On 17 Mar 2002, at 13:46, [log in to unmask] wrote:

The results are in... (this will look bad if you're not using a fixed-
width font)
5W Michigan (C)                    6E Harvard (E)
4W St Cloud (W)                    3E Maine (H)
     1W Denver U (W)     --+--2E Boston Univ (H)
                           |
     2W Minnesota (W)    --+--1E New Hampshire (H)
3W Mich State (C)                  4E Cornell (E)
6W CO College (W)                  5E Quinnipiac (M)


> There are only four questions about the seeding today, in my mind.
>
> 1. If BU is the fourth seed, does the committee juggle things to
> keep New Hampshire east, either by shuffling the brackets or by
> swapping BU into the third spot?

Answer: Yes.  It's not clear exactly what reasoning the committee
applied, but (IMO) good sense prevailed in keeping the Wildcats
east in the face of the written procedures.

> 3. Alternatively, if New Hampshire is the eastern bye team, will the
> committee swap the Maine and BU pairs to get a preferred matchup with
> UNH?

As expected, no.

The other questions turned out not to be relevant.

OK, somehow my bracket got screwed up in translation (I did
intend for Quinnipiac to be fifth and Cornell fourth), and for once, I
was dead on.  I can't take too much credit for it, as the only
judgement call appeared to be whether or not to send UNH west
and I punted on that one, offering predictions both ways.

Here's the relevant prediction from my previous message.

> First, Michigan wins, New Hampshire and BU seeded in the east:
> 5W Michigan (C)                    6E Harvard (E)
> 4W St Cloud (W)                    3E Maine (H)
>      1W Denver U (W)     --+--2E Boston Univ (H)
>                            |
>      2W Minnesota (W)    --+--1E New Hampshire (H)
> 3W Mich State (C)                  4E Quinnipiac (M)
> 6W CO College (W)                  5E Cornell (E)

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