In article <[log in to unmask]>, David Carroll
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>
>You're missing the point. Seeding for a tournament (again an *old*
>tradition) is supposed to be based on relative performance and is
>meant to reward better teams with an advantage in early rounds.
>Although Maine's performance has not been as good as BU's, it sure
>as hell has been better than BC and Merrimack (sorry Mike). So
>the reasonable thing would be to seed teams based on actual records.
>BU and Maine will probably play again, but it shouldn't be the first
>round. And BTW, I haven't seen *any* BU fans calling for any harsh
>sanctions on Maine like bans from post-season play, quite the opposite,
>everyone seems to have been saying, "it's a shame the players get hurt."
>Oh course, guys like you two are doing everything that you can to make
>every one of us (even vegetarian pacifists) ready to hunt for bear.
>Lighten up, guys.
>
>    Dave Carroll BU'73
 
 
  I agree with Dave. I haven't seen any posts here flaming or being
  harsh on Maine (well, except one - but, that was in reply to a
  post that was asking for it); and, we've had enough trouble up
  here in Alaska :), that we shouldn't be surprised if we got some.
 
 
  Regarding seeding in HE: I like what Dave's suggesting. If Maine
  is allowed in the HE playoffs, why not seed them based on their
  actual record (without the forfeits), with one provision - they
  don't get home ice, even if they finish 4th or 3rd. I don't think
  the other HE teams can have much objection to this, since Maine
  would've finished in the middle without the forfeits and the only
  question would have been home ice. So they all still face opponents
  similar to the ones they expected and Maine still pays by losing
  home ice. And their official record can reflect the NCAA ruling.
 
  What do you people think?
 
 
  Cheers
  Venky