{"id":153,"date":"2006-11-30T23:10:54","date_gmt":"2006-12-01T04:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsblogs.uscho.com\/d_i_womens_hockey_blog\/2006\/11\/30\/being-no-1-in-december\/"},"modified":"2006-11-30T23:10:54","modified_gmt":"2006-12-01T04:10:54","slug":"being-no-1-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2006\/11\/30\/being-no-1-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Being No. 1 in December…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a common line when teams become No. 1 in December — it’s being No. 1 in March that matters. But\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0is being No. 1 in December a good predictor of being No. 1 in March? We’ll take a look at the history.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are the No. 1 teams in the last\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0November poll,\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0since the USCHO poll started in 1998.<\/p>\n

11\/30\/98 UNH — lost national final<\/p>\n

11\/29\/99 Harvard — lost in ECAC semifinals (not selected for nationals)<\/p>\n

11\/27\/00 Dartmouth — lost NCAA semifinal<\/p>\n

11\/26\/01 UMD — won NCAA title<\/p>\n

11\/25\/02 Minnesota — lost NCAA semifinal<\/p>\n

11\/24\/03 Minnesota — won NCAA title<\/p>\n

11\/29\/04 Minnesota — won NCAA title<\/p>\n

11\/28\/05 St. Lawrence — lost NCAA semifinal<\/p>\n

And here are the No. 1 teams in the last poll of December — which in some ways is a closer analogy to the current poll since this season started earlier than\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0in the past.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

12\/14\/98 Harvard — won national title<\/p>\n

12\/13\/99 Northeastern — lost in ECAC quarterfinals (not selected for nationals)<\/p>\n

12\/18\/00 Dartmouth — lost in NCAA semifinals<\/p>\n

12\/17\/01 UMD — won NCAA title<\/p>\n

12\/16\/02 Harvard — lost NCAA final<\/p>\n

12\/15\/03 Minnesota — won NCAA title<\/p>\n

12\/13\/04 Minnesota — won NCAA title<\/p>\n

12\/12\/05 St. Lawrence — lost NCAA semifinal<\/p>\n

And one last list — the dates for which the national champions were actually No. 1 in the polls. Minnesota\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0(2004, 2005) is the only program to win the NCAA title without having a 4-week period ranked below No. 1.<\/p>\n

1999 Harvard (12\/3-end of season)<\/p>\n

2000 Minnesota (never)<\/p>\n

2001 UMD (never)<\/p>\n

2002 UMD (preseason-1\/7)<\/p>\n

2003 UMD (presason-11\/4, and 3\/17)<\/p>\n

2004 Minnesota (10\/13-1\/19, 2\/16-end of season)<\/p>\n

2005 Minnesota (all season)<\/p>\n

2006 Wisconsin (11\/21 and 1\/16-1\/30)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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