I believe Notre Dame, not Colorado College, is the 13th team in the tournament.
Did I miss something?

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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wayne T. Smith
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:26 AM
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> Subject: Re: Wayne's seletions and pairings ...
>
> Responding to my own (dumb) post:  (sorry!)
>
> CC has to go to the West Regional as host (as UNH goes to the
> NE Regional). Simply switching HC & CC corrects this, but
> makes #1 NoDak's regional the toughest, as well as having 3
> out of 4 WCHA teams.  Maybe I should have rooted for UMass
> beating Maine last night (and taking CC's place)?  Nah.
>
> The problem my layout started with was a CCHA Michigan vs
> Miami 2/3 matchup in the West, which I resolved sending
> Denver there from the NE for Michigan.
>
> So to resolve this, I'm going to move the whole NoDak
> regional to Grand Rapids, and still switch Michigan for
> Denver. Minnesota would open with fellow WCHA CC, but I don't
> think that can be helped without reorganizing the top 4 seeds
> (ME or BC West & MN East), something the Committee seems
> reluctant to do.  So here's my redress ...
>
> Midwest - Grand Rapids, MI
>
>   1 North Dakota vs 16 Holy Cross
>   7 Denver vs 9 Miami
>
>         (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 2 - home team)
>
> West - Colorado Springs, CO
>
>   4 Minnesota vs 13 Colorado College
>   5 Minnesota-Duluth vs 12 Michigan State
>
>        (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 2 - visiting team)
>
> Northeast - Manchester, NH
>
>   2 Boston College vs 15 Niagara
>   8 Michigan vs 11 New Hampshire
>
>         (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 1 - home team)
>
> East - Albany, NY
>
>   3 Maine vs 14 Harvard
>   6 Ohio State vs 10 Wisconsin
>
>         (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 1 - visiting team)
>
> P.S. the real story still on ESPN2 Sun at 2:30 ET.
>
> cheers, wayne