Alan, your opinion makes a good point.  How would you include those
wins in a formula to determine "the best" team?  The best regular
season teams almost always get a first round bye (which may or may not
be an advantage I suppose).
 
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From:  Alan Harder[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:  Wednesday, April 02, 1997 9:33 AM
To:  Tuschen, Terry
Cc:  [log in to unmask]
Subject:  Re: "Best Team"
 
 
 
On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Tuschen, Terry wrote:
 
>Minnesota teams.  You can win 30 or 35 games a year but if you don't
>win the final game of the NCAA Hockey season, you are not the
>champions
 
Very true.
 
>nor are you the best team.
 
In your opinion.  In my opinion, you cannot throw out the entire
regular season
when determining the best team.  Just forget the other 30+ games?
 Hardly.
 
-Alan
 
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