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> << A lot of complaints, some of which I agree with, some I don't >>
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> Your comment about "RPI's home advantage" isn't thought out.  The NCAA eastern
> regionals have been scheduled for Albany for a long time.  No one was sure
> if RPI would even make it (they didn't last year even though they finished
> second in the regular season).  The NC$$ hockey playoffs work a lot like the
> basketball playoffs - the playoff locations are chosen long before the teams
> are evaluated and seeded.  If your team hosts the championship, and you
> actually make it there, you get lucky.  Please, stop whining.
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> Nate Robinson
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  I think that the point is that if, in the basketball tournament, if you
qualify for the tournament, and are scheduled to host a regional, then you
are shifted away.  I know that this happened to Vanderbilt last year, for
example.  I am not sure what the rules are for other sports.
 
           Alex