> On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, John Whelan wrote:
>
> > 5W Northern Mich (C)               6E Ohio State (C)
> > 4W Boston Coll (H)                 3E Maine (H)
> >      1W North Dakota (W) --+--2E Clarkson (E)
> >                            |
> >      2W Mich State (C)   --+--1E New Hampshire (H)
> > 3W CO College (W)                  4E Denver U (W)
> > 6W St Lawrence (E)                 5E Michigan (C)
> >
> > (No mistake, that is 3 Western teams in the East Regional)
 
Tony Buffa replied:
 
> AND two eastern teams in the west? Go figure. Cant be attendance. Could it
> be fairness?  :-)
 
This year it seems to have been all about avoiding conference
matchups.  Shipping 3 Western teams was the only way they could avoid
having *any* of them.  Seems like the priorities have shifted again.
 
                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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