D1 Pools (Projected)

[ISFN]

Pool A
1.LU
12.Rutgers
13.West Point
24.Michigan

Pool B
2.UMSL
11.Ohio State
14.UNT
23.Hofstra

Pool C
3.Michigan State
10.UNLV
15.NC State
22.Cal Poly

Pool D
4.Buffalo
9.UCF
16.UCONN
21. Santa Barbra

Pool E
5.FAU
8.ASU
17.EMU
20.Stoney Brook

Pool F
6.Long Beach
7.Rhode Island
18.Towson
19 Sam Houston

Numbers indicate overall rank, had to move some teams to avoid having to many of the same conference in the same pool. Rankings based off 1st-Regionals & 2nd-Regular Season

[alex]

Does anyone know, officially, how these pools are assembled? I know they avoid having teams from the same region in the same pool as much as possible, but is there any other rhyme or reason to the way they try to create the pools?

[ISFN]

Unofficially- I would have to say Regionals, Regular Season, and Inter regional play all factor in the rankings prior to the assembling of the pools.

[GripperWheels]

Pools look right on.

What team is going to win each pool?

Now is the time to set up a fantasy game.
How many points for a win? Like March madness whats the point system for advancing in the tournament?

[ISFN]

Pool A
LU
West Point
Rutgers
Michigan

Pool B
UMSL
UNT
Ohio State
Hofstra

Pool C
Mighigan State
UNLV
NC State
Cal Poly

Pool D
UCF
Buffalo
UCONN
Santa Barbra

Pool E
ASU
FAU
Stony Brook
EMU

Pool D
Long Beach
Rhode Island
Towson
Sam Houston

After round robin play is complete I believe these will be the standings.

[cusanorojo]

Pool D will not end up like that. Buffalo, uconn, ucf then Santa barbera. Someone said last year ucf would end up above buff and last year buffalo **** on them twice beating then 10-1 both times. Ucf will not even come close to buff as buffalo is definitly a much stronger team this season, no losses in 23 games in the ecrha. I think uconn is often underrated they've played buff tight this season and rhode isle tight many times. Look for uconn to upset ucf!!

[ISFN]

Pool D will not end up like that. Buffalo, uconn, ucf then Santa barbera. Someone said last year ucf would end up above buff and last year buffalo **** on them twice beating then 10-1 both times. Ucf will not even come close to buff as buffalo is definitly a much stronger team this season, no losses in 23 games in the ecrha. I think uconn is often underrated they've played buff tight this season and rhode isle tight many times. Look for uconn to upset ucf!!

Feel free to create your own standings its all for fun! I based my predictions off last years teams vs this year along with current records and such and I think the Bulls of Buffalo are a great team but weaker from last year compared to this year, still should easily make it to the elite 8 but after that its a toss up.

Very interested in seeing ASU, UNLV and Long Beach.

[cusanorojo]

how can you say there not as good as last year?? They have added better role players and depth, they had a few really weak players last year taht they don't have this season. They only played with seven at regionals and that's what I would imagine they do at nationals, and they looked their best they have all season last weekend. I'm pretty sure one of their players got hurt and is done for season and he was a weak link for them so their going to be very dangerous with their 7. THier the wings by the way not the bulls

[cusanorojo]

I think the final four will be the same as last year, UMSL, Buffalo, Lindenwood, and Mich state , but it seems there's some more competitive teams along the way these four are going to have to beat to get through. There will be some better games then last seasons nationals for sure.

[ISFN]

how can you say there not as good as last year?? They have added better role players and depth, they had a few really weak players last year taht they don't have this season. They only played with seven at regionals and that's what I would imagine they do at nationals, and they looked their best they have all season last weekend. I'm pretty sure one of their players got hurt and is done for season and he was a weak link for them so their going to be very dangerous with their 7. THier the wings by the way not the bulls

Losing their goalie was the main reason, I thought he was the backbone of their team last year. And having 7 guys is going to kill them at nationals, deeper benches almost* always prevail and when playoffs roll around and the games get closer to each other in time all that adds up and with 7 guys thats going to be extremly difficult.

Can you find me a link to their schools website please? And while you're there check out the athletic department, not sure why the NCRHA lets them change their mascot but they do, They are in fact the Bulls of UB not WINGS.

[cusanorojo]

yea I understand their the bulls but the university of buffalo doesn't let club sports use the bulls name so they had to use another name when the club started.... smart guy

[cusanorojo]

they'll be fine with seven, jsut watch and see they play a system within themselves. Most of their players all play for a pro team in Buffalo that competes in Narch and Torhs and does very well. They've been togehter for years their going to be tough to beat. They only had seven at chicago pretty sure and they outshot umsl 42-24.

[ISFN]

They can represent the schools name but not the mascot? Why pick the wings? Why not just be UB then?
I know its irrelvant but making up a mascot for a school seems ridiculous when you could of easily just left it at the schools initials.

[FAUplayer]

In no way will ucf get close to buffalo. Sorry. Ucf is a lot worse this year than last year , losing Reich and Gaspar, two of their top three. Ucf also lost to rhode island a month ago in ft myers.

[ISFN]

they'll be fine with seven, jsut watch and see they play a system within themselves. Most of their players all play for a pro team in Buffalo that competes in Narch and Torhs and does very well. They've been togehter for years their going to be tough to beat. They only had seven at chicago pretty sure and they outshot umsl 42-24.

I can't seem to find any shot totals it only shows their win's and losses, and why would you bring up a game that they lost in a argument where we're debating the strength of the team, makes no sense.

I'm not debating rather UB is going to go far at nationals one bit, they have a couple awesome players (Walser is easily one of the tops in the league) but it takes more than a couple guys to win, nationals is a pretty short tournament and having a short bench come playoff time is hard. They may pull it off I'm just saying its a disadvantage to them, they seem to have a fairly decent "B" team why haven't any of those players been utilized on their "A" squad or have they?

I haven't seen UB this year nor will I get the chance but any team who can keep LU as close as they have must be doing something right so goodluck to them and the rest of the D1 participants at Nationals.