> On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Mike Patten wrote:
 
>> How about getting rid of the regionals altogether.
>> Lets go round 1 -  8 on campus best 2 of 3 .
>> round 2 - super regional idea.  All 8 go to one site.  2 games each day.
>> finals -  just like it is now...
 
and Brian Morris replied:
 
> Best 2 of three on campus sites?  Why bother.  The home team will win
> probably 80% of the time.  That may underestimate the home advantage.
> And let's see.  Four games in four days?  Who would pay to see four
> consecutive days of hockey.  Who could attend them?  And what about that
> little thing called classes.
 
As Jason pointed out, the "super-regionals" would be four games in two
days, but I still think the attendance would be low, since each team
would only play once.  I know fans of bye teams currently attend
four-game regionals in which their team only plays once, but a lot of
them only show up for the second day.
 
Personally, I think the four regionals idea is the way to go (I'd love
to see Lake Placid bid for one of them!), but it's too bad they won't
introduce a "regional consolation game" (given that the national
third-place game got scrapped some time ago) so that fans of all four
teams could see their favorites play twice.
 
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