why change the whole format. go back to 8 games on campus best of 2 or 3 or
total goal or whatever.  then 4 teams to 2 sites for same 2 of 3 or total
goal.  then final a final 4 weekend.
you get more hockey and only 1 more week. higher seeds get rewarded with
home  games and people who travel have more reason since they are
guaranteed 2 games the second week..

>I see a lot of difficulties here that is seems to me need to be thought
>through.  How do you
>apportion seats?  I’ve been to several eastern regionals under the current
>structure, and for the
>most part the crowds were bigger than any on-campus rink.
>
>That means the NCAA would have to do something kinda stupid ­ turning away
>people who want to
>attend the regionals.  That would seem to me to be harmful to the
>sport.  Who are you going to
>turn away?  Fans of the lower seeded teams?  Season ticket holders of the
>host team?  This will
>be, for some loyal fans, the worst of all worlds ­ can’t attend the
>regionals because the venue’s
>too small and tickets have to be rationed, and can’t attend the Frozen
>Four, because of bad luck
>in the lottery.
>
>We’ve been through these discussions about siting regionals before.  One
>conclusion I’ve come to
>is that issues around the regionals are different in the east and the
>west, and I don’t’ think you
>necessarily need to, or should, use the same system at both.  If there is
>going to be less
>emphasis on "cross-overs" that to me is even more reason to use different
>systems in the east and
>west.
>
>My opinion is that for the east, to have a combined regional at a neutral
>site, with one “region”
>playing Thursday/Saturday and the other playing Friday/Sunday would work best.
>
>For the west, maybe on-campus works.  One thing I do like about the
>proposal is that if a regional
>IS on-campus, I think it should be on the campus of the higher seeded team.
>
>Clay
>
>
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