Just some quick comments because it is very late...

If the Top 5 hold as is, UNH is probably going west and BU gets a #1 seed
and Maine is a solid #2 seed, and probably would stay east.

You want to cheer for the teams ahead of Maine to win, Cornell and CC.  You
want to see Ferris and Minnesota lose so they don't move up.


> 2002-2003 Division I Men Pairwise Rankings (PWR)
> Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
>  1 Colorado College    38 28- 5- 5 0.8026  2 | 0.5937  1 | 27
>  2 Cornell             31 26- 4- 1 0.8548  1 | 0.5900  2 | 26
>  3 New Hampshire       38 25- 7- 6 0.7368  4 | 0.5896  3 | 25
>  4 Boston University   40 24-13- 3 0.6375 13 | 0.5854  4 | 24
>  5 Maine               38 24- 9- 5 0.6974  7 | 0.5805  6 | 22
>    Ferris State        38 29- 8- 1 0.7763  3 | 0.5662  8 | 22
>  7 Minnesota           39 22- 8- 9 0.6795  9 | 0.5851  5 | 21
>  8 Boston College      37 23-10- 4 0.6757 11 | 0.5793  7 | 20
>  9 MSU-Mankato         38 20- 8-10 0.6579 12 | 0.5606 10 | 18
>    Michigan            38 26- 9- 3 0.7237  5 | 0.5606 11 | 18
> 11 North Dakota        40 25-10- 5 0.6875  8 | 0.5614  9 | 17
> 12 Ohio State          39 24-10- 5 0.6795  9 | 0.5535 14 | 15
> 13 St. Cloud State     36 17-14- 5 0.5417 27 | 0.5568 12 | 14
> 14 Harvard             31 21- 8- 2 0.7097  6 | 0.5546 13 | 13
>    Michigan State      38 23-13- 2 0.6316 15 | 0.5466 16 | 13
> 16 Providence          36 19-14- 3 0.5694 20 | 0.5463 17 | 12
> 17 Denver              40 21-13- 6 0.6000 17 | 0.5528 15 | 11
>    Northern Michigan   38 20-16- 2 0.5526 24 | 0.5245 19 | 11
>    Dartmouth           31 18-12- 1 0.5968 18 | 0.5215 20 | 11
> 20 Massachusetts       37 19-17- 1 0.5270 28 | 0.5311 18 |  9
> 21 Notre Dame          38 16-16- 6 0.5000 31 | 0.5179 21 |  6
>    Yale                31 18-13- 0 0.5806 19 | 0.5176 22 |  6
>    Minnesota-Duluth    38 19-14- 5 0.5658 21 | 0.5161 23 |  6
> 24 Miami               40 21-16- 3 0.5625 22 | 0.5117 25 |  5
> 25 Merrimack           36 12-18- 6 0.4167 40 | 0.5149 24 |  2
>    Western Michigan    38 15-21- 2 0.4211 39 | 0.5114 26 |  2
> 27 Mass.-Lowell        36 11-20- 5 0.3750 45 | 0.5053 27 |  1
>    Alaska-Fairbanks    36 15-14- 7 0.5139 30 | 0.5013 28 |  1
>
> (Individual Comparisons Table)
>
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against
> common opponents, head to head competition, record against other teams
with
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>
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