I write:
 
> Boston College was kept in the East last year on the basis of
> attendance and pairwise comparisons, even though an intraconference
> matchup--which did occur--would have been avoided by sending them West
> instead of Yale.  Perhaps shipping them in the third swap, despite
> obvious attendance considerations, was something of a "makeup call".)
 
That'll teach me to go from memory.  It was UNH that was kept in the
East despite conference considerations last year; as was pointed out
to me offline, BC had a bye.  I withdraw the comment.
 
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