>    Western (or Northern) Division          Eastern (or Southern) Division
>    ______________________________          ______________________________
>    Lake Superior                           Miami
>    Ferris St.                              Michigan
>    Western Michigan                        Michigan State
>    Notre Dame                              Ohio State
>    Illinois-Chicago                        Bowling Green
>    Alaska-Fairbanks                        Kent
 
>            In division: 4 games- 2 home, 2 away
>            Outside division: 2 games- either both home or both away
 
     I like your hypothetical division alignment, how would you
propose handling the playoffs?  Perhaps the number one seed in the
East(South) would host the number six seed in the West(North) and
vice-versa, or would you have each division have a championship
series with the division champions facing off in a conference final?
     Notice that this year there would be a big discrepancy in the
balance of power between the two divisions, with the East being
for superior to the West (even OSU is playing very well right now).
Using this year as an example, to me it would seem unfair to have
three of the four best teams in the conference duke it out for the
right to play LSSU in the finals.
     Of course, all of this may be rather moot soon.  I'd like to
see UAF in the CCHA, but I don't think it will happen.
 
Chris Morgan
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