Mike Machnik Wrote...
>
> There still seems to be some confusion on this, so...
>
> What Sean Pickett originally posted is correct.  The semifinal
> pairings for the Beanpot are already predetermined "forever", I guess
> you'd say.  There is a three year rotation, and each team will play a
> first round game against each of the other three teams every three
> years.  So what you have is:
>
> 1995 NU-BU, BC-Harvard
> 1996 BC-BU, NU-Harvard
> 1997 BC-NU, BU-Harvard
> 1998 NU-BU, BC-Harvard
>
> and so on.
>
> It has nothing to do with anything else, including the teams' finishes
> in the Beanpot the prior season, the teams' records this season, etc.
>
> As for which game is first and which is second, I do not know how that
> is determined.
>
I tried to post a quick answer to this, but my auto-reply button sends to the
poster, not the list...sorry Mike.
 
Anyway, while pairings are indeed determined by an eternal rotation, playing
times are determined by past history. The defending Beanpot champion gets to
play in the nightcap.
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Greg S.
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