>The question whether the top seed would want two weeks off could be solved
>rather easily. Why not give a team the option of playing or taking the bye?
>If the Champion wants to play, the option to take the bye would then be
>passed to the second-place team, and so on until someone takes it.
 
You'd have to draw the line at the 4th seeded team, because otherwise a team
with a lower seed would get a bye, when otherwise if the seeds held, they
would not make the semi-finals.
 
 
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Deron  [log in to unmask]
University of Maine (32-6-6)
1995 Hockey East Co-Champions/ NCAA Runners-Up
Not bad for a Pre-Season 4th Place Team eh?
Great job Hockey Bears!  Bring it home in '96!
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