OFFICAL DII Bid

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Division II - FINAL

University of California - Riverside

University of California - San Diego

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
California State University - San Bernardino

Elon University

Grand Valley State University
University of Louisiana - Lafayette
University of Maine

Missouri State University
Neumann College
Saint Louis University
Sam Houston State University

Shippensburg University
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

SUNY Albany

Truman State University
University of Tampa

Washington University (St. Louis)

West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Western Carolina University

[train]

i am really surprised great plains got 5 teams in. . .

[Ben Lambert]

me too.......

[SnakeHandler]

great plains with 5 isnt surprising, it's perfect. would someone like to explain to me how sam houston slipped in AGAIN? and i'm sorry but UC riverside doesnt belong over the 3 ecrha alternates.... if sam houston drops out and another east team ends up going, the bids will look pretty solid, but i still fail to see some of the logic...

[smiller]

only thing i can think of for sam houston getting in is they won their region.

[William Bourque]

only thing i can think of for sam houston getting in is they won their region.

they did not.

[SnakeHandler]

only thing i can think of for sam houston getting in is they won their region.

shsu didnt win their region.

[smiller]

well ok then, i have no answer. which isnt all that surprising.

[feedmetherock]

i don't know about the other regions but after the top 3 in the great plains it's pretty weak, and since great plains got 5 bids that either means that some teams got the shaft or the talent level just isn't there. someone from the other regions have any opinion on it?

[Jtslick89]

I agree that the top 3 teams have more talent than the other 2 in the GP. However, I think you are wrong in saying that there is a dropoff. We beat SLU twice, tied MSU (playing them to 3 decent games), and played Truman to a 1 goal game. I agree that we do not have as nearly as a talented team as Truman, MSU, or SLU. These guys can skate circles around us at times, but we play a disciplined game and saying we cannot compete with these teams is not quite accurate in my opinion.

[Dangl*]

great plains with 5 isnt surprising, it's perfect. would someone like to explain to me how sam houston slipped in AGAIN? and i'm sorry but UC riverside doesnt belong over the 3 ecrha alternates.... if sam houston drops out and another east team ends up going, the bids will look pretty solid, but i still fail to see some of the logic...

I don't know how good the 3 Ecrha alternates are, but I just wanted to let you know that UC Riverside is a very solid team. I don't go there, in fact I am a player on Cal Poly Pomona, but UC Riverside's team is a very good team. Throughout the season they gave us and University of California San Diego a run for our money. They have a very big and solid goalie who is very hard to score on and it is complimented with some good forwards.

Anyway, I wouldn't count them out they are a pretty good team.

[SnakeHandler]

I don't know how good the 3 Ecrha alternates are, but I just wanted to let you know that UC Riverside is a very solid team. I don't go there, in fact I am a player on Cal Poly Pomona, but UC Riverside's team is a very good team. Throughout the season they gave us and University of California San Diego a run for our money. They have a very big and solid goalie who is very hard to score on and it is complimented with some good forwards.

Anyway, I wouldn't count them out they are a pretty good team.

did they beat any of the top teams at all?

[betteronice]

how would you guys rank these 20 teams?

[gloveside]

Congrats to Western Carolina University!!!
2005-2006 season record 4-15-1 Zillions of penalty minutes :mad:
2006-2007 season record 13-4-3 disciplined system implemented :o
2007-2008 season record 16-7-1 First Nationals Bid ;)

[Dangl*]

did they beat any of the top teams at all?

Your right they didn't beat the top three teams (Cal Poly Pomona, UCSD, and CSUSB), but I will still say they are a very solid team. They had some very close games against the top three teams and there only down fall was a 10-1 loss in the semi finals to my team (cal poly). But the loss seemed to be more of a break down than anything.

[cojones81]

UC Riverside has alwalys been a great team, if their whole team shows up. I think they will be just fine in nationals as well as the rest of the west coast I am glad to see the west get all the bids that they do, last year we ( nevada ) snuck in with our worst season ever, which made everyone pretty much mad. We ended up in the elite eight, which was our worst outing in nationals, but lost to UMSL which was and still is a great team. Many thought we weren't deserving, but we proved we were. Some regions should only get one bid (southwest,midwest, southeast should only get two) while many should get there five, six or seven considering where their teams have finished in the last few years. (Great Plains, East Coast, and the West)
Corey Jones
Nevada

[William Bourque]

Overall, i think is the best job the committee has ever done.

[cojones81]

I agree with you, but I have a question for you, in AK its only 12 what time is it there, do you ever sleep? haha

[NHouser]

Fact: Bourque does NOT sleep.

[William Bourque]

I agree with you, but I have a question for you, in AK its only 12 what time is it there, do you ever sleep? haha

It was 3:38 am when i made my post.


Fact: Bourque does NOT sleep.

Correct. I sleep roughly 4 hours a night.