Pool C -- 2014

[smedindy]

D2 just released its football playoffs. I know of two teams that won their league and are good teams that were left out. There are no auto bids in D2. We don't want that. Indianapolis and Azusa Pacific aren't rummy teams.

[smedindy]

I was going to disagree with you, but then I re-read your post, and the all caps really persuaded me

Same arguments every year. It cheeses me off. There's only one way not to complain....

[Schwami]

Muhlenberg and St. Thomas make the field.

Framingham, North Central and Oshkosh left at the altar.

[USee]

Wow. Some serious surprises in the bracket. St Thomas? No one saw that coming. Muhlenberg? Interesting

[Mr. Ypsi]

I generally like this bracket, with a few dissensions.

St. Thomas??  NCC and probably SJF would kill them, and Bethel already did.

MIT AT Husson??  In which parallel universe did that occur?

(8-2) Adrian at UMU rather than (6-4) Bendictine - WHY??

Also would have voted for TLU over Muhlenberg, but no biggie.

[02 Warhawk]

Three losses was a deal breaker I guess....it didn't matter that bethel already best St. Thomas.

[wally_wabash]

Wow. Some serious surprises in the bracket. St Thomas? No one saw that coming. Muhlenberg? Interesting

Muhlenberg I don't really get at all.  St. Thomas I can buy if they took Platteville out of the rankings (which hurts both Oshkosh and North Central) and placed C-M in.  But then there's the whole Bethel situation who beat St. Thomas h2h (which is why our mock West rankings last night still had Bethel ahead of St. Thomas). 

[smedindy]

I believe the West committee ranked Concorida - Moorhead, giving St. Thomas a RR win. That's a legit ranking, too, after what happened to Platteville and Pacific. I think they viewed St. Thomas as better than Oshkosh.

So Muhlenberg? Well, um, if the South ranked Ursinus #10, that's a RR win, something Framingham doesn't have. That also may be why St. Thomas got in. Framingham's SOS was very nice. Muhlenberg and St. Thomas not so much.

Oshkosh? Well, I'm sorry. The secondary criteria had to kick in, and that means those three losses are germaine. Had to be that. Either that or they didn't get on the board and St. Thomas was the last pick.

[smedindy]

Wow. Some serious surprises in the bracket. St Thomas? No one saw that coming. Muhlenberg? Interesting

Muhlenberg I don't really get at all.  St. Thomas I can buy if they took Platteville out of the rankings (which hurts both Oshkosh and North Central) and placed C-M in.  But then there's the whole Bethel situation who beat St. Thomas h2h (which is why our mock West rankings last night still had Bethel ahead of St. Thomas).

This may be a case where H2H doesn't trump three losses, especially one to a pedestrian Augsburg team.

[smedindy]

I generally like this bracket, with a few dissensions.

St. Thomas??  NCC and probably SJF would kill them, and Bethel already did.

OR. They wouldn't since they beat Augsburg and Bethel did not.

[wally_wabash]

I generally like this bracket, with a few dissensions.

St. Thomas??  NCC and probably SJF would kill them, and Bethel already did.

MIT AT Husson??  In which parallel universe did that occur?

(8-2) Adrian at UMU rather than (6-4) Bendictine - WHY??

Also would have voted for TLU over Muhlenberg, but no biggie.

MIT not hosting has to be a paperwork thing, right?  I'm sure that can be sniffed out. 

[USee]

I generally like this bracket, with a few dissensions.

St. Thomas??  NCC and probably SJF would kill them, and Bethel already did.

OR. They wouldn't since they beat Augsburg and Bethel did not.

Yeah they probably got sniped by the three headed loss monster. Tough to understand

[smedindy]

I generally like this bracket, with a few dissensions.

St. Thomas??  NCC and probably SJF would kill them, and Bethel already did.

MIT AT Husson??  In which parallel universe did that occur?

(8-2) Adrian at UMU rather than (6-4) Bendictine - WHY??

Also would have voted for TLU over Muhlenberg, but no biggie.

MIT not hosting has to be a paperwork thing, right?  I'm sure that can be sniffed out.

You'd think a bunch of smart guys would know what the deadline for filing is, right?

[USee]

I generally like this bracket, with a few dissensions.

St. Thomas??  NCC and probably SJF would kill them, and Bethel already did.

MIT AT Husson??  In which parallel universe did that occur?

(8-2) Adrian at UMU rather than (6-4) Bendictine - WHY??

Also would have voted for TLU over Muhlenberg, but no biggie.

MIT not hosting has to be a paperwork thing, right?  I'm sure that can be sniffed out.

You'd think a bunch of smart guys would know what the deadline for filing is, right?

If it was an electronic form, yes. But what if it was actually paper you had to fill out and sign? That makes it a toss up.

[smedindy]

I generally like this bracket, with a few dissensions.

St. Thomas??  NCC and probably SJF would kill them, and Bethel already did.

OR. They wouldn't since they beat Augsburg and Bethel did not.

Yeah they probably got sniped by the three headed loss monster. Tough to understand

Not really. Bethel beats Augsburg, they're probably in and not St. Thomas. St. Thomas had three things happen in their favor yesterday, losses by Bethel, Platteville and Pacific. That opened up slots in the West for a regional win AND cleared their path to be on the board.