> In response to the question in the last post, I > did not rank Imperial College in my Top 25 > because I did not consider them a circuit team. > They did not play any other tourneys over here. There are other teams that make the top 25 despite not playing very much. (And justifiably so - a shitty team that attends a lot of tournaments and gets pounded shouldn't be ranked above a team that plays twice a year and wins.) > To me, it would be comparable to placing Man > United in a poll of MLS teams, or the London > Monarchs with NFL teams. And what about the Rochester Raging Rhinos? They're just some suckass A league team that beat every single good MLS team. Should they not be ranked with MLS teams just becuase they play most of their games in another league? > I rank the top 25 > teams of _our_ circuit/"league", so if Canadian > teams start playing the circuit, and thus can > be compared with American teams, then I will > start ranking them. How imperialist of you. What if we defined the circuit narrowly as the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic. How often do Stanford and Berkeley come over and kick some east coast ass? Is it enough times to convince you that they are both good teams? There have been some significant performances by Canadian teams on "the circuit", and I think they were by and large ignored or dismissed in polling. Check the records, there are schools that don't have winning records against Canadian schools that still make the top 25. > I think Western Ontario made strides last year > toward joining our circuit, so if they start > beating lots of Top 25 teams, then I will rank > them. But just as I would not include American > teams in a ranking of the Canadian circuit >(which is _different_, not inferior or > superior), I won't include Canadian teams > unless they "cross over" into the American > circuit. And how much do they have to cross over? Seems like you want Canadian schools to waste a lot of money strengthening the US circuit while ignoring their own before you'll recognize them. When the Russians starting beating Canada in 1972, Canada stood up and took notice. Hey, when the US lost in '98, at least they went and trashed a few hotel rooms. They didn't pretend it wasn't happening - and they didn't say "hey, best of three" like you are now. If you don't include Canadian teams unless they cross over, then why would Canadians include American teams that don't go to Canada? I don't think anyone has defined the poll to be reflective solely of games played on US soil. Of course, American teams haven't had much luck in Canada...Perhaps a half-Canadian top 25 is justified...No one really has any idea how Chicago and Maryland would do in Canadian tournaments, though I suppose rather well...But would other teams (American or Canadian) be better than them????
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