As things stand now, CC, Notre Dame, and Colgate are tied at 13th in the
pre-bonus PWR. The tie-breaker is the RPI, which CC wins, .5322 to .5274
(ND) to .5190 (Colgate). Thus, CC would be seeded #13. Even with a 5-3-1,
a 5-2-1, or a 3-2-1 bonus, nothing changes.

Holy Cross, Niagara, and Harvard get in with the auto-bids, so there's your
13th-16th teams.

-Andy


At 10:39 AM 3/21/2004 -0500, Nicholas R. Markham wrote:
>I believe Notre Dame, not Colorado College, is the 13th team in the
>tournament.
>Did I miss something?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wayne T. Smith
> > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:26 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Wayne's seletions and pairings ...
> >
> > Responding to my own (dumb) post:  (sorry!)
> >
> > CC has to go to the West Regional as host (as UNH goes to the
> > NE Regional). Simply switching HC & CC corrects this, but
> > makes #1 NoDak's regional the toughest, as well as having 3
> > out of 4 WCHA teams.  Maybe I should have rooted for UMass
> > beating Maine last night (and taking CC's place)?  Nah.
> >
> > The problem my layout started with was a CCHA Michigan vs
> > Miami 2/3 matchup in the West, which I resolved sending
> > Denver there from the NE for Michigan.
> >
> > So to resolve this, I'm going to move the whole NoDak
> > regional to Grand Rapids, and still switch Michigan for
> > Denver. Minnesota would open with fellow WCHA CC, but I don't
> > think that can be helped without reorganizing the top 4 seeds
> > (ME or BC West & MN East), something the Committee seems
> > reluctant to do.  So here's my redress ...
> >
> > Midwest - Grand Rapids, MI
> >
> >   1 North Dakota vs 16 Holy Cross
> >   7 Denver vs 9 Miami
> >
> >         (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 2 - home team)
> >
> > West - Colorado Springs, CO
> >
> >   4 Minnesota vs 13 Colorado College
> >   5 Minnesota-Duluth vs 12 Michigan State
> >
> >        (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 2 - visiting team)
> >
> > Northeast - Manchester, NH
> >
> >   2 Boston College vs 15 Niagara
> >   8 Michigan vs 11 New Hampshire
> >
> >         (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 1 - home team)
> >
> > East - Albany, NY
> >
> >   3 Maine vs 14 Harvard
> >   6 Ohio State vs 10 Wisconsin
> >
> >         (winner of winners to Frozen Four game 1 - visiting team)
> >
> > P.S. the real story still on ESPN2 Sun at 2:30 ET.
> >
> > cheers, wayne