It seems that the only thing anyone is struggling with is Minnesota and
CC...In one sense it is a "reward" for CC to stay in the West but since both
regionals are distant to them (and Minn) the greater reward would be the
easier bracket.  According to the PWR, getting through SLU and BC is a less
difficult journey than PC and MSU...thus it would seem that given the choice
the higher seeded team would rather go East than West in this case.

PS-  I don't know that given the choice I'd rather have to get through BC
than Michigan State, but that seems to be the only potential wild card.

-----Original Message-----
From: John T. Whelan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 12:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SCSU 6 - ND 5 in OT


> Next is Colorado College; I can't think of a single compelling reason for
> them to stay in the West.

How about the fact that they win the pairwise comparison with
Minnesota?  If you're looking for teams to ship to the opposite
region, you should start at the bottom, not at the top.

                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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