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

[Roy Lamberton]

They P*ss*d me off too

Snubs, boats and lights
http://northwestern.scout.com/2/529269.html

Last night - Seeded 4th?
http://northwestern.scout.com/2/529109.html

rsl

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
Computer Applications & Support Associates
and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of cherron604 at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:33 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Miscarriage of Justice, or just East Coast Bias ?
> 
> 
> (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
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