Greg:
 
>>How I thought actual selection was done.  (Note: NOT the ordering of
>>bids
>>-- that's all black magic and gallons of tequila in the committee hotel
>>suite...)
 
Adam:
 
>Not exactly ... it's always explainable through logic, using the
>criteria handed to the committee, agreed upon by the schools as a
>whole --- the public just doesn't always know or agree with that
>criteria.
 
        Yeah, but Greg's method sounds like more fun. :-)
 
        See <http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jtw16960/pairwise.html>, and
references therein, for attempts to understand and explain the current
seeding procedure without the aid of tequila.
 
        The algorithm is pretty well spelled out, but parts of it
(especially those pertaining to who gets put in what regional) have a
subjective element to them.
 
>>First step: ignore the PWR.  Give every RS and PS champ a bid.
>>
>>Second step: look at the PWR.
>>If any conference had the same winner for the PS/RS, take that
>>conference's
>>best (by PWR) other team and give them a bid.
>>
>>Last step: just start at the top of the PWR and assign bids until you
>>have
>>12.  Done.
 
>>No muss, no fuss.  Is this not reality?
 
>That's about it ... more or less.
 
        Er, except the part about assigning bids based on the PWR.
Wasn't the whole lesson of your interview with Joe Marsh
<http://www.uscollegehockey.com/tournament/032097.html> that they're
now using the individual pairwise comparisons rather than the total
PWR?
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                                        U of Utah Ice Hockey Club
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