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Originally Posted by valo403
Huh? The Hockey East Playoffs and the Frozen Four are not related. The only tie between the conference tournaments and the Frozen Four is that conference winners get auto-bids.
And yeah, I'm sure that the pair wise computer generated results were manipulated to drop Providence  Couldn't possibly be the result of other games or anything. Also, Providence was 22nd in the final pairwise rankings, not 17th.
I hate complaints like this. It shows a fundamental lack of understanding of how college hockey even works. The NCAA doesn't dictate conference alignments, it sets up and selects a post season tournament. Providence did not have the resume to bump anyone out of the field, plain and simple. Winning one series doesn't change that.
Btw: If you go by the KRACH ranking which some people prefer Providence is still 4 spots back of Yale, who took the last at large seed. |
I understand how college hockey works. I am saying it's ####ing stupid how its set up. It is flawed, yes saying it was "shady" was the wrong choice of words because I know its not some kind of conspiracy. But NCAA rankings and tournament/bowl game selections have always been deeply flawed in every sport.