The way things are now I don't see why you chose to place Maine out
west?  As technically the #2 seed in the tournament I would imagine
that they would stay East and either Cornell or UNH would be sent west.

Given the seeding criteria where they want to set it up so that #1
meets #4, and #2 vs #3 in the Frozen Four, wouldn't you have to keep
Maine East and CC West (as the #2 and #1 teams respectively in this
example) ??

I would say that UNH and Maine would draw equally as well, but I don't
know about Cornell by comparison.  Having BU, BC, Maine and UNH would
be big time draws out East, especially since they'd be split in two
regionals.

Besides, Maine already played Minnesota in St. Paul recently.  Let's
try something new!  :-)

-Deron




--- Joseph LaCour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And reading the NCAA seedings guide leads me to suggest that we have
>
> # 1Seeds:   CC, Maine, Cornell, UNH  (only one Western team.  One
> Eastern team goes West)
> #2 Seeds:   BC, Minnesota, BU, UND  (2 East 2 West.  BU locked to
> Worcester, Minn locked to St. Paul.  Keep BC close to home??)
> #3 Seeds:   SCSU, Ferris, OSU, Mich   (All West teams.  2 gotta go
> East, and Michigan can't be one of them)
> #4 Seeds:   Denver, Providence, CHA, MAAC  (2 East & 2 West.  Put
> Providence @ the Donut to boost sales).
>
> Playing Joe Schlobotnik here, without benefit of John Whelan's
> script, sez:
>
> Worcester:  #1 UNH  #2 BU  #3 SCSU #4 MAAC
> Providence:  #1 Cornell  #2 BC #3 Ferris #4 Providence
> Ann Arbor:   #1 CC  #2 UND  #3 Michigan #4 CHA
> St. Paul:   #1 Maine, #2 Minnesota, #3 OSU, #4 Denver
>
> There you have it, no interconference match-ups until round #2 and
> there could be some doozies for regional finals.  Of course, we have
> a few more weeks of the season, plus playoffs to go through.  But
> what the heck, there's 2 feet of snow on the ground here in MD and
> things are a bit slow.  Plus my back hurts.
>
> Joe LaCour
> Clarkson '77/'78