Kevin Powers wondered how my proposed method would have done in
years past. So, I ran it for last year's tournament.
Here goes.
Conference Bids--
Tournament champions: RPI, LSSU, BU, Wisconsin
RS champions: CC, Michigan, Clarkson, Maine
Two teams from each conference already, so conference bids are filled.
Move to the At-large bids--
Teams finishing 2nd in RS or Tournament and .500 or better:
Princeton, Brown, BGSU, MSU
That gives twelve teams. Yes, 4 ECAC teams.
But wait, it gets better!
Determine bye team from each conference:
ECAC: RPI over Clarkson 1-0-1!!!
HE: Maine over BU 2-0-2
CCHA: Michigan over LSSU 3-1
WCHA: Wisconsin over CC 2-1
Determine number 1 seed in each region:
Maine over RPI 1-0.
Michigan over Wisconsin 1-0.
Seeds so far:
West East
1 Michigan Maine
2 Wisconsin RPI!!!
3 <ccha> <he>
4 <wcha> <ecac>
5 <ccha> <he>
6 <wcha> <ecac>
Determine order of seeds within each conference:
ECAC: Three-way tie, Clarkson wins 4-1, Princeton second at 4-4, and
Brown third with 2-5.
HE: BU is the only team.
CCHA: Three-way tie, with MSU winning 5-3-1, LSSU second at 3-3-1, and
BGSU third with 3-5.
WCHA: CC is the only team
Seeds before swapping:
West East
1 Michigan Maine
2 Wisconsin RPI
3 MSU BU
4 CC Clarkson
5 LSSU Princeton
6 BGSU Brown
Swapping:
#6 teams swap, #5 teams swap.
Final seedings and locations:
Madison Worcester
1 Michigan Maine
2 Wisconsin RPI
3 MSU BU
4 CC Clarkson
5 Princeton LSSU
6 Brown BGSU
First round matchups:
Brown vs. MSU
CC vs. Princeton
BGSU vs. BU
LSSU vs. Clarkson
Second round matchups:
RPI vs. BU-BGSU winner
Maine vs. Clarkson-LSSU winner
Michigan vs. CC-Princeton winner
Wisconsin vs. MSU-Brown winner
So last year, my system would have had Princeton, Brown and Bowling Green
in, Minnesota, Denver and UNH at home.
Only three of the seeds were the same: Clarkson, LSSU and Michigan
Last years seeds:
Madison Worcester
1 Michigan BU
2 CC Maine
3 Minnesota UNH
4 Wisconsin Clarkson
5 MSU LSSU
6 RPI BGSU
RPI seeded second in the east!! I love this system. Of course, no way it
could help them this year.
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