>The following quote is from USCHO's game recap which from this view says
>BU's Bye hopes are done:
>
>"Friday's 4-3 loss to Maine ensured that the Terriers will not get a bye in
>the NCAA Tournament, while Maine remains in contention for a free pass to
>the second day of the NCAA East Regionals in Worcester next weekend."

Mr. Weighart wrote a very interesting game recap, describing many
important plays easily and accurately, but this portion is not correct,
at least in terms of BU.

Here's one scenario:

20020316 NM 2 MS 3 pr
20020316 OS 0 Mi 1 pr
20020316 Me 1 NH 2 pr
20020316 CC 1 SC 0 pr
20020316 DU 0 MN 1 pr
20020317 Mi 1 MS 0 pr
20020317 Ha 1 Cr 2 pr

Note both DU and SC lose.

The resulting brackets (might be):

5W Michigan (C)                    6E AK-Fairbanks (C)
4W St Cloud (W)                    3E Cornell (E)
     1W New Hampshire (H)--+--2E Boston Univ (H)
                           |
     2W Minnesota (W)    --+--1E Denver U (W)
3W Mich State (C)                  4E Maine (H)
6W Mercyhurst (M)                  5E CO College (W)

(That I moved UNH and MH west is inconsequential to BU getting a bye in
this scenario).

cheers, wayne