On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Ted Halm wrote:
 
> Here is an idea for a 12-team NCAA hockey tournament.  Give all 12 teams
> a first round game, leaving 6 survivors when the final scores are in.
> In the second round, play 3 games, with three teams emerging for the
> Final 3.
 
        Re-seed the survivors and give the top seeded team a bye into
        the finals.
 
The semi-final game would be like it is now, 2 days before
> the Final, giving everybody their appropriate rest.  Maybe this would
> solve the dilemma we have now where all the teams saddled with a first
> round game in the present format are coming up continuous losers.  Just
> a though from someone whose never been there.
>
 
Zac Halter writes:
 
If seeding the top twelve teams is a controversy, just think how much of
a controversy picking a #1 team from the top 3 teams would be!!!!!
 
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