Michigan did not have a bye when it won its second title in the 90s (1998?).
If I remember correctly, they were a three seed and defeated the two-seed
North Dakota to make it to the Frozen Four. No doubt the fact they hosted
the regional gave them a boost, but still. . .


>From: Andrew Rapoff <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Andrew Rapoff <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: bye
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:55:12 -0500
>
>Has any team ever won the national championship, and not received a first
>round bye under the current format?  What is the record on bye vs. non-bye
>teams under the current format?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Eric Burton
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:01 PM
>Subject: Re: Time to say "buh-bye" to the... er, byes.
>
>
> > Eric Burton wrote:
> > I agree with the tourney going to 16 teams. . . . No one expects a 5th
>or
>6th team to win
> > a National title anyways.
>That goes along with my theory I want the tourney to go to 16 teams, too.
>However, I think some are getting a little bent out of shape because some
>teams are being rewarded for stellar play during the regular season by
>recieving a bid as calling it unfair. Heck the MAAC shouldn't have recieved
>a bid at all, however, we pretty much dealt with it. It actually sound like
>some are experiencing sour grapes about their teams losing to a bye team,
>However, SCSU got bit in the rear end by a team that played the night
>before
>so that shot that idea out of the water about fairness.
>
>My next question is about fairness too, should the rest of college hockey
>have to cut the number of games they play or have a specific start because
>some conferences (MAAC, ECAC) want the rest of the leagues to conform to
>their way of thinking. I have been told a proposal is comming this year at
>the NCAA meetings.  They haven't been a league that long and now they want
>to affect the rest of the College hockey teams in the country. Really did
>anyone think Mercy hurst was going to end up in the NCAA final Four?
>Really...

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