>>> Day One:
>>>         Game 1 (semi-final play-in): #5 vs #4
>>>         Game 2 (semi-final): #3 vs #2
>>> Day Two:
>>>         Game 3 (consolation play-in): Game 1 loser vs game 2 loser
>>>         Game 4 (semi-final): Game 1 winner vs #1
>>> Day Three:
>>>         Game 5 (consolation): Game 4 loser vs game 3 winner
>>>         Game 6 (championship): Game 2 winner vs game 4 winner
 
>>This is really creative!  I hate it  ;-)  Actually, I don't hate it -- it's
>>better than the current system (so's an ice pick in the forehead), but it
>>has the two finalists playing their SF's on different days, and that's not
>>optimal.
 
>The ECAC will never, never, never adopt something like this unless the #1 seed,
>rather than #2/#3, could play on Day One and take Day Two off.
 
        And of course you couldn't do that because the 5/4 playin
would have to come first.  You could have both semifinals on the same
day, but it would mean stretching the tournament to four days or
making someone play twice in one day.  Oh well, guess we'll just have
to go back to a Phinal Phour. :-)
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
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