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Date: | Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:45:21 -0600 |
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Just for the fun of it... while we are discussing brackets, I made two
"strictly by the numbers" brackets (using PWR), just to see how they would
look.
Neither scheme cares about geography or avoiding league matchups. I
think they work well, but that is partially a function of which teams
are in this year, and how they are seeded. With a different PWR,
things would look different (maybe better, maybe worse):
Note: just because something is on the left or right doesn't mean East
or West regional, just logical bracket.
So, any comments (while waiting for the games this weekend)?
--david
Scenario 1: 12 teams, Seeding strictly by PWR
the top four teams get first-round byes:
1 Michigan State
2 North Dakota
3 Boston University
4 Michigan
these teams play a traditionally bracketed (1 vs n, 2 vs n-1, etc)
first round, and then plug into a traditionally bracketed tournament
with the 4 top seeds included.
5 Boston College
6 Ohio State
7 Clarkson
8 Wisconsin
9 New Hampshire
10 Colorado College
11 Yale
12 Princeton
the brackets look like this:
9 New Hampshire (H) 11 Yale (E)
8 Wisconsin (W) 6 Ohio State (C)
1 Michigan State (C) --+ +-- 2 North Dakota (W)
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4 Michigan (C) --+ +-- 3 Boston University (H)
5 Boston College (H) 7 Clarkson (E)
12 Princeton (E) 10 Colorado College (C)
Scenario 2: 16 teams, Seeding strictly by PWR
1 Michigan State (C) ___ ___ 2 North Dakota (W)
16 Minnesota-Duluth (W) | | 15 Northern Michigan (C)
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8 Wisconsin (W) ___| | | |___ 7 Clarkson (E)
9 New Hampshire (H) | | 10 Colorado College (W)
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4 Michigan (C) ___ | | ___ 3 Boston University (H)
13 St Cloud (W) | | | | 14 Northeastern (H)
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5 Boston College (H) ___| |___ 6 Ohio State (C)
12 Princeton (E) 11 Yale (E)
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