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Your participants:
 
Michigan *
UVM
UND *
Clarkson *
UNH *
Miami
Minnesota
Cornell
Boston U
SCSU
Colorado College
Michigan St.
 
Initial setup:
 
East    West
UVM    Michigan
Clarkson   North Dakota
UNH    Miami
Cornell   Minnesota
BU    SCSU
Michigan St   Colorado College (leaving CC in west due to better PWR)
 
It seems obvious that Cornell is packing its bags with 2 ECAC teams as second
round opponents, switch them with Minnesota.  This leaves only a second round
possibility between CC and ND for league matchups (not really likely according
to PWR).  Therefore my picks for this week are simple:
 
East
 
4E Minnesota
5E Boston U
  1E  Vermont
 
3E UNH
6E Michigan St
  2E  Clarkson
 
West
 
4W Cornell
5W St. Cloud St.
  1W Michigan
 
3W Miami
6W Colorado College
  2W North Dakota
 
My lineups with PWR rankings are:
 
East   West
Vermont 2  Michigan 1
Clarkson 4  ND 3
UNH 5   Miami 6
Minnesota 7  Cornell 8
Boston U 9  SCSU 10
Michigan St. 13 CC 12
 
The other option based on $$ could be to put MSU in the West, but that would
also require switching Miami and UNH.  This leads to no second round matchups,
but the east regional is left with only 3 eastern teams.
 
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