My thought when I saw it was that they decided to save three flights, by
keeping UNH and Yale in the East and sending Northern Michigan to St. Paul
(which falls just under the 400 mile limit, if Google Maps is to be
believed). Had they left the #3 seeds in bracket order, there would have
been four flights. Now there is only one.
On the #1 line, they saved a flight by sending Denver to Albany and
Wisconsin to St. Paul. Denver was flying anyways, but Wisconsin would have
had to fly to Albany or Worcester.
On the #2 line, one of the Western teams was going to fly, it was just a
question of who. Sending UND out to Worcester kept the bracket intact.
On the #4 line, 15 and 16 had to be kept with the #1 and #2 overall seeds.
The cheapest combination of them happened to work out (RIT to Albany, UAH to
Ft. Wayne). Vermont had to go to St. Paul, because leaving them in Worcester
would have created an all-HEA first round matchup.
John
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Pamela Sweeney <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> The committee flashed back to the past and threw out the "bracket
> integrity">travel/attendance formula that it has used the past few years.
> They adhered to PWR seeding completely for the 1,2, and 4 bands, but
> completely jumbled the #3 seeds to suit proximity issues.
> -Pam
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Charlie Shub <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Mar 21, 2010 11:56 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: So where did everybody go wrong????
> >
> >actual.....
> >
> >ft wayne
> > mia/huntsville (1-16)
> > michigan/bemidji (8-12)
> >st paul
> > wisconsin/vt (3-14)
> > st cloud/no mich (6-10)
> >albany
> > denver/rit (2-15)
> > cornell/unh (7-11)
> >worcester
> > bc/alaska (4-13)
> > nodak/yale (5-9)
> >
> >so did they go by the #s and then swap yale with michigan and
> >northern with unh for eithr attendance or travel costs?
> >
> >everybody (uscho, chn, pam, & me) got the #1 seedings correct. i was
> >the only one to mess up on the denver/wisconsin swap. Nobody else got
> >the North Dakota/yale pairing in worcester
> >
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:10:10 -0600
> >> From: Charlie Shub <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Subject: quick shot at pairings
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >> if one goes strictly by the numbers
> >> Ft Wayne
> >> miami/huntsville
> >> bemidji/yale
> >> St Paul
> >> Denver/rit
> >> cornell/ northern michigan
> >> albany
> >> Wisconsin/vermont
> >> St cloud/new hampshire
> >> worcester
> >> BC/alaska
> >> nodak/michigan
> >>
> >> that's fine except for albany, so swap 8 and 9 with 6 and 11
> >> and get
> >> Ft Wayne
> >> miami/huntsville
> >> St cloud/new hampshire
> >> St Paul
> >> Denver/rit
> >> cornell/ northern michigan
> >> albany
> >> Wisconsin/vermont
> >> bemidji/yale
> >> worcester
> >> BC/alaska
> >> nodak/michigan
> >>
> >> we are now fine except for possibly alaska and michigan both winning
> >> by upsets and second round. We can swap yale and michigan and get
> >> Ft Wayne
> >> miami/huntsville
> >> St cloud/new hampshire
> >> St Paul
> >> Denver/rit
> >> cornell/ northern michigan
> >> albany
> >> Wisconsin/vermont
> >> bemidji/michigan
> >> worcester
> >> BC/alaska
> >> nodak/yale
> >>
> >> because of locality, it makes sense to swap bemidji and cornell to get
> >> Ft Wayne
> >> miami/huntsville (1-16)
> >> St cloud/new hampshire (6-11)
> >> St Paul
> >> Denver/rit (2-15)
> >> bemidji/ northern michigan (8-10)
> >> albany
> >> Wisconsin/vermont (3-14)
> >> cornell/michigan (7-12)
> >> worcester
> >> BC/alaska (4-13)
> >> nodak/yale (5-9)
> >
> >
> >
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