I wrote privately to somebody...
Michigan, North Dakota, Clarkson, and BU need 3 game winning
streaks to become national champions. Any other tournament
team needs 4.
The bye teams most likely will have to beat 2 other bye teams
to win, and the non-bye teams will mist likely have to beat
3 bye teams (or 2 bye teams and a team that has upset a bye
team) to win.
at this point, the championship involves beating some tough
competition. It does not matter where you play, or in which order.
You just need to win.
That aside, I just received Wayne's final heal rankings, and it is
finally absolutely crystal clear how the brackets were REALLY made.
Just look at the HEAL rankings and pair 'em off accordingly. What we
need is a dose of emily littella explaining the seedings.
> From: Wayne Smith <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Final HEAL standings
>
> This report includes results from 764 Division I games.
> Only games between teams with 20 or more Division I games scheduled
> are counted, as 20 Division I games are required for eligibility to
> the NCAA tournament, and only games between eligible teams (+ Maine)
> are used in the NCAA selection process.
>
> B -- NCAA 1st round bye
> * -- NCAA tournament selection
>
> Last
> Rank Week School Played Record P.I. T.I.
> 1 B 1 Michigan 40 33- 3- 4 35.00 152.53 W19,W12
> 2 B 2 Clarkson 36 27- 9- 0 30.00 144.39 W17,L6
> 3 B 6 North Dakota 40 28-10- 2 29.00 133.42 W13,W8
> 4 * 3 Vermont 35 22-10- 3 26.86 132.00 -
> 5 * 4 New Hampshire 38 28-10- 0 29.47 129.94 W24,L7
> 6 * 11 Cornell 33 20- 8- 5 27.27 127.18 W14,W2
> 7 B 10 Boston University 38 24- 8- 6 28.42 126.50 W22,W5
> 8 * 7 Minnesota 40 27-12- 1 27.50 126.46 W15,L3
> 9 8 Maine 32 21-10- 1 26.88 125.13 -
> 10 * 5 Miami 37 26-10- 1 28.65 124.12 L12
> 11 * 9 Denver 39 23-12- 4 25.64 121.91 L13
> 12 * 12 Michigan State 38 22-12- 4 25.26 119.04 W10,L1
> 13 * 13 Colorado College 41 23-14- 4 24.39 117.01 W11,L3,W15
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