I think Terry's idea is good because if the host team is guaranteed a bye
they have a better shot at reaching the final and they are guaranteed to
play at least two games even if they lose their first game.
 
My example of this is the current WCHA final five tournment where all the
participants are ranked and seeded 1 through 5.
 
This would require an adjustment to the current way the Showcase is
played because it would actually turn into more of a Big Ten Tournament.
Which I fell would be more interesting anyway (even if conference rivals
ended up playing each other instead of non conference opponents).
 
On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, TerryTuschen wrote:
 
> Mike M. mentioned that having the home team get a bye in a possible
> round-robin College Hockey Showcase that includes Ohio State, due to
> attendence reasons.  I clearly wear the dunce cap for that! :-)  Clearly, you
> would want the home/host team to participate in as many games as possible, to
> increase attendence.
>
> I don't know what I was thinking when I came up with my theory.  A synaps
> must have mis-fired when I was trying to think or something.  I believe I
> heard a collective "duh!" from the list as well.  But, I'll keep working on a
> 5-team College Hockey Showcase that works.
>
> Talk to everyone later!  Resistance is futile.
>
> Yours,
>
> Terry E. Tuschen Jr.
>
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