On Sat, 18 Mar 1995 [log in to unmask] wrote:
 
> A final point, not many people seem to realize it, but Maine actually benefited
> from another, more subtle change in the HE rules this year, namely using
> head-to-head competition to determine seedings in the case of a tie.  Until
> this year, the first tie-breaker was league victories, which would have given
> BU the number one slot in the playoffs.  Had Maine and BU met in the finals,
> Maine would have had the slight edge that goes with being the "home" team (last
> move on line changes).  As it happened, however, this meant that Maine had to
> face a rapidly improving Providence team, so the number 1 seed may have been a
> dubious honor.
>
It is amazing how the #1 seed does not always work out to the advantage
of the #1 team.  When BU was #1 they had to play a Maine team that only
had the lowest seed because of forfeited games.  In that case seeding
still produced a win by the "favoured" team, but clearly it was not the
easiest matchup.
 
Arthur Berman [log in to unmask]
GO BU!!!