals an autobid.

Teams 1-13 are pretty mathematically set. The last 1 or 2 at-large spots are up for grabs between BU, UConn, Clarkson, Lowell, NU.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
I'd go a step further - there's absolutely zero determination from the committee of who gets in. Everyone will know the 16 teams once the conference tournaments are over.

Unfortunately, while the at-large cut line is technically 15, it's more likely than not going to be 13 or 14. Most years someone from the non-AHA conferences makes a run and steals an autobid.

Teams 1-13 are pretty mathematically set. The last 1 or 2 at-large spots are up for grabs between BU, UConn, Clarkson, Lowell, NU.
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Check out this website for probability analysis: playoffstatus.com/hockeyeast/connecticutwhatif.html.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
I'd go a step further - there's absolutely zero determination from the committee of who gets in. Everyone will know the 16 teams once the conference tournaments are over.

Unfortunately, while the at-large cut line is technically 15, it's more likely than not going to be 13 or 14. Most years someone from the non-AHA conferences makes a run and steals an autobid.

Teams 1-13 are pretty mathematically set. The last 1 or 2 at-large spots are up for grabs between BU, UConn, Clarkson, Lowell, NU.
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I simply hesitate to say “zero” because there do exist opaque and unknown elements to the formula that COULD create different selections from the “expected” pairwise as reverse engineered by public rankings.

But that’s on a minuscule scale.
 
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