Eric Carlson posted a top 9 list:
>1) One team from each conference
>2) Three conference champions
>3) One conference co-champion that won its conference tournament
>4) The top 3 teams in just about all polls and rating systems
>5) The defending national champion
>6) An underdog that hasn't been there for many years
>7) A team that has come very close for several years but not quite won it
>8) A team and coach about which was said they can't win the big ones
>9) A team that wants to win it for Travis Roy
I offer #10
10) Travis Roy's father Lee was an All-American at Vermont
And one more for good luck
11) I'll be there in Cincinnati!
Edward N. Moller
Go BU
Jerry lives
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