Whoops, I was mixing absolute (including teams that didn't go, like #6
Maine and #12 Bowling Green) and relative (including only teams in the
field) PWR; my "why not" bracket should have read:
 
 1 BU (H)       2 Colorado College (W)
 8 Vermont (E)  3 Michigan (C)
 4 LSSU (C)     5 Minnesota (W)
 7 WMU  (C)    10 Michigan State (C)
13 Cornell (E) 11 Clarkson (E)
 9 Lowell (H)  17 Providence (H)
 
The actual seedings the NC$$ used last year were
 
 1 BU (H)         2 Colorado College (W)
 8 Vermont (E)    3 Michigan (C)
 4 LSSU (C)       5 Minnesota (W)
 7 WMU  (C)       9 Lowell (H)
11 Clarkson (E)  10 Michigan State (C)
13 Cornell (E)   17 Providence (H)
 
And I've got East on the left again, but never mind. :-)
 
                                        John Whelan, Cornell '91
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