College Hockey Postseason

[MooreHawk]

@Professor_Fate

Had the remnants of the CCHA and WCHA just formed a “super conference” when the Big10 took Tosu, Michigan, and Michigan State from the CCHA and Wiscy and Minnesota from the WCHA, things could have been better from a regional rivalry perspective, but they weren’t.

A 20 team hockey conference would have been untenable.

@Professor_Fate

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Big10 commissioner was on the phone with Western Michigan last night asking if they’d like to join their conference.

This absolutely did not happen and will never happen.

[thechuck_2112]

@Professor_Fate

. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Big10 commissioner was on the phone with Western Michigan last night asking if they’d like to join their conference.

C’mon Prof, you know better than that.

[muhawk]

@Professor_Fate

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Big10 commissioner was on the phone with Western Michigan last night asking if they’d like to join their conference.

Do you seriously think the Big Ten would willingly share revenue with a MAC school because of one championship in a sport that isn’t football or basketball?

[Bonk]

And I said it was the right call for Miami to join at the time. I don’t blame any program for the Big Seven/NCHC formation.

This season, Ohio State scheduled American International, Princeton, Lindenwood and Lake State (the team you said was the equivalent of Miami only seven hours closer).

OSU can schedule whomever it wants but now that we’re nine years removed from Value City-Gate, I can’t for the life of me figure out why the Buckeyes refuse to schedule Miami despite Bergeron and Noreen repeatedly having attempted to get them on the slate (and BUGS is almost certainly coming back in 2026-27).

It’s good for both programs in terms of exposure and even in Miami’s depleted state if only 500 people go to Cheap Furniture Arena, that’s $10,000 more (based on $20 per ticket?) than OSU gets by hosting a random team in Massachusetts that requires substantial travel for the road end of the contract.

If OSU was scheduling, say, anyone decent OOC, I wouldn’t bring it up, but don’t understand why such a well-known team doesn’t schedule more regionally, which would help them draw better, save on road trips and even help build college hockey in Ohio.

And yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens with NCHC coaches in the coming weeks. Or even days.

[mygrry]

@Professor_Fate

Western Michigan showed the new way on how to build a team.

They had 17 new players on their team this year (11 freshmen and 6 transfers). Not to be delusional but you know who has a lot of new faces coming in next season😏

[Bonk]

#WhyMiami

[DICK]

I believe we pushed for WM, not BG. At that time, BG hockey was really down.

[2XHawk]

@Professor_Fate

Notre Dame ran off to Hockey East, which even Jackson (their HC) said was a dumb idea after a few years because it was a better brand name conference, but nobody cared about ND playing at Maine in late January. I didn’t see ND saying “Hey! Let’s keep things regionally aligned so we can remain close.” They didn’t care either when the CCHA as we knew it split.

Notre Dame chose not to join the NCHC because the league wanted everyone to share TV revenue equally and Hockey East allowed them to retain their exclusive deal with NBC Sports.

[profholt82]

@Bonk

If OSU was scheduling, say, anyone decent OOC, I wouldn’t bring it up, but don’t understand why such a well-known team doesn’t schedule more regionally, which would help them draw better, save on road trips and even help build college hockey in Ohio.

They sure don’t have any accountants running their athletic department…

Ohio State athletics reports 2024 operating expenses of $292.3 million and...

[Bonk]

Wow.

By comparison, Miami had to let three of its SIDs go during COVID, and those positions didn’t pay anywhere close to six figures.

OSU and Miami live in completely different realities.

[2XHawk]

Their ticket revenue for 1 football game is 68% of our entire team budget.

[Bonk]

Crazy.