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> On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Mike Patten wrote:
>> How about getting rid of the regionals altogether.
>> Lets go round 1 - 8 on campus best 2 of 3 .
>> round 2 - super regional idea. All 8 go to one site. 2 games each day.
>> finals - just like it is now...
and Brian Morris replied:
> Best 2 of three on campus sites? Why bother. The home team will win
> probably 80% of the time. That may underestimate the home advantage.
> And let's see. Four games in four days? Who would pay to see four
> consecutive days of hockey. Who could attend them? And what about that
> little thing called classes.
As Jason pointed out, the "super-regionals" would be four games in two
days, but I still think the attendance would be low, since each team
would only play once. I know fans of bye teams currently attend
four-game regionals in which their team only plays once, but a lot of
them only show up for the second day.
Personally, I think the four regionals idea is the way to go (I'd love
to see Lake Placid bid for one of them!), but it's too bad they won't
introduce a "regional consolation game" (given that the national
third-place game got scrapped some time ago) so that fans of all four
teams could see their favorites play twice.
John Whelan, Cornell '91
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