>> Here are the NCAA Tournament Seedings, from HOCKEY-L.  Sorry, no
>> Maine.  :-(  Maine made such a terrific run, but because Princeton won
>> the ECAC Tournament Maine did not get an at-large bid.
>
>If it came down to a choice between Maine and UNH ; Maine was obviously the
>stronger team down the stretch.  Sometimes it's hard to figure the reasoning
>behind the selections.  Is Maine still being "punished" for their past
>infractions?
 
Oh come on!  You've gotta get out more.  :-)
 
The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament selection is done by formula based
100% on performance.  Argue with the formula, if you'd like, but the
selections have nothing to do with politics or smoke-filled rooms
(unlike NCAA basketball which is more-or-less based on a formula).
 
There are a number of good sources of information on how the selections
are made.  US College Hockey Online has a short description at
 
   http://www.uscollegehockey.com/news/1998/01/26_pwr.html
 
John Whelan has an excellent discussion of this at
 
   http://www.slack.net/~whelan/cgi-bin/tbrw.cgi?pairwise
 
I can especially recommend the recent article by Adam Wodon
on the subject, now available at
 
   http://www.uscollegehockey.com/tournament/032097.html
 
The March archives of Hockey-L also have significant discussion of the
tournament selection and seedings.
 
Deron may have had too good a time cheering on our favorite Black Bears
last weekend, because as DaveH pointed out, at least 3 teams were ahead
of Maine at the end.
 
Now if Maine had only scored the third goal of their last game,
*everything* would have been different!  :-)
 
> Can't wait til October.
 
With the exception of the Final4 and a few months of warm weather ...
ME TOO!  :-)
 
Cheers to our hockey bears that have again made us proud,
wayne
 
Wayne T. Smith
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