Offical D1 Bid

[ISFN]

Division I - FINAL

University of California - Irvine
California State University - Long Beach
University of Central Florida

Colorado State University

Eastern Michigan University
University of Florida
Florida International University

Lindenwood University
University of Michigan

Michigan State University

University of Missouri - Columbia

University of Missouri - St. Louis
University of Nevada - Las Vegas

University of North Texas

The Ohio State University
University of Rhode Island

Rutgers University

SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Stony Brook

Towson University
ALTERNATE 1 - Pennsylvania State University
ALTERNATE 2 - University of Colorado

ALTERNATE 3 - United States Military Academy - West Point (Army)

ALTERNATE 4 - University of Missouri - Rolla

[InlineMBA]

http://www.ncrha.org/page.php?page=nct08travel

If you try the Marriott Colorado Springs - the negotiated $84 rate starts 4/9.

Steve Inge - ROXBURY 8

ps - On 3/4/08 I called the Marriott Group Services Desk and they were nice enough to extend the rate to 4/8, the day my wife and I fly in.

[feedmetherock]

whaaat lindenwood still got a bid to nationals?!?! that's insane

[feedmetherock]

no no, i'm only kidding... nationals this year should be the most intense in a while, there is a ton of talented teams heading to colorado

[socalhockey]

An extra congratulations should go out to the University of Missouri - St. Louis, Long Beach State, University of Nevada Las Vegas and Stony Brook on receiving Nationals bids in each of their first seasons in Division 1. A great accomplishment by all four teams. Good luck in Colorado!

[RUsigs11]

Congrats to Rutgers for earning their first bid!
It was a long time coming, and I am glad the rest of the country is going to get to see how much college talent there is coming out of NJ.

[alawrence]

Congrats to Rutgers for earning their first bid!
It was a long time coming, and I am glad the rest of the country is going to get to see how much college talent there is coming out of NJ.

RU finally gets over that hump!! I think a lot of teams are going to be surprised by the amount of pure speed on that team.

I must say that Rutgers has been one of the most organized teams in the ECRHA right from the get-go and I look forward to seeing how they compare to the rest of the country.

Good luck at nationals!

[alex]

whaaat lindenwood still got a bid to nationals?!?! that's insane

Haha. I know, they didn't even win Regionals. Weak.

[Goldberg1]

Roller Hockey talent coming out of New Jersey? What a ridiculous idea... please, don't make me laugh!

Congrats to Rutgers and all the teams who got bids to Nationals this year.

Oh, and can one of the NCRHA administrators please correct our school name on the D1 team list? Thanks!


Adam Goldberg
University of Michigan

[NCRHA]

Done, pardon our mistake.

[missionhockey33]

Roller Hockey talent coming out of New Jersey? What a ridiculous idea... please, don't make me laugh!

Congrats to Rutgers and all the teams who got bids to Nationals this year.

Oh, and can one of the NCRHA administrators please correct our school name on the D1 team list? Thanks!


Adam Goldberg
University of Michigan

WHY CANT WE ALL GET ALONG. Goldberg1 the guy from Rutgers is just happy that he can finally contend in this NCT tournament, theres no need to rain on his parade. If you really think they are a joke, hopefully they fall in your pool and well see who bites the dust. This is by far probably the most competitive NCT will see. It easy to trash talk when you have a keyboard and forum in front of ya

[InlineMBA]

missionhockey33 - relax, you missed the point: Goldberg is from New Jersey.

I realize that his post sounded critical, but I think the point he was making was just look at the rosters of the teams going to nationals and I think you'll find a few New Jersey guys on them.

Steve Inge - ROXBURY (NJ) 8

ps - Michigan University ? ? ? what's up with that ? ? ? I thought I heard some deceased U. of M. Alumni rolling over in their graves last night, or was that just Brady still crying about the Super Bowl?

[MBurke]

missionhockey33 - relax, you missed the point: Goldberg is from New Jersey.

I realize that his post sounded critical, but I think the point he was making was just look at the rosters of the teams going to nationals and I think you'll find a few New Jersey guys on them.

Steve Inge - ROXBURY (NJ) 8

ps - Michigan University ? ? ? what's up with that ? ? ? I thought I heard some deceased U. of M. Alumni rolling over in their graves last night, or was that just Brady still crying about the Super Bowl?

Try typing up a list after 4 hours of debating teams and staring at scheduling matrices. Your brain would be like Jell-O, too :P

That's an easy one - sorry I screwed up, guys.

[UmmaDoMe23]

WHY CANT WE ALL GET ALONG. Goldberg1 the guy from Rutgers is just happy that he can finally contend in this NCT tournament, theres no need to rain on his parade. If you really think they are a joke, hopefully they fall in your pool and well see who bites the dust. This is by far probably the most competitive NCT will see. It easy to trash talk when you have a keyboard and forum in front of ya

hahaha he's joking man, Goldberg and myself are both from New Jersey. There is plenty of roller hockey talent In New Jersey, just look at some of the scorers near the top on Penn State, Towson, etc. good to see Rutgers got the bid to Nationals.

Jim Goodliffe
Michigan State

[know the game]

Eastern Michigan Will Win It All The New Players Put Them Over The Top Watch And See:)

[ThatJusHappened]

Watch Eastern get pooped on because those idiots won't be able to stay out of the box. If they wise up and play how they could, they might be able to make the final 4.

[boring]

Eastern Michigan Will Win It All The New Players Put Them Over The Top Watch And See:)

every year i hear the same thing, and every year they come up short...

[know the game]

Eastern will win they are the best team in the nation:)

[William Bourque]

Lindenwood is going to win. Everyone else is playing for second.

[boring]

i hope this is a joke:rolleyes:

[know the game]

William



Mark My Words Eastern:d

[UmmaDoMe23]

Eastern Michigan Will Win It All The New Players Put Them Over The Top Watch And See:)

I hope thats a joke. Check the box score from their championship game. The game was 8-1 with 3 minutes left.

[boring]

Lindenwood is going to win. Everyone else is playing for second.

pretty much

[InlineMBA]

The biggest guy I ever saw playing roller hockey was, without a doubt, Shrek from the Brazilian team at NARCh West Coast Winternationals.

The second biggest guy plays for Eastern Michigan. He's one big dude.

Steve Inge - ROXBURY 8

[know the game]

I hope thats a joke. Check the box score from their championship game. The game was 8-1 with 3 minutes left.

Did you also notice that Eastern played 2 games in a row State didn't they had rest between games. Eastern has a couple players that are the best in the nation 1 is the best I have ever saw WATCH AND SEE:) Eastern had no rest between games because the d11 teams droped out so they moved up the games the guys didn't even change uniforms

[CaneDogg]

Whoever decides who goes to nationals needs to really go back to school its absolutely horrible that a team with 6 wins over the corse of the whole season gets to go to nationals. University of Missouri - Rolla lost to FIU in an exhibition in Key West when FIU was missing players that, shows they are a week team but the committee takes them just cause they play difficult teams and are losing to them in the first period by 12 goals. This league is a joke a bunch of uneducated people trying to organize collegiate hockey. I don’t see any basketball teams going to the NCAA tournament just because they played a hard schedule come on it honestly ridiculous that University of Missouri - Rolla is an alternate for the tournament over other teams in the country, and Army also they were .500 nothing special.

[MBurke]

Whoever decides who goes to nationals needs to really go back to school its absolutely horrible that a team with 6 wins over the corse of the whole season gets to go to nationals. University of Missouri - Rolla lost to FIU in an exhibition in Key West when FIU was missing players that, shows they are a week team but the committee takes them just cause they play difficult teams and are losing to them in the first period by 12 goals. This league is a joke a bunch of uneducated people trying to organize collegiate hockey. I don’t see any basketball teams going to the NCAA tournament just because they played a hard schedule come on it honestly ridiculous that University of Missouri - Rolla is an alternate for the tournament over other teams in the country, and Army also they were .500 nothing special.

So which teams would you take that aren't on the list and are *clearly* much better than those you're putting down here? DI already has something like half of the teams in the country either with bids or on the alternate list. When you take half the league, you're looking at taking plenty of teams hovering around .500.

UM-Rolla has historically been competitive at nationals, even with a relatively poor record coming in. The same can't be said for a lot of other regions that send teams with better records.

I love some of the arguments on here. I'm not trying to single out SECRHL guys, because I think you have a talented region, but In DII, we have people complaining every year about why Sam Houston State or some other Southwest region team gets in when "everyone knows they suck even though they have a good record" - meanwhile, the argument gets made in this thread that UMR must suck because of their poor record AND that we should account for missing players in the lineup when we consider game scores.

Call me uneducated, but I don't get it.

And for the record:

I've seen 10x as many college roller hockey games as you
I've been to more national championship tournaments than you
I have more college degrees than you
I have a higher SAT score than you
I kind of balk at being called 'uneducated' by someone who makes posts rife with run-on sentences, grammatical and spelling errors.


DISCLAIMER: This doesn't mean I think the way bids are selected is perfect, but until teams start playing tons of interregional games and a longer schedule (which is cost-prohibitive), you're not going to see 'fair' bids. I'm all for people making suggestions on here, but just calling people a bunch of idiots because you're not happy with the way the bids went down is ridiculous.

[bakerg81]

Call me uneducated, but I don't get it.

And for the record:

I've seen 10x as many college roller hockey games as you
I've been to more national championship tournaments than you
I have more college degrees than you
I have a higher SAT score than you
I kind of balk at being called 'uneducated' by someone who makes posts rife with run-on sentences, grammatical and spelling errors.




Congratulations. I understand that these boards aren't official, but the fact that the ECRHA executive director fills threads with condescending posts and responses really gives the league an unfavorable and undesirable appearance. It's not just college players and coaches reading this forum. This is not the first time that this has happened. Fans, parents, and potential recruits all look here for information and seeing a board moderator and prominent figure within the league constantly lashing out in threads and telling everyone how great he is does absolutely no good for college roller hockey.

[DUHockey9]

Congratulations. I understand that these boards aren't official, but the fact that the ECRHA executive director fills threads with condescending posts and responses really gives the league an unfavorable and undesirable appearance. It's not just college players and coaches reading this forum. This is not the first time that this has happened. Fans, parents, and potential recruits all look here for information and seeing a board moderator and prominent figure within the league constantly lashing out in threads and telling everyone how great he is does absolutely no good for college roller hockey.

Honestly, I don't believe Burke did any of those things. He is never one to lash out, or toot his own horn. He was merely defending himself by showing that the accusations made against him aren't true. The previous poster implied that Burke was uneducated and knew nothing about College Roller Hockey. Burke was stating his credentials haha.

[jakehckey]

C'mon Baker81,

You have to admit that some of these posts are hilarious to read. I hope Canedogg is still in grade school and not college. You have to read his post twice to make sense of it.

I just wish people would proof-read before they click submit. This would be the very reason that I don't post. I am a horrible writer.

You can't honestly tell me that the college roller hockey selection process is worse than the BCS standings.

[bakerg81]

I don't remember defending or supporting the original poster. All I was saying is that what Burke said was over the top, largely unnecessary and could have easily been done via a private message or another form of communication.


And trust me, as an English major, I am absolutely horrified at the butchering of the language that goes on in some of the posts on here.

[MAmato]

Oh, please.

A guy from Miami that is pissed off that his team didn't make it to nationals comes on here and thread-poops on the league staff; Burke responded in kind. The argument that fans, parents and recruits will look here and see a guy being (rightly) lambasted by an authority figure and will blanch is inane; if there wasn't a torching of CaneDogg (sic), the very same fans, parents, and recruits would see a post that derides and insults the league. Option 3 would be to delete the offending post (and tell UMiami to raise its admission standards), but then you'd have allegations of biases and Tomy Ames' ghost will come back to haunt the forums yet again. Furthermore, someone would either complain about the inherent elitism of telling kids from UMiami to write as if English is their fourth language at the very least, or make the completely valid point that they're not anywhere near the worst of the lot in the league.

The guy was being a spectacular meathead and got called on it, and you don't really need to parse his wanton disregard for the common rules of spelling and grammar to figure it out. As a fan and hopefully someone who gets involved in the league process down the line, I'm all for the league administration laying down the law and quelling minor uprisings so long as they listen when complaints are raised in a reasonable manner. If CaneDogg had come in here and listed the statistics of different teams, attempted to cross-reference the selections against years past, or at least came in with an argument that didn't boil down to impotent nerd rage about his team not making it, and Burke had flamed him back, then yeah, we have a problem. As it stands, you're really stretching to make some sort of Python-esque commentary on the oppression of the common NCRHA-man.

[William Bourque]

Well said Mark.

[bakerg81]

Why this has turned into a critique of what I said, I do not know. The point that I attempted to initially make and still stand by is the fact that Burke's response was unnecessarily over the top. A condescending attitude, while apparently earned through his fabulous academic achievements, was completely unwarranted. All he had to do was state that with almost half of the D1 teams being granted a bid in some form or other, you are guaranteed to have a few teams with .500 records. In fact, was it even necessary to respond to the post by canedogg? Most people reading the board probably laughed it off because of his poor grammar and lack of any real logical argument in the first place.

I still don't see how publicly blasting individuals on this board makes any sense, especially coming from league officials that everyone knows and everyone is familiar with. Look at how Richard Graham moderates the forum and you'll see examples of how you can effectively manage and weed out the misinformed and inappropriate posts. That's all I'm trying to say.

[UmmaDoMe23]

Did you also notice that Eastern played 2 games in a row State didn't they had rest between games. Eastern has a couple players that are the best in the nation 1 is the best I have ever saw WATCH AND SEE:) Eastern had no rest between games because the d11 teams droped out so they moved up the games the guys didn't even change uniforms

Maybe eastern wouldnt have been in that situation if they could've held a 3-0 lead they had in the 2nd period against Michigan State During the first game of the winners bracket.

[MBurke]

Congratulations. I understand that these boards aren't official, but the fact that the ECRHA executive director fills threads with condescending posts and responses really gives the league an unfavorable and undesirable appearance. It's not just college players and coaches reading this forum. This is not the first time that this has happened. Fans, parents, and potential recruits all look here for information and seeing a board moderator and prominent figure within the league constantly lashing out in threads and telling everyone how great he is does absolutely no good for college roller hockey.

C'mon, when have I ever posted anything like that before about how awesome I am? Do I really come off like that?

Hell, practically ALL I do on here (at least on the public forums) is:

defend others on the league staff
make fun of my own prowess in between the pipes
delete spam posts


I think if you look back through my post history you'll be hard pressed to find 15-20 posts that don't fit that mold out of about 800. And I'm pretty quiet in person, no? Those who know me know most of what I said there (even IF true) is tongue-in-cheek and designed to be completely over the top - just like the post I was responding to.

I'm just tired of reading the same tired responses on here every year. I don't expect people to agree with the bids. I expect people to have at least a modicum of respect for the people who work for the league as human beings.

[MAmato]

"Bakerg81 ur postz are dum and u are gettin an english degree

now THERES somethin the job market demandz"


See how you'd want to respond negatively to that? I'd be on your side about it to boot.

[CaneDogg]

This is so funny. Who spends time breaking down ones grammar on a forum full of roller hockey players. I don’t even go to UM and people are bashing Miami which actually is a very good school that I am sure everybody that is on this board wishes they could have attended. Grow up people I am bashing the selection committee because they deserve it. Don’t take a 6 win team over a 11 or 12 win team because they have a hard schedule win your games. Now you guys can print this out and go through and look for grammatical errors because honestly I don’t care lol I don’t even spell check like half the nerds on here.