> Between first seeds UNH and Cornell, one would go to Worcester, the
> other would go West. If attendance is high factor, then, no doubt, UNH
> would go to Worcester as they would draw more fans there than Cornell
> who would go to Michigan as a no.1 seed there.

> > 2002-2003 Division I Men Pairwise Rankings (PWR)
> > Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
> >  1 Colorado College    37 27- 5- 5 0.7973  2 | 0.5983  1 | 27
> >  2 Cornell             30 25- 4- 1 0.8500  1 | 0.5918  2 | 26
> >  3 Boston University   39 24-12- 3 0.6538 12 | 0.5871  3 | 25
> >  4 New Hampshire       37 24- 7- 6 0.7297  4 | 0.5859  4 | 24

It is my understanding that the first four seeds are placed in order of
"ranking".  So Colorado College would be placed closest to home first, then
Cornell, then UNH (with BU already having Worcester).

So, I think it is very possible that UNH could get sent out west as a #1
seed with Cornell being in Providence, unless Ann Arbor is closer to Cornell
than Providence is.

The BU/UNH game tonight is very interesting for this reason.  The loser of
this game may no longer be a #1 seed, which is why I'll be rooting for BU
tonight because I do believe that BU as a #1 seed does allow Maine a better
chance at one of the Eastern regionals, because as Spiros says, if BU is a
#2 seed, so is Maine, so that only leaves Providence as an option out East.

-Deron