2015 POOL C

[WarhawkFan]

Lastguy, I forgot - Brandeis actually has no chance of hosting a pod. I spoke with someone at Brandeis and they said the men will either get the bye and host R2 or they'll be on the road - the Brandeis women will 99% have a pod and they get priority this year.

Already thought Brandeis should get a bye, this makes it more likely IMO.

[SandyMac]

Camden will head to SLU with Stevens, SLU, and a team like Babson perhaps?

Now that I think about it, that's actually 3/4 of the 2011 Sweet 16 pod at SLU where Oneonta moved on to the Final 4.

[blooter442]

WashU women (16-2) are not hosting and are instead going to Denison (15-4)...that can only mean one thing: that the WashU men are hosting. #foreshadowing

[blooter442]

Welp, I was wrong - Brandeis women are NOT hosting. Men are still in with a shout for the bye. Guess that 1% was the case.

[Mr.Right]

How many UAA women's teams? I counted 4. Nescac Women's team:3

[lastguyoffthebench]

Brandeis will get a pod MIT, Bridgewater St, Daniel Webster.

Amherst will get a pod with the likes of J&W, Gordon, and MA-Boston

Bowdoin, Middlebury, Thomas,

Oneonta St gets a draw with the likes of Morrisville St, CCNY, Scranton

Calvin with the likes of Carthage, Lake Forest, and OWU 

Kenyon with the likes of Rose-Hulman, Ohio Northern, Mt. Aloysius

Loras with CSS, St. Olaf, and


Done projecting now since we are moments away....
Geographically the West could be grouped together;  Trinity, Texas-Dallas, Whitworth, Colorado/Redlands

[lastguyoffthebench]

Could see Westminster heading to Lycoming (if they host)...

[Flying Weasel]

Lastguy, I forgot - Brandeis actually has no chance of hosting a pod. I spoke with someone at Brandeis and they said the men will either get the bye and host R2 or they'll be on the road - the Brandeis women will 99% have a pod and they get priority this year.

I think Brandeis women are traveling to Amherst for the 1st/2nd Rnd pod, so that opens up the opportunity for the men to host.

[blooter442]

I think Brandeis women are traveling to Amherst for the 1st/2nd Rnd pod, so that opens up the opportunity for the men to host.

You're correct, FW, and so it proved. Some at Brandeis were convinced the women were hosting, but that ended up not being the case.

[Flying Weasel]

POOL B AT-LARGE BERTH - 1 Berth
UW-Whitewater
   
POOL C AT-LARGE BERTHS - 18 Berths
Amherst
Carnegie Mellon
Chicago
DePauw
Dickinson
Franklin and Marshall
Macalester
MIT
Montclair State
Ohio Wesleyan
Plattsburgh State
Rowan
RPI
Thomas More
Tufts
UW-Oshkosh
Washington U.
Wheaton (Ill.)

[blooter442]

I think that many of us predicted that this year's bracket would be the craziest one yet, and so it proved. Wow. Seeing TMC get in was a bit of a surprise, as well as RPI and Chicago. UC seemingly didn't have anything to play for, but they kept going and they got their rewards.

No Middlebury is an absolute shocker, and I really do feel for Midd. That is awful. 

Happy that Tufts got a bid, but at the same time I'm kind of stunned that they were chosen instead of Middlebury, because they lost in the NESCAC quarters and had an inferior winning percentage. Seems like Midd's SOS and possibly the Tufts H2H matchup made them pay (maybe Saward will take our suggestions and schedule stronger games OOC games next year. )

[Bucket]

I think that many of us predicted that this year's bracket would be the craziest one yet, and so it proved. Wow. No Middlebury is an absolute shocker, and I really do feel for Midd. That is awful. 

Happy that Tufts got a bid, but at the same time I'm kind of stunned, because they lost in the NESCAC quarters and had an inferior winning percentage. Seems like Midd's SOS and possibly the Tufts H2H matchup made them pay (maybe Saward will take our suggestions and schedule stronger games OOC games next year. )

I'd agree if Midd's SOS was egregious, but it wasn't that bad. It was stronger than Amherst's, for instance. And essentially the same as Plattsburgh's, a team that didn't match Midd in winning percentage.

And I say this while agreeing that I would much rather see the Panthers play Plattsburgh or RPI than Green Mountain or Castleton.

[blooter442]

I'd agree if Midd's SOS was egregious, but it wasn't that bad. It was stronger than Amherst's, for instance. And essentially the same as Plattsburgh's, a team that didn't match Midd in winning percentage.

And I say this while agreeing that I would much rather see the Panthers play Plattsburgh or RPI than Green Mountain or Castleton.

Definitely wasn't that bad, I was just pointing to a possible reason. Even then, you're right, Midd's SOS is stronger than Amherst.

[Mr.Right]

Obviously the Babson victory knocked Midd OUT

[lastguyoffthebench]

No Brockport St, Colorado, E-town....