Brian Morris wrote:
 
> But I don't need to bash the West for their policies, I
> think the tourney composition has already done that.
 
Well, I don't know about that. True, the WCHA will likely have only two
teams in the NCAA Tournament this year, but I don't think it was because
of the WCHA policy regarding so many conference games. I think it was
because Denver, almost considered a lock in January, finished their
season going 2-8-1. With a record like that, it hardly matters if you
play those games in or out of conference.
 
Last year, four WCHA teams made the tournament, and they still had the
same number of conference games. The year before that, two, and the year
before that, four.
 
Other than an intriguing pattern that seems to emerge, I see no
immediately obvious ill effects from the fact that the WCHA plays at
most four non-conference games, at least come tournament time.
 
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