Commenting on my own guess, now that Maine made it official, I tended
to put teams in the regionals that would make the shortest trip for the
largest number of people.  Of course, I don't have a real good concept of
fan base and distances in the east so it was pretty subjective.

I also took the easy way out on the three-way tie on 13th, it was too late at
night to do much thinking on modified RPI.  I decided that the NC$$ would
figure out a way to put Colorado College in the West regional,.

Doug Peterson

On 20 Mar 2004 at 23:17, Doug Peterson wrote:

Here's the first sacrificial lamb of bracket guesses, to make a safe path for
subsequent more reasoned guesses.  I was getting tired of waiting for
Maine and Massachusetts to resolve their differences, so I went with
Maine (I need some sleep.)  Although I can imagine there is a little more
fun to be had with the brackets if Massachusetts wins.

West - Colorado Springs
1. North Dakota
2. Denver
3. Michigan State
4. Colorado College

Northeast - Manchester
1. Boston College
2. Ohio State
3. New Hampshire
4. Harvard

East - Albany
1. Maine
2. UMD
3. Miami
4. Niagara

Midwest - Grand Rapids
1. Minnesota
2. Michigan
3. Wisconsin
4. Holy Cross


Doug Peterson