In a message dated 3/18/01 2:17:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Looks like the avoiding intraconference matchups has gone out the
>

The fact that there are five WCHA teams makes that job pretty difficult.

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