Mike (et. al.)
I think it comes down to money
the tradeoff is 3 weeks of playoffs generating
	gate from 4 first round best of 3 series plus
	gate from 4 second round best of 3 series plus
	gate from 2 semis plus
	gate from championship plus
	possible gate from third place game
versus 2 weeks of playoffs generating
	gate from 6 first round best of 3 series plus
	gate from 2 quarter finals plus
	gate from 2 semis plus
	gate from championship plus
	possible gate from third place game

there is, however, a longer term issue that nobody has discussed.
It now becomes far more difficult for schools to add Ice hockey.
You really need schools to add in pairs, and furthermore, you need
some cooperation among the leagues to be sensible about realignments
when that happens.

charlie


> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:39:04 -0500
> Subject: Re: org charts
> From: "Mike Abegg" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> 
> My gut says the WCHA goes to the "Super Six" format, although one could
> argue that there are other formats that better reward regular season
> success.  Puts 6 teams into St. Paul.  Although I don't know whether
> they'd be able to justify 2 separate-admission games on Thursday like they
> do on Friday, might have to go to a doubleheader format for Thursday.
> 
> Mike Abegg
> 
> PS Isn't this conference alignment the one that was obvious all along? 
> Omaha moving is a no-brainer given geography and historical rivalries with
> WCHA schools in other sports, but it DID require the WCHA to think big
> picture...
> 
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > so, after it all shakes out, there will be
> > 5 conferences and 58 teams
> >
> > 12 wcha teams  +bebidji +omaha
> > 12 ccha teams  -omaha   +huntsville
> > 12 aha  teams  +niagara +robert morris
> > 12 ecac teams  no changes
> > 10 he   teams  no changes
> >
> > conference playoffs will be organized as follows
> >
> > ecac	all 12 qualify
> > 	round 1 - 5-12 best of 3
> > 	round 2 - 1-4 + round 1 winners best of 3 (reseeded)
> > 	single elimination + 3rd place game
> >
> > ccha	all 12 qualify
> > 	round 1 - 5-12 best of 3
> > 	round 2 - 1-4 + round 1 winners best of 3 (reseeded)
> > 	single elimination + 3rd place game
> >
> > he	8 of 10 qualify
> > 	quarter finals best of 3
> > 	single elimination - no 3rd place game
> >
> > aha	was all qualify
> > 	7-10 one game
> > 	quarter finals (reseeded) best of 3
> > 	single elimination - no 3rd place game
> >
> > wcha	was all qualify
> > 	best of 3
> > 	single elimination 4-5, 1-4, 2-3 then champ and 3rd place
> >
> > question 1
> > 	what will aha do
> > 	choice seems to be to adopt the ccha/ecac model with only
> > 	issue being whether first round is 1 game or best of 3
> >
> > question 2
> > 	what will wcha do
> > 	two choices
> > 	adopt ccha/ecac model or
> > 	6 first round games
> > 	championship has 6 teams
> > 	3-6 on thursday, reseed, semis fri, champ and 3rd place sat
> >
> >
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