Chris LerchIt was home-not-so-sweet home in the first round of the Atlantic Hockey playoffs with all four home (and higher seeded) teams losing. Newcomers Robert Morris and Niagara, who were near the top of the standings most of the season, are out, while American International and Scared Heart, teams that spent most of the season battling … Read more
Welcome to the final edition of Division III Bracketology for 2011. You can see the bracket here. Surprises: UWS over Castleton – A major surprise as I had Castleton in for sure. UWS had 12 losses, but it looks like the Western Committee did a stellar job of selling the Yellowjackets’ tough schedule. Plattsburgh and … Read more
Welcome to the final edition of Division III Bracketology for 2011. You can see the bracket here. Surprises: UWS over Castleton – A major surprise as I had Castleton in for sure. UWS had 12 losses, but it looks like the Western Committee did a stellar job of selling the Yellowjackets’ tough schedule. Plattsburgh and … Read more
Four games, four upsets as the higher seeds all lost on a crazy Saturday night. The visiting team won all four single-elimination first round games, setting up quarterfinal best-of-three series that look like this: No. 12 American International at No. 1 Rochester Institute of Technology No. 11 Sacred Heart at No. 2 Air Force No. … Read more
Four games, four upsets as the higher seeds all lost on a crazy Saturday night. The visiting team won all four single-elimination first round games, setting up quarterfinal best-of-three series that look like this: No. 12 American International at No. 1 Rochester Institute of Technology No. 11 Sacred Heart at No. 2 Air Force No. … Read more
Congrats to all the conference champions – and to those yet unnamed teams that get a second chance. Here’s the pre-NCAA announcement edition of Division III Bracketology. To recap: eleven teams will get their tickets punched: seven Pool A teams, one Pool B Team, and three Pool C teams. Pool A consists of the seven … Read more
Congrats to all the conference champions – and to those yet unnamed teams that get a second chance. Here’s the pre-NCAA announcement edition of Division III Bracketology. To recap: eleven teams will get their tickets punched: seven Pool A teams, one Pool B Team, and three Pool C teams. Pool A consists of the seven … Read more
Last Week: 6-4-2 On the Season: 102-66-25 (.593) I already previewed the four first round playoff games in this week’s Atlantic Hockey column, so let’s go right to the picks: Saturday, February 26 Canisius at Niagara – These schools are sports rivals and never has so much been on the line as they meet in … Read more
Last Week: 6-4-2 On the Season: 102-66-25 (.593) I already previewed the four first round playoff games in this week’s Atlantic Hockey column, so let’s go right to the picks: Saturday, February 26 Canisius at Niagara – These schools are sports rivals and never has so much been on the line as they meet in … Read more
The NCAA has released its final set of rankings before Selection Sunday, so it’s time for an updated Bracketology. As was the case for the past few year, we know the criteria used by the NCAA Division III Men’s Committee to select and seed the teams, but not the weighting used in their evaluation. This … Read more
The NCAA has released its final set of rankings before Selection Sunday, so it’s time for an updated Bracketology. As was the case for the past few year, we know the criteria used by the NCAA Division III Men’s Committee to select and seed the teams, but not the weighting used in their evaluation. This … Read more
Three of the four teams earning a bye in the Atlantic Hockey playoffs go into the postseason on a roll. Air Force, Connecticut and Holy Cross are hoping that the extra down time doesn’t cool them off: • Air Force went 6-2-2 down the stretch, including 4-0 in its final two weekends, to leapfrog Niagara … Read more
The playoff picture is now set with Air Force and Connecticut securing the remaining byes in the final weekend of the regular season. Here are the playoff matchups: #6W Canisius at #3W Niagara #5W Mercyhurst at #4W Robert Morris #6E American International at #3E Army #5E Sacred Heart at #4E Bentley Byes went to #1W … Read more
The playoff picture is now set with Air Force and Connecticut securing the remaining byes in the final weekend of the regular season. Here are the playoff matchups: #6W Canisius at #3W Niagara #5W Mercyhurst at #4W Robert Morris #6E American International at #3E Army #5E Sacred Heart at #4E Bentley Byes went to #1W … Read more
Last week: 7-3-1 On the season: 96-62-23 (.593) Two first-round byes are still up in the air going into the final weekend of the regular season. All of the series are home-and-home with the obvious exception of Air Force and Robert Morris. Friday, February 25 and Saturday, February 26 Robert Morris at Air Force – … Read more
Last week: 7-3-1 On the season: 96-62-23 (.593) Two first-round byes are still up in the air going into the final weekend of the regular season. All of the series are home-and-home with the obvious exception of Air Force and Robert Morris. Friday, February 25 and Saturday, February 26 Robert Morris at Air Force – … Read more
You know it’s getting to be that time of year when the NCAA begins to produce its regional rankings and the conference playoffs kick off. The rankings are a dry run for the final selection of the Division III NCAA tournament participants. As was the case for the past few year, we know the criteria … Read more
You know it’s getting to be that time of year when the NCAA begins to produce its regional rankings and the conference playoffs kick off. The rankings are a dry run for the final selection of the Division III NCAA tournament participants. As was the case for the past few year, we know the criteria … Read more