I apologize for re-hashing an old subject, but I noticed that this week
Minnesota was in front of CC in the RPI rating.  Part of this is because CC won
the regular season championship and earned the right to play a worse team in
the playoffs than Minnesota did, but this helped Minnesota's RPI rating because
it gave them a stronger schedule.  Thus, CC has been penalized in the RPI
because they had a better regular season record in the league.
 
There is no way that Minnesota, who finished a distant fourth in the league,
should have a better ranking than the team that finished far ahead in first
place when both teams had the same league schedule.  Pardon my French, but this
is bullshit.
 
My question is how much weight this RPI rating has in the NC$$ selection.  If
the NC$$ were to make the selection now, assuming that CC does not have an
automatic bye by winning both WCHA championships, would Minnesota get a higher
seed than CC, or would the selection committee supplement mathematical
calculations with common sense and give CC a higher seed?
 
 
Jeff Brune
Go Tigers!!!!