Wayne, pretty good job picking the seeds, but I guess it didn't matter
where you put CC since they didn't make it!!

I'm quite happy with Maine's draw.  Albany will be a good venue and with
no other Hockey East teams there Maine should dominate the fans.

Harvard and Ohio State/Wisconsin are certainly winnable games.

-Deron



Wayne T. Smith said:
> Responding to my own (dumb) post:  (sorry!)
>
> CC has to go to the West Regional as host (as UNH goes to the NE
> Regional). Simply switching HC & CC corrects this, but makes #1 NoDak's
> regional the toughest, as well as having 3 out of 4 WCHA teams.  Maybe I
> should have rooted for UMass beating Maine last night (and taking CC's
> place)?  Nah.
>
> The problem my layout started with was a CCHA Michigan vs Miami 2/3
> matchup in the West, which I resolved sending Denver there from the NE
> for Michigan.
>
> So to resolve this, I'm going to move the whole NoDak regional to Grand
> Rapids, and still switch Michigan for Denver. Minnesota would open with
> fellow WCHA CC, but I don't think that can be helped without
> reorganizing the top 4 seeds (ME or BC West & MN East), something the
> Committee seems reluctant to do.  So here's my redress ...
>
> Midwest - Grand Rapids, MI
>
>   1 North Dakota vs 16 Holy Cross
>   7 Denver vs 9 Miami
>
>         (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 2 - home team)
>
> West - Colorado Springs, CO
>
>   4 Minnesota vs 13 Colorado College
>   5 Minnesota-Duluth vs 12 Michigan State
>
>        (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 2 - visiting team)
>
> Northeast - Manchester, NH
>
>   2 Boston College vs 15 Niagara
>   8 Michigan vs 11 New Hampshire
>
>         (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 1 - home team)
>
> East - Albany, NY
>
>   3 Maine vs 14 Harvard
>   6 Ohio State vs 10 Wisconsin
>
>         (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 1 - visiting team)
>
> P.S. the real story still on ESPN2 Sun at 2:30 ET.
>
> cheers, wayne
>