We all know that Michigan has won it's record ninth NCAA Championship, but
I thought it would be interesting to take a look at how all the teams have
fared throughout the years in the Final Four and give them my own score.  I
used a traditional 4-3-2-1 scoring system (4 points for the Championship, 3
for a Runner Up, 2 for Third Place, and 1 for Fourth Place).  In the years
where a Third Place game was not played (1948 & 1990-98), I gave the
Semi-Finalists that did not advance each a 1.5 points (half the available 3
points).  Here's how it turned out:
 
Rank    School                  Total
----    ------                  -----
1       Michigan                56
2       Boston Univ.            48.5
3       Minnesota               41
4       North Dakota            38
5       Denver                  34
6       Wisconsin               31
7       Boston Col.             26
8       Michigan Tech           23
9       Colorado Col.           22
10      Harvard                 21.5
11      Michigan St.            20.5
12      Cornell                 18
13      Clarkson                16.5
14      Lake Superior St.       15
15      Rensselaer              13
        St. Lawrence            13
17      Maine                   11.5
18      Dartmouth               10
19      No. Michigan            8
20      Bowling Green           6
        Brown                   6
        Providence              6
23      Minnesota-Duluth        5
24      New Hampshire           4.5
25      Colgate                 3
26      Northeastern            2
        Yale                    2
28      Ohio State              1.5
        Vermont         1.5
 
Data collected from the FANSonly Network (excellent site):
 http://www.fansonly.com/channels/news/sports/i-hockey/ffours.html
 
Thoughts?
 
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Paul W. Barber:
Minnesota '85
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