Second thoughts.

Ian McCaw, the chairman, was on the show and didn't have that much to add,
other than that Cornell-Minn State was forced by the rule prohibiting the
first round matchups between WCHA teams. (Which is something that USCHO has
tried to ignore in their bracketology). Also, the UNH-BU second round game
is not against the rules any more (as if we didn't know that from last
year's BU-Maine matchup).

He's also said that he likes the objective criteria, as opposed to Jeff
Sauer's "we used to just sit in a room and hash it over" comment.


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Subject: Re: Tournament Brackets - First Thoughts

Why does Maine go west, rather than BC? This is the key question I have
based on the analysis that I think we've all done.

On the TV broadcast, the "expert" has no idea why this bracketing is done,
after saying "it's all done by the numbers." He's hinting that it's Maine
choke at the end - which is explicitly not a criterion to be used. The only
criterion that could work is the attendance issue (BC is closer to
Providence than Maine).

Actually, their expert is hinting that the whole system is messed up. (He
used the code phrase "a few adjustments are necessary.")

Patrick Abegg


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Providence: Cornell-Minn State, BC-OSU

Worcester: UNH-SC, BU-Harv

Ann Arbor: CC-Wayne, Maine-Mich

Minneapolis: Minn-Mercyhurst, Ferris-ND