[NU Sports] Miscarriage of Justice, or just East Coast Bias ?

Tue May 9 15:32:52 CDT 2006

(well, East coast bias would be a great miscarriage of justice)

http://sports.wnur.org/analysts/kaucher05082006.htm

Thought I saw this in the Tribune this morning.  Wondered who the 2- and 3-seeds might be.

http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-lacros/uwire/050906aab.html

I don't know Zach or his work that well, but I certainly admire his passion

The seeds:

1 Duke
2 Virginia
3 Georgetown
4 NU

Here were the rankings:

1 NU              15-1   .938
2 UVA            15-3   .833
3 Duke           15-2   .882
4 Georgetown  12-3   .800

Against ranked teams ?  I come up with

NU                  9-1   .900  Goals 163-97   Diff  66   6.6 per game
UVA                9-3   .750  Goals 145-94    Diff  51   4.25 per game
Duke              10-2   .833  Goals 149-107   Diff  42  3.5 per game
Georgetown      8-3   .727  Goals 101-80    Diff  21   1.91 per game

Against top-8 ranked opponents ?  here we have

NU                  2-1   .667    Goals   43-34    Diff   9    3 per game
UVA                4-2   .667    Goals   63-55    Diff   8    1.33 per game
Duke               7-2   .778    Goals   99-80    Diff  19   2.11 per game
Georgetown     4-1    .800    Goals   46-41    Diff   5    1 per game

Amongst the top 4 seeds ?  Here we have

NU                 0-1    .000    Goals   10-16    Diff   -6     -6 per game
UVA               2-1    .667    Goals   28-26    Diff     2     0.67 per game
Duke              2-2    .500    Goals   44-42    Diff     2     0.5 per game
Georgetown     1-1    .500    Goals   16-14   Diff      2     1 per game

All of these numbers are starting to confuse me.  Are we suffering from not playing enough top-8 and top-4 teams ?  Does anybody happen to know who the members of the selection committee are ?

As a White Sox fan, I know the value of having a chip on your shoulder at post-season time, especially if it is the 'East-Coast Establishment' that is disrespecting you.

Go Lacrosse Cats

Chuck Herron   Tech '85