I wrote privately to somebody...
        Michigan, North Dakota, Clarkson, and BU need 3 game winning
        streaks to become national champions.  Any other tournament
        team needs 4.
 
        The bye teams most likely will have to beat 2 other bye teams
        to win, and the non-bye teams will mist likely have to beat
        3 bye teams (or 2 bye teams and a team that has upset a bye
        team) to win.
 
at this point, the championship involves beating some tough
competition.  It does not matter where you play, or in which order.
You just need to win.
 
That aside, I just received Wayne's final heal rankings, and it is
finally absolutely crystal clear how the brackets were REALLY made.
Just look at the HEAL rankings and pair 'em off accordingly.  What we
need is a dose of emily littella explaining the seedings.
 
> From: Wayne Smith <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Final HEAL standings
>
> This report includes results from 764 Division I games.
> Only games between teams with 20 or more Division I games scheduled
> are counted, as 20 Division I games are required for eligibility to
> the NCAA tournament, and only games between eligible teams (+ Maine)
> are used in the NCAA selection process.
>
>    B -- NCAA 1st round bye
>    * -- NCAA tournament selection
>
>      Last
> Rank Week School          Played   Record      P.I.     T.I.
>  1 B   1  Michigan           40   33- 3- 4    35.00   152.53 W19,W12
>  2 B   2  Clarkson           36   27- 9- 0    30.00   144.39 W17,L6
>  3 B   6  North Dakota       40   28-10- 2    29.00   133.42 W13,W8
>  4 *   3  Vermont            35   22-10- 3    26.86   132.00 -
>  5 *   4  New Hampshire      38   28-10- 0    29.47   129.94 W24,L7
>  6 *  11  Cornell            33   20- 8- 5    27.27   127.18 W14,W2
>  7 B  10  Boston University  38   24- 8- 6    28.42   126.50 W22,W5
>  8 *   7  Minnesota          40   27-12- 1    27.50   126.46 W15,L3
>  9     8  Maine              32   21-10- 1    26.88   125.13 -
> 10 *   5  Miami              37   26-10- 1    28.65   124.12 L12
> 11 *   9  Denver             39   23-12- 4    25.64   121.91 L13
> 12 *  12  Michigan State     38   22-12- 4    25.26   119.04 W10,L1
> 13 *  13  Colorado College   41   23-14- 4    24.39   117.01 W11,L3,W15
 
 
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