Kevin Powers wondered how my proposed method would have done in
years past.  So, I ran it for last year's tournament.
 
Here goes.
 
Conference Bids--
Tournament champions:  RPI, LSSU, BU, Wisconsin
RS champions:  CC, Michigan, Clarkson, Maine
 
Two teams from each conference already, so conference bids are filled.
 
Move to the At-large bids--
 
Teams finishing 2nd in RS or Tournament and .500 or better:
  Princeton, Brown, BGSU, MSU
 
That gives twelve teams.  Yes, 4 ECAC teams.
 
But wait, it gets better!
 
Determine bye team from each conference:
 
ECAC:  RPI over Clarkson 1-0-1!!!
HE:    Maine over BU 2-0-2
CCHA:  Michigan over LSSU 3-1
WCHA:  Wisconsin over CC 2-1
 
Determine number 1 seed in each region:
 
Maine over RPI 1-0.
Michigan over Wisconsin 1-0.
 
Seeds so far:
 
       West                   East
 
1      Michigan               Maine
2      Wisconsin              RPI!!!
3      <ccha>                 <he>
4      <wcha>                 <ecac>
5      <ccha>                 <he>
6      <wcha>                 <ecac>
 
Determine order of seeds within each conference:
 
ECAC:  Three-way tie, Clarkson wins 4-1, Princeton second at 4-4, and
       Brown third with 2-5.
HE:    BU is the only team.
CCHA:  Three-way tie, with MSU winning 5-3-1, LSSU second at 3-3-1, and
       BGSU third with 3-5.
WCHA:  CC is the only team
 
Seeds before swapping:
 
       West                   East
 
1      Michigan               Maine
2      Wisconsin              RPI
3      MSU                    BU
4      CC                     Clarkson
5      LSSU                   Princeton
6      BGSU                   Brown
 
Swapping:
 
#6 teams swap, #5 teams swap.
 
Final seedings and locations:
 
       Madison                Worcester
 
1      Michigan               Maine
2      Wisconsin              RPI
3      MSU                    BU
4      CC                     Clarkson
5      Princeton              LSSU
6      Brown                  BGSU
 
First round matchups:
 
Brown vs. MSU
CC vs. Princeton
BGSU vs. BU
LSSU vs. Clarkson
 
Second round matchups:
 
RPI vs. BU-BGSU winner
Maine vs. Clarkson-LSSU winner
Michigan vs. CC-Princeton winner
Wisconsin vs. MSU-Brown winner
 
 
So last year, my system would have had Princeton, Brown and Bowling Green
in, Minnesota, Denver and UNH at home.
 
Only three of the seeds were the same:  Clarkson, LSSU and Michigan
 
Last years seeds:
 
       Madison                Worcester
 
1      Michigan               BU
2      CC                     Maine
3      Minnesota              UNH
4      Wisconsin              Clarkson
5      MSU                    LSSU
6      RPI                    BGSU
 
 
RPI seeded second in the east!!  I love this system.  Of course, no way it
could help them this year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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