> Date:         Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:32:50 EST
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: NCAA seedings
>
> In a message dated 3/18/01 2:17:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > Looks like the avoiding intraconference matchups has gone out the
> >
>
> The fact that there are five WCHA teams makes that job pretty difficult.

C'mon, what about the Maine, BC 2nd round matchup?  Was that
unavoidable, too?

also, pitting the #2 vs #3 WCHA teams against one another makes far
less sense than not pairing the LAST wcha team against another WCHA
team


> Which brings up a point: PWR aside, doesn't it seem odd that half of an
> entire conference is playing? And that nearly half of the tournament is from
> one conference  (thinking to myself, "Its about time to expand the
> tournament, dammit!")?

>
> And on top of that, the Syracuse paper this morning had an article about
> squeakball potentially adding more teams.  As if March Madness doesn't
> dominate enough of the sports page or run long enough as it is.
>
> -Todd Nielson
> http://members.aol.com/todnielson/creasemonkey.html
>



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