> stories each year.  I recall, from my six years in grad school at U of
> Ill, that the state used to go crazy over the prep bball championship, in
> which all schools started evenly, from scratch, all 500+ of them.  One
        Ever seen the movie Hoosiers???  You wanna talk about Cinderellas...
        and we don't even split our HS Bball tourney here...and still draw
        over 1mil fans to our tourney.
> Use the league tourneys and regular season championships for seeding
> purposes, say seed the top 12 or 16, then spend the first few rounds as
> one game winner-moves-on, then when you get down to the top 16 go over to
> best 2 of 3, etc, much like it is now.  This would give everyone a chance,
> of course there would be occasional major upsets (sniff, sniff!) but what
> the heck, it is only a game, right? :-{)
        I say utilize the conference tourneys to decide the Frozen Four...
        and then play the FF from then on.  That gives some meaning to c.t.'s
        anyway...lose and you're gone.
>
> This way, if you truly believe your 6th place team could beat the 2nd
> ranked team in another (weak) league, you could prove it!  The only hassle
> would be the seedings, and for that, I leave it to people more closely
> connected to the game!
>
> On another topic, any hopes ESPN might show some college hockey?
        I'd love to see college hockey on ESPN...anything but indoor soccer
        and Canadian Football, which is what they've decided to put on instead
        of the locked out NHL games.  Maybe they'll show the 'Skins every
        once in a while.  Go Miami!!!
 
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