With 7 games left in the season, it appears the NCAA tournament is
almost set. There should be two teams from Hockey East, three each
from ECAC and CCHA and 4 trom the WCHA.
 
Most likely the 8 teams vieing for championship trophies,
miami, vermont, and denver will all be in the tournament.  The 12th
spot will most likely belong to the victor of the Colorado College
vs St Cloud wcha third place game.
 
It looks like there will be 1 bye per conference.  Two of the byes
will most likely go to clarkson and michigan.  The other two should be
determined this evening.  One should go to the Hockey East champion
(Boston University or New Hampshire) and the other to the WCHA
champion (North Dakota or Minnesota)
 
Finally, it appears that both michigan state and cornell might improve
their ranking to third in their respective regions with victories.
 
here's my cut on the numbers.  They agree with the USCHO figures, but
are computed by a vastly different program.
 
index      team          games  win %  last 20   tuc    rpi    won
-----      ----          -----  -----  -------   ---    ---    ---
  1   Michigan            39    87.18   82.50   75.00  62.49    20
  2   Clarkson            35    77.14   90.00   66.67  60.56    19
  3   Minnesota           39    70.51   72.50   56.82  58.53    17
  4   North Dakota        39    71.79   70.00   61.90  58.31    17
  5   New Hampshire       37    75.68   65.00   46.15  59.58    15
  6   Vermont             35    67.14   67.50   52.38  58.04    15
  7   Maine               32    67.19   80.00   58.33  56.50    15
  8   Boston University   37    70.27   72.50   40.91  57.00    13
  9   Michigan State      37    64.86   65.00   65.62  54.81    12
 10   Miami               37    71.62   62.50   52.78  57.85    11
 11   Denver              39    64.10   65.00   56.82  55.48    10
 12   Cornell             32    67.19   65.00   53.33  56.26     9
 13   Colorado College    40    60.00   57.50   47.83  55.62     9
 14   St Cloud            39    64.10   60.00   44.74  54.54     7
 15   Princeton           33    60.61   50.00   44.44  54.13     6
 16   Rensselaer          35    60.00   55.00   44.12  53.28     5
 
 
         charlie shub   University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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