IL Bracketology - Second Look 4/18/19

[orange79]

IL Bracketology: Men's Division I, Second Look

SU falls to the 5 seed, hosting - you guessed it - Cornell.

 

[Orangello]

Penn as a #3 seed ?

 

[MD Cuse Fan]

1st round against Cornell and then most likely gotta face Yale in Connecticut?

 

[orange79]

Penn is #2 in RPI, and have a top 5 win over Yale and top 20 wins over Cornell and Nova.

Strangely enough, no one has more than 1 top 5 win.

 

[MD Cuse Fan]

And you could argue Penn has the 3 best "losses" in the country.

 

[orange79]

And you could argue Penn has the 3 best "losses" in the country.

Yep - 2 top 5, 3 top 10.

 

[texascpa]

Where's Rutgers?

 

[upperdeck]

I would argue Cornell has the best 3 since all 4 of theirs are top 5..

 

[Hoo's That]

Where's Rutgers?

After a short parole on April 27, New Brunswick, NJ, for the duration.

 

[Hoo's That]

With no Denver, this would meet the 2-flight "rule" (ND and USAFA).

 

[DoctahLexus]

I'm torn between seeing this as good news since Cornell is not looking that impressive and we beat them without much trouble/ we know their various schemes, or bad news since- ... damn I'm just tired of seeing them play Cornell in the dome!

 

[MD Cuse Fan]

I'm torn between seeing this as good news since Cornell is not looking that impressive and we beat them without much trouble/ we know their various schemes, or bad news since- ... damn I'm just tired of seeing them play Cornell in the dome!

The fact that Syracuse manhandled them a couple of weeks ago is exactly why I don't want to see them again because there is no way they can play that bad again. And while I don't think overall they are a great team, their offense can be scary good!

 

[PeteCalvin]

We’re on a mission from God. Send whoever ya want.

 

[upperdeck]

that was the worst shooting night for cornell in about 3-4 yrs..

 

[DoctahLexus]

The fact that Syracuse manhandled them a couple of weeks ago is exactly why I don't want to see them again because there is no way they can play that bad again. And while I don't think overall they are a great team, their offense can be scary good!

that was the worst shooting night for cornell in about 3-4 yrs..

All true about their potential, but Desko seems to do well with coaches and scouting reports he has seen in the past. Cornell has basically the exact same offensive personnel as last year and we have improved against them in each of the three games we have played. Also there are some definite things going into the matchup. Their struggles at the faceoff x are not going to suddenly improve, unlikely their close D will suddenly have an answer for Rehfuss in the 1v1 matchup although they may work on some quick slides and things of that nature. I would feel better about playing them than a team like Towson for instance.

 

[HtownOrange]

Where's Rutgers?

What's a Rutgers?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse up to #6

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Hoo's That]

I could easily be wrong, but there kinda sorta seems to be a slight little disconnect between the NCAA Top 10 and the IL bracket even before they botch the number of flights.

 

[orange79]

Penn is #2 in RPI, and have a top 5 win over Yale and top 20 wins over Cornell and Nova.

Strangely enough, no one has more than 1 top 5 win.

This is no longer true (heading into today's PSU/Hop game).

PSU has 2 top 5 wins: Penn and MD. Penn now has no top 5 wins (Yale dropped to #7).

SU's resume took a slight hit despite the big win on the road over Navy. We are now #6 in the RPI and no longer a top 5 win for anyone (UVa, ND). We have 1 top 5 win (Duke), and 4 top 20 wins (Army, Cornell, Hop, and UNC (Rutgers dropped to #23).

Dammit, I want that UVa game back. But if we take care of business against UNC (again), we'll get a second chance.