Patrick- If I interpret your message correctly, the only change is that the Frozen Four will be seeded to set up #1 vs #4, #2 vs #3, even if the first round games are 1W vs 2W and 1E vs. 2E.  Is that correct?  When was this changed?
-Pam Sweeney
Go Gophers

Patrick Abegg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The way the rules used to work:
[snip]
        The brackets were created to match #1 East and #2 West, #1 West and #2
East.
        #1 and #2 East were automatically in the East, #1 and #2 West were
automatically in the West.

Now the way the rules work:

        #1 to #4 are the best four teams, in order. The brackets are created to
match #1 and #4, #2 and #3.