dperry
Postdoc
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Loc: Houston, TX
Reg: 11-24-04
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02-26-17 08:53 PM - Post#223818
In response to penn nation
You didn't do anything wrong. We shouldn't have to parse anything.
True that; if the word "seed" hadn't been used, the confusion would not have arisen in the first place. Frankly, one could argue that you should go straight to the ratings after H2H; even beating one of the better teams is subject to some randomness (as I note in the post about the women I just made, Yale gets a big advantage for catching Penn on a bad night), plus, the ratings will take any big wins into account anyway.
If Penn and Columbia win out, but one of them doesn't go to the tourney because of a 7 v 8 game (even to decide who is 7 and who is 8) during the last weekend? Zero sense. You're talking about splitting hairs between two lousy teams that have nothing to play for, all to determine a playoff berth?
Well, the people supporting the SEA did say they wanted to make more games meaningful. . . 
David Perry
Penn '92
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