The Story Behind The Numbers
Numbers don’t lie, but they may not tell the whole story, either.
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All Over But the Shouting
Answers to your nagging selection criteria questions.
D-III Tournament Projections
With the games done in D-III, it’s time for the NCAA selection committee to do its work, and for us to project the results.
Exter-a Attention
As a tragedy unfolds before your eyes, keeping focused on the game is hard for everyone.
Bracketology: D-III Women
With the Division III women’s season over, it’s time to take a look at who will make the NCAA Tournament and who won’t. Let’s call it Bracketology, Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Style. Russell Jaslow went through all the iterations Thursday in his preview article, but now that the games are done with, has anything … Read more
NCAA Preview: D-III Women
Starting The Process As the 2002-03 Division III women’s hockey season winds down, fans around the country wonder whether their favorite team is going to make the NCAA playoffs and if so, where they will be playing. The good news is that there will be a few more happy fans and players this year, as … Read more
This Week in Division III: March 6, 2003
St. Norbert and St. John’s know they’re in the NCAAs. A few other teams have a pretty good feeling, but for the rest it’ll be a nailbiting weekend.
Bracketology, Hockey-Style
With the expansion of the NCAA tournament to 16 teams this year, even knowledgeable people around college hockey have been thrown into confusion about the new seeding process. And since the NCAA has publicized its new guidelines for seeding, here is a first peek — “bracketology”-style — at what the NCAA tournament would look like … Read more
This Week in Division III: Feb. 27, 2003
West is West and East is East, and never the twain shall meet — well, until finishing conference postseason play.
No More Gimmicks … It’s Time for KRACH
Instead of jimmying the numbers to “fix” problems, it’s time for hockey to use a rating system that really works.
Time To Hang ‘Em Up?
Can an old rinkrat ever really quit? That, the school cheer follow up, and quite a Top 10 list, in Joe Bertagna’s latest.
This Week in Division III: Feb. 20, 2003
Several top teams get an unaccustomed break; two more leagues open postseason play; and the last weekend in the ECAC East and NESCAC is required to settle a lot of questions.
ECAC: A New Direction?
Is the time ripe for the ECAC’s 12 schools to form a hockey-only conference?
This Week in Division III: Feb. 13, 2003
With the postseason lurking — and in some places, already starting — Chris Lerch outlines playoff scenarios across the nation.
This Week in Division III: Feb. 6, 2003
A determined Chris Lerch shrugs off a bout of pneumonia to bring you the playoff picture across Division III, not to mention an update on his television viewing.
On Traditions, Old and New
Joe Bertagna is back, with a call to arms for creative fans everywhere, and in search of, as always, great arena food.
This Week in Division III: Jan. 23, 2003
Division III will see some changes, thanks to the recently-concluded NCAA Convention; and Middlebury battles without Bill Beaney.
This Week in Division III: Jan. 16, 2003
By The Numbers Since I’m a stats geek, I love USCHO’s PairWise Rankings (PWR) and Rating Percentage Index (RPI). The PWR attempts to mimic the Division III selection committee’s criteria for picking at-large teams and seeding the field, while the RPI is used by many Division I sports as a key indicator of a team’s … Read more
This Week in Division III: Jan. 9, 2003
It’s Crunching Time Whip out your slide rules. The coming of a New Year also means that its time for USCHO to release its PairWise Rankings (PWR) and Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) for the current season. The PWR for each region approximates the Division III selection committee’s process for picking at-large teams and seeding the … Read more
In Praise of ‘The Jock’
Harvard churns out world leaders, renowned scientists, award-winning literary figures, and goalies. So what’s wrong with that?