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just a quick reply/question concerning Robin "Poe" Lock's
posting concerning the field selection and the seedings.
As I remember, Robin was upset about a couple of things:
1) ECAC teams getting a bad deal
2) 4 teams from HEA
3) a concern that the 12 best teams are not the
12 in the NCAA field
what i have to offer is something that appeared in the
Madison Wisconsin newspaper (Wisconsin Statwe Journal)
this morning (3/14/91). The author of the article was
Andy Baggot, the reporter that covers Wisconsin hockey.
i was not aware that the following was true - can anyone
shed any more light on this? I am relatively new to this
group so please forgive me if this has been discussed.
i quote:
"Last year, the American Hockey Coaches Association demanded
that a sterile, by-the-numbers system be devised to determine
the best teams. Thus, the committee constructed a computerized
format - using a team's winning percentage, strength of schedule
and its opponents' strength of schedule to produce a power
rating - to rank teams. As a result, the sentiment factor was
effectively squeezed out and political barriers that have
plagued recent tournament fields were knocked down".
Baggot goes onto say that 2 repercussions of this were:
1) The three top seeds in the east went to HE teams
2) 4 HE teams were included in the field.
Baggot believes this is justice in its purest form - others
may disagree.
Ultimately, what I make of this boils down to a question -
if they have a cookbook formula, why in the world do they need
a 4 person selection committee ???
cliff
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