Am I correct in recalling that the PWR and RPI's are tabulated through the
playoffs?    Is Colorado College close enough in the PWR's that if they
have a good tournament they could get in still (without winning the
tournament)?   Is there a chance for 5 Western Teams?  It looks unlikely to
me that St Cloud would drop out - but if they have a bad playoffs, could
they?
 
As I see it - if Minnesota has a good tournament and wins - they'll
probably be the 2nd seed in the West.  But if UND wins the playoffs they'd
probably be higher in the PWR and therefore get the 2nd seed.    So it's
imperative that the Gophs have a Great Playoffs.  ;-)
 
Brett C. Harvey
 
 
>        To seed the teams without regard to conference, swap Cornell
>with St. Cloud and Michigan State to get
>
>  _West_                _East_
> 1 Michigan (C*)       2 Clarkson (E*)
> 4 Minnesota (W)       3 Vermont (E)
> 5 NoDak (W*)          6 New Hampshire (H)
> 8 Miami (C)          10 BU (H*)
> 9 Denver (W)         12 St. Cloud (W)
>11 Cornell (E)        13 Michigan State (C)
>
>In the past, this would have been okay, but given what the NC$$ did
>last year, they're likely to use the possibility of two
>intra-conference matchups in the West Regional (Michigan-Miami and
>Minnesota-North Dakota) to send Miami East instead of MSU to give
>
>  _West_                _East_
> 1 Michigan (C*)       2 Clarkson (E*)
> 4 Minnesota (W)       3 Vermont (E)
> 5 NoDak (W*)          6 New Hampshire (H)
> 9 Denver (W)          8 Miami (C)
>11 Cornell (E)        10 BU (H*)
>13 Michigan State (C) 12 St. Cloud (W)
 
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