I agree that it shouldn't happen, but I cannot imagine them rewarding maine
for taking a dump down the stretch.


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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
>