2008 National Championships Round Robin Pools Announced!

[NCRHA]

The Round Robin Pools for the 2008 College Roller Hockey National Championships are as follows:

Division I

Pool A

Lindenwood University

University of Florida

Rutgers

University of North Texas

Pool B

Michigan State University

California State University , Long Beach

Towson University

University of Central Florida

Pool C

University of Missouri – St. Louis

Stony Brook University

Eastern Michigan University

Colorado State University

Pool D

State University of New York at Buffalo

University of Michigan

University of Nevada , Las Vegas

Florida International University

Pool E

University of California , Irvine

Ohio State University

University of Rhode Island

University of Missouri – Columbia

Division II

Pool A

Neumann College

Elon University

Washington University ( St. Louis )

Sam Houston State University

Pool B

Missouri State University

Grand Valley State University

State University of New York at Albany

Temple University

Pool C

California State Polytechnic University , Pomona

University of Louisiana , Lafayette

Shippensburg University

Southern Illinois University – Carbondale

Pool D

University of California , San Diego

West Chester University

Saint Louis University

University of Tampa

Pool E

Truman State University

California State University , San Bernardino

Western Carolina University

University of Maine

Division III

Pool A
Broward Community College

St. Louis Community College – Meramec

Suffolk County Community College

Red Rocks Community College

Pool B

St. Charles Community College

Nassau Community College

Arapahoe Community College

Oakland Community College

B Division

Pool A

State University of New York at Buffalo B

University of Central Florida B

University of North Texas B

Michigan State University B

Pool B

Lindenwood University B

Colorado State University B

California Polytechnic State University , San Luis Obispo B

University of Michigan B

Pool C

Eastern Michigan University B

University of California , Santa Barbara B

University of Missouri – St. Louis B

Pennsylvania State University B

Stay Tuned to www.ncrha.org for more information as the event nears. Round Robin Game Schedule and Championship Round Brackets to be posted at least 2 weeks prior to event.

[rollerRocket]

Hardest Pool: D1 Pool C

It'll be a hard battle between UMSL Stony Brook and Eastern

[wednthavddr]

Who do you think will win Pool B in D1? Is Michigan St. that good this year? I haven't seen them play. Let me know how they compare to past seasons please.

[UmmaDoMe23]

Who do you think will win Pool B in D1? Is Michigan St. that good this year? I haven't seen them play. Let me know how they compare to past seasons please.

haha, ur about to find out, ill say that much.:D

[ISFN]

Pool A
Lindenwood-36pts. Great Plains Reg. Season 1st, Regional-2nd
University of Florida-31. S.East Reg. Season 1st , Regional-3rd
Rutgers-32. Eastern Division Reg. Season 3rd , Regional-4th
North Texas-34. S.West Reg and Regional-1st

Total Regular Season Points= 133

Pool B
Michigan State-36. Midwest Reg. Season Co-Champ, Regional-1st
Long Beach-30. Western Reg. Season 2nd, Regional-2nd
Towson-30. Eastern Reg. Season 4th, Regional-2nd
Central Florida-20. S.East Reg. Season 5th , Regional-1st

Total Regular Season Points= 116

Pool C
Missouri – St. Louis-30. Great Plains Reg. Season 2nd , Regional-1st
Stony Brook -35. Eastern Reg. Season-1st, Regional-7th
Eastern Michigan-26. Midwest Reg. Season 4th , Regional-2nd
Colorado State-26 Rocky Mtn. Reg. Season and Regional-1st

Total Regular Season Points= 117

Pool D
Buffalo-34. Eastern Reg. Season 2nd , Regional-1st
University of Michigan-30. Midwest Reg. Season 3rd, Regional-3rd
University of Nevada - Las Vegas-25. Western Reg. Season 3rd, Regional-3rd
Florida International-24, S.East Reg. Season 3rd , Regional-2nd

Total Regular Season Points= 113

Pool E
University of California - Irvine-34, Western Reg. Season and Regional 1st.
Ohio State-36, Midwest Reg Season CO-Champ, Regional-4th?
Rhode Island-28, Eastern Reg. Season 5th ,Regional-3rd
Missouri – Columbia-25, Great Plains Reg. Season 3rd , Regional-3rd

Total Regular Season Points= 123


*Please if you see any mistakes let me know*
This is for your own purpose take it with a grain of salt if you'd like, just was bored in the dorm

[ISFN]

Winners/Runner Ups of each pool.

Pool A- LU and Rutgers

Pool B- MSU and Long Beach

Pool C-UMSL and Eastern M.

Pool D- Buffalo and FIU

Pool C- Irvine and Ohio State

Pool B and D in my opinion are perfectly balanced, not saying their the best teams just nicly balanced, C and E look to be the toughest to me.

{Would be interesting if Burke or someone with the know how could make a online bracket system just like NCAA, the one on facebook is amazing for the tournament. I know nothing about computers so not sure how hard it would be but we do have quite a while before nationals}

[MAmato]

Not sure how one would make a bracket for a round robin.

[MBurke]

{Would be interesting if Burke or someone with the know how could make a online bracket system just like NCAA, the one on facebook is amazing for the tournament. I know nothing about computers so not sure how hard it would be but we do have quite a while before nationals}

Well, we do have an online bracket system, we've used it for 4 years now (both nationals and most regions use it for their regional tournaments, ECRHA included):

http://www.ncrha.org/schedule.php?&event_id=659&playoff_id=122&area=brackets
http://www.ecrha.net/schedule.php?&event_id=700&playoff_id=138&area=brackets

[ISFN]

Obviously didn't make it clear, my fault.

I was asking about a online bracket system where you the user could pick the teams that adavance and how you think they will finish, please tell me you guys know what I'm referring too now, NCAA basketaball????

http://www.sportsline.com/fantasy/facebook/brackets/bracket?fbid=018c6e368ab4af4b26d0d955ff2741b7&fb_sig=1acba63713b18fa42f33d809789063e3&fb_sig_session_key=8ae712f64c6798f4b24a37cb-620753440&fb_sig_api_key=8e7e363307d6a57dbf62149b68e84b55

[feedmetherock]

The pools for the most part seem to be pretty even. Except for pools A and C in D1. LU seems to have a walk for the most part while UMSL, Stonybrook, and Eastern will have to battle it out for a decent playoff spot...should make for some pretty intense round robin games in D1. D2 looks to be a lock for MSU, Truman State, and Neumann but I don't know all that much about D2 beyond the GP.

[hockeydude92]

Pool A
Lindenwood-36pts. Great Plains Reg. Season 1st, Regional-2nd
University of Florida-31. S.East Reg. Season 1st , Regional-3rd
Rutgers-32. Eastern Division Reg. Season 3rd , Regional-4th
North Texas-34. S.West Reg and Regional-1st

Total Regular Season Points= 133

Pool B
Michigan State-36. Midwest Reg. Season Co-Champ, Regional-1st
Long Beach-30. Western Reg. Season 2nd, Regional-2nd
Towson-30. Eastern Reg. Season 4th, Regional-2nd
Central Florida-20. S.East Reg. Season 5th , Regional-1st

Total Regular Season Points= 116

Pool C
Missouri – St. Louis-30. Great Plains Reg. Season 2nd , Regional-1st
Stony Brook -35. Eastern Reg. Season-1st, Regional-9th
Eastern Michigan-26. Midwest Reg. Season 4th , Regional-2nd
Colorado State-26 Rocky Mtn. Reg. Season and Regional-1st

Total Regular Season Points= 117

Pool D
Buffalo-34. Eastern Reg. Season 2nd , Regional-1st
University of Michigan-30. Midwest Reg. Season 3rd, Regional-3rd
University of Nevada - Las Vegas-25. Western Reg. Season 3rd, Regional-3rd
Florida International-24, S.East Reg. Season 3rd , Regional-2nd

Total Regular Season Points= 113

Pool E
University of California - Irvine-34, Western Reg. Season and Regional 1st.
Ohio State-36, Midwest Reg Season CO-Champ, Regional-4th?
Rhode Island-28, Eastern Reg. Season 5th ,Regional-3rd
Missouri – Columbia-25, Great Plains Reg. Season 3rd , Regional-3rd

Total Regular Season Points= 123


*Please if you see any mistakes let me know*
This is for your own purpose take it with a grain of salt if you'd like, just was bored in the dorm

stonybrook finished 7th at their regional tournament
rhode island finished 4th regular season
towson finished 3rd in regular season
rutgers finished 5th in the regular season

[InlineMBA]

Pool A
Rutgers-32. Eastern Division Reg. Season 3rd , Regional-4th

Pool B
Towson-30. Eastern Reg. Season 4th, Regional-2nd

Pool C
Stony Brook -35. Eastern Reg. Season-1st, Regional-9th

Pool D
Buffalo-34. Eastern Reg. Season 2nd , Regional-1st

Pool E
Rhode Island-28, Eastern Reg. Season 5th ,Regional-3rd

*Please if you see any mistakes let me know*


ECRHA:
Regular Season -
#1 - Stony Brook: 35 Pts - Metro Conference #1
#2 - Buffalo: 34 Pts - Western Conference #1
#3 - Towson: 30 Pts - Mid-Atlantic Conference #1
#4 - Rhode Island: 28 Pts - New England Conference #1
#5 - Rutgers: 32 Pts - Metro Conference #2

At least that's the way seedings worked out for the ECRHA Regionals http://www.ncrha.org/schedule.php?&event_id=700&playoff_id=138&area=pools . I don't know if that translates to rankings or not.

In the Regional semi-finals, Rutgers was a 4 seed, while Rhode Island was a 3 seed. There was no consolation game, so if you use the NARCh tie-breaker to determine the Bronze Medal, which is highest seeded team to lose in the semi-finals, you could put Rhode Island as 3rd.

Also, I know Stony Brook had a "rough" regional tournament. However, there were 8 teams from the ECRHA invited to regionals, I don't see how Stony Brook could have placed 9th. A word to the wise, Stony Brook is a very good team - don't be looking past them because they had a "rough" weekend at regionals.

Steve Inge - ROXBURY 8

[ISFN]

I didn't do confrence standings, I just took the regular season points into consideration.

Sorry if this isn't correct but I felt its the best way to understand the standings by just simply going by points.

I didn't know the confrence winners automatically were ranked above everyone.

Again I'm not from the East so I'm not sure how everything works, I went by regular season points as shown on the web site, feel free to make your own chart.

I did change a few things but not everything you guys mentioned.

[JLambertUMSL]

Well, we do have an online bracket system, we've used it for 4 years now (both nationals and most regions use it for their regional tournaments, ECRHA included):

http://www.ncrha.org/schedule.php?&event_id=659&playoff_id=122&area=brackets
http://www.ecrha.net/schedule.php?&event_id=700&playoff_id=138&area=brackets

The stat system doesn't allow region admins to add playoffs on their own.

[William Bourque]

I didn't know the confrence winners automatically were ranked above everyone.


They aren't, playoffs were seeded on points.

[ISFN]

1.Stony Brook 35
2.Buffalo 34
3.Rutgers 32
4.Towson 30
5.Rhode Island 28

Based off of Regular Season Pts.

ECRHA Regional Seeds
1 Stony Brook
2 Buffalo
3 Towson
4 Rhode Island
5 Rutgers

So if I'm wrong why was Rutgers pushed back to a #5 seed? When they clearly have more points than both Towson and RI?

It appears (like I said) that the winners of the conferences automatically get a top seed.

[InlineMBA]

I think Rutgers got pushed back to a 5 seed because they did not win their division.

Steve Inge - ROXBURY 8

[hockeydude92]

either way all five teams have the willpower to win the title and like i said i consider these five team without a doubt "Commissioner Kevin Murphy's East Beasts". All 5 teams have intense rosters, as well as goaltenders i wouldn't be surprised if all them make the sweet sixteen

[ISFN]

They aren't, playoffs were seeded on points.

Please enlighten us with your all knowing knowledge?

Because obviously they weren't as I stated earlier, so either you're wrong or the ECRHA seeded the regionals incorrectly.

I'm betting on the first choice.

[bakerg81]

Divsion winners got the top 4 seeds in the east, so it went Stony Brook, Buffalo, Towson, Rhode Island. Rutgers, Penn State, Army and Pitt filled in the 5-8 slots. After round robin play, teams were reseeded based on their points gathered at regionals. The tie-breakers were points, wins, then seed coming in. After that, the playoffs were played and then the seeding for nationals bids worked as follows:

1-Regional Champion-Buffalo
2-Regular Season Champion-Stony Brook
3-8-Based off of points (2 for a win in the regular season, 3 for a win at regionals)...Towson, Rutgers, Rhode Island, Penn State, Army, Pitt.

[William Bourque]

Please enlighten us with your all knowing knowledge?

Because obviously they weren't as I stated earlier, so either you're wrong or the ECRHA seeded the regionals incorrectly.

I'm betting on the first choice.

I was assuming it was the same as it was for DII, DII the winners of each conference did not get moved into the top for spot when it came to regionals.

[ISFN]

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=268223

My Bracket...sorry not the most gifted on a computer.

A pretty basic program I found online, really easy to set up.

Click on `CRH Nationals`

[csdahlberg]

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=268223

My Bracket...sorry not the most gifted on a computer.

I hope that's not how it turns out. I don't want to have to embarrass Lindenwood by eliminating them in the first round. :D

[NCRHA]

Hey James, I dont know if anyone answered you yet. But all you have to do is ask PPS to set up the rounds (round robin and brackets, if necessary) and then once that's done, you can enter the games and create the brackets. Just tips for next year!

[MBurke]

The stat system doesn't allow region admins to add playoffs on their own.

Correct.

It's been down most of this year in prep for a version upgrade that is allllllmost done.

[missionhockey33]

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=268223

My Bracket...sorry not the most gifted on a computer.

A pretty basic program I found online, really easy to set up.

Click on `CRH Nationals`

i updated it for you

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=268269&tclass=NCRHA%20D1 div I
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?edit=1&tid=268269&tclass=NCRHA%20DII div II
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?edit=1&tid=268269&tclass=NCRHA%20DIIIdiv III
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?edit=1&tid=268269&tclass=NCRHA%20B div b

guys this program is free. these aren't set in stone obviously, rather than get mad and argue to the death make your own brackets to make it interesting, its fun, thats the whole reason we play. i know bourque and burke will make ;)

[JLambertUMSL]

Correct.

It's been down most of this year in prep for a version upgrade that is allllllmost done.

Been hearing about that for a while. Still ready to beta test, or whatever it's called. :)

[MBurke]

Been hearing about that for a while. Still ready to beta test, or whatever it's called. :)

Delays keep happening because I'm putting out fires.

Should be done and running come Nationals.