Maine was the #4 seed last year against Minnesota, and
a #2 seed playing against Michigan.  Unfortunately,
both games were home games for their opponents.  

I don't agree that regional play should include home
rinks for participants.  It is one thing for BU to
host the regional in Worcester, but something entirely
different if they hosted at Agganis Arena.  I don't
agree that Mariucci, Yost, Agganis, Englestad, Alfond
or any of the true home ice arenas should be used in
tournament play.

I think Maine could be a #4 seed and have a legitimate
shot at making it to the frozen four if the regionals
were held at Alfond.  There's something about a little
home ice "magic"   

--- james acheson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> has anyone ever done any analysis of how Maine (or
> anyone) usually does far from home as opposed to
> close to home (both as a high seen and as a lower
> seed?)
>    
>   I wonder if Maine's poor showing out West is more
> a function of being a lower seed.  (and likewise
> Maine's good fortune in the East correlates with
> Maine being a 1 or 2 seed in the East.
> 
> Matt Dewkett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>   I like where we are at right now. I think we
> really
> need to stay east to have a good run at it. In two
> years going to Yost and Mariucci we have not had
> much
> luck. I think a 3 seed east is much better than a
> higher seed at a western arena. What does everyone
> else think?
> 
> --- james acheson wrote:
> 
> > it is funny how the author of that article only
> > talks about Maine flipping comparisons. Maine
> moves
> > up or down not just on its own comparisons, but
> also
> > on how many comparisons Maine has compared to
> other
> > teams. I.e. if Maine has 18 comparisons and Denver
> > has 17. Denver can move ahead of Maine by flipping
> > 2 of its comparisons if Maine stays at 18.
> > 
> > Deron Treadwell wrote: ---
> > CHN Alert Desk wrote:
> > 
> > > Date: 2 Mar 2006 02:24:28 -0500
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: CHN News Alert: TOURNEY WATCH
> > > From: CHN Alert Desk 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ***********************************************
> > > ********* C H N N E W S A L E R T *********
> > > ***********************************************
> > > 
> > > TOURNEY WATCH
> > >
> >
>
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2006/03/02_tourney.php
> > > 
> > > Placing teams in NCAA brackets as if the season
> > ended today, is not
> > > all that illuminating, since, after all, the
> > season doesn't
> > > end today.
> > > 
> > > And, since predicting the future is futile (not
> to
> > mention
> > > complicated, given the machinations of the
> > Pairwise), placing teams
> > > into a projected future bracket is also not all
> > that helpful.
> > > 
> > > Read the rest:
> > >
> >
>
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2006/03/02_tourney.php
> > > 
> > >
> >
>
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> > Women's), or the Junior
> > > Guide or Prep School Guide at
> > > http://www.collegehockeynews.com/pub/chg.php 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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