UMO I assume is Maine?
Second, I think the committee should look at putting Minnesota in Denver.
I haven't seen the scenario a lot but I think it would make for a good 
regional. 

Quoting Mike Abegg <[log in to unmask]>:

> Just for fun, "if the season ended today" what would the D-1 tourney look
> like?  Here's my take:
> 
> Who's in:
> 6 conference champions, for now, using the regular season champs, except
> in Atlantic hockey where RIT is not eligible to win the tournament, so
> we'll use Sacred Heart, gives us: Mn, NoDame, UNH, SLU, SH, Nia.
> 10 remaining from PWR, using the .003 bonus: SCSU, Clarkson, NoDak, Mia,
> BosU, BosC, Mich, UMO, DU; the last spot shows as a 3-way tie b/t SLU,
> MichSt, UMass; since SLU is already in, and MSU takes the comparison with
> UMass, that puts MSU in.
> 
> Seeding 1-16:
> 1 Mn
> 2 NoDam
> 3 UNH
> 4 SCSU
> 
> 5 Cla
> 6 NoDak
> 7 Mia
> 8 BosU
> 
> 9 BosC
> 10 Mich
> 11 UMO
> 12 DU
> 
> 13 SLU
> 14 MSU
> 15 Nia
> 16 SH
> 
> 1st round pairings:
> 1/16 Mn/SH
> 2/15 NoDam/Nia
> 3/14 UNH/MSU
> 4/13 SCSU/SLU
> 5/12 Cla/DU
> 6/11 NoDak/UMO
> 7/9 Mia/BosC
> 8/10 BosU/Mich (9 & 10 swapped to avoid 2 1st round intraconference
> matchups)
> 
> Regional pairings, starting with the easy ones:
> 4/13 SCSU/SLU vs 5/12 Cla/DU in DENVER (Denver is host school)
> 3/14 UNH/MSU vs 6/11 NoDak/UMO in MANCHESTER (UNH is host school)
> Other two brackets are nebulous.  Either Mn or NoDame has to head east to
> Rochester; Michigan in Grand Rapids & Niagara in Rochester probably the
> most important attendance factors among these 8 schools; with 8/10 and 7/9
> matchups it's not really clear which one the 1/16 winner should draw.  I
> suggest:
> 2/15 NoDam/Nia vs 7/9 Mia/BosC in ROCHESTER
> 1/16 Mn/SH vs 8/10 BosU/Mich in GRAND RAPIDS
> 
> Rochester could have attendance problems unless the committee sees Niagara
> as enough of a draw.  The answer would be to get either SLU or Clarkson,
> or both, into Rochester.  The best solution for this that I can find would
> be to swap #9 BC and #12 DU, then you could have:
> 3/14 UNH/MSU vs 6/11 NoDak/UMO in MANCHESTER (UNH is host school)
> 1/16 Mn/SH vs 7/12 Mia/DU in DENVER (Denver is host school)
> 4/13 SCSU/SLU vs 5/9 Cla/BosC in ROCHESTER
> 2/15 NoDam/Nia vs 8/10 BosU/Mich in GRAND RAPIDS
> which DOES preserve the "banding" but isn't as pure a 1-16 seeding.  All
> depends, as usual, on what the committee sees as important.  The two
> neutral sites would seem to have attractive matchups for attendance
> purposes using this plan.
> 
> This is obviously HIGHLY subject to change based on the results on the
> tourneys...it's a snapshot of a moving target, but it's fun to look at and
> ponder.  And of course my logic may be mixed up.  Flame away.
> 
> Mike A
>