who would go to the tournament
one starts with tim brule's PAIRWISE COMPARISON POWER RATINGS
> Rk Team
> ========================
> 1 Boston University
> 2 Colorado College
> 3 Western Michigan
> 4 Lake Superior
> 5 Minnesota
> 6 Michigan State
> 7 Maine
> 8 Michigan
> 9 Vermont
> 10 Clarkson
> 11 Mass Lowell
> 12 Denver
> 13 St Lawrence
> 14 Bowling Green
> 15 Cornell
> 16 Colgate
> 17 North Dakota
> 18 Providence
> 19 Minnesota-Duluth
now we remove maine and lop off the bottom (do we lop at 12 teams or
at 6 east and 6 west ??? I've chosen to lop at 12
this gives 5 eastern teams and 7 western teams. Who initially east?
Should it be the LAST western team (Denver) or the 3rd western team
(LSSU) I've chosen LSSU because I believe it is more appropriate for
the 4th ranked team to get the 4th bye than for the 8th ranked team to
get the 4th bye
Rk Team
========================
1 Boston University
2 Colorado College
3 Western Michigan
4 Lake Superior
5 Minnesota
6 Michigan State
7 Michigan
8 Vermont
9 Clarkson
10 Mass Lowell
11 Denver
12 St Lawrence
now we swap the last two seeds on either side (5 and 6 west go eat and
vice versa
Rk Team
========================
1 Boston University
2 Colorado College
3 Western Michigan
4 Lake Superior
5 Minnesota
6 Michigan State
7 Michigan
8 Vermont
9 Clarkson
10 Mass Lowell
11 Denver
12 St Lawrence
so the pairings (by the numbers) look like
Vermont Michigan State
Clarkson Mass Lowell
BU CC
Michigan Minnesota
Denver St Lawrence
LSSU Western
my personal prejudice says it would be nice to swap michigan
and vermont to end up with
Michigan Michigan State
Clarkson Mass Lowell
BU CC
Vermont Minnesota
Denver St Lawrence
LSSU Western
All 4 first round games are east versus west
No team plays a team from their conference in the quarter finals
charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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