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>> Here are the NCAA Tournament Seedings, from HOCKEY-L. Sorry, no
>> Maine. :-( Maine made such a terrific run, but because Princeton won
>> the ECAC Tournament Maine did not get an at-large bid.
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>If it came down to a choice between Maine and UNH ; Maine was obviously the
>stronger team down the stretch. Sometimes it's hard to figure the reasoning
>behind the selections. Is Maine still being "punished" for their past
>infractions?
Oh come on! You've gotta get out more. :-)
The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament selection is done by formula based
100% on performance. Argue with the formula, if you'd like, but the
selections have nothing to do with politics or smoke-filled rooms
(unlike NCAA basketball which is more-or-less based on a formula).
There are a number of good sources of information on how the selections
are made. US College Hockey Online has a short description at
http://www.uscollegehockey.com/news/1998/01/26_pwr.html
John Whelan has an excellent discussion of this at
http://www.slack.net/~whelan/cgi-bin/tbrw.cgi?pairwise
I can especially recommend the recent article by Adam Wodon
on the subject, now available at
http://www.uscollegehockey.com/tournament/032097.html
The March archives of Hockey-L also have significant discussion of the
tournament selection and seedings.
Deron may have had too good a time cheering on our favorite Black Bears
last weekend, because as DaveH pointed out, at least 3 teams were ahead
of Maine at the end.
Now if Maine had only scored the third goal of their last game,
*everything* would have been different! :-)
> Can't wait til October.
With the exception of the Final4 and a few months of warm weather ...
ME TOO! :-)
Cheers to our hockey bears that have again made us proud,
wayne
Wayne T. Smith
[log in to unmask] Old Town Landing
Co-owner of the College Hockey lists - Hockey-L/Info-Hockey-L/Hockey3
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