Paulette writes:
>  Laker fans have had a multitude
>>of local regionals to attend.  Lowell has had NONE.  Having a local NC$$
>>appearance for your team is the raw red meat you can build a program on.  And
>>Lowell had every reason to believe it had earned that this year.
>>
>>Well established programs don't have to worry about feeding the fan base.  It
>>has already become self-perpetuating.  Emerging programs like Lowell do have
>>to work at the fan base.  Especially with a 6000+ seat arena going up in
>>another year.
>
>Okay, a couple of days ago, the problem was that the decision to keep a
>certain eastern team at home was because they had better fan support than
>Lowell.  Today, the argument is that Lowell is getting fan support, and
>thus should be seeded in the East because that fan support can grow even
>larger.
>
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I think the point was simply that a "local" NCAA appearance could help
a program like Lowell to solidify its growing fan base and continue to
improve it and build its program.
 
I do not recall that Dave or anyone else ever said or suggested that
Lowell deserved an East bid because of this.
 
Rather, the belief that I think Dave and I share is that attendance
should not be the deciding factor for teams who are not hosting the
regional, which Cornell is not.
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