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Well, the results shredded by predictions, starting with St Cloud going
all the way. I don't usually enter the contests and this is a major
reason why. I will say had a great time watching a lot of great hockey,
and was geatly impressed by
UMass. How about a new contest with just the Frozen Four? Worst I can
do there is 0-3.
Tom Rowe
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On 4/2/2019 11:10 AM, Mark Lewin wrote:
> Needless to say, I am quite pleased with Providence College's success
> yet again at the regionals held in Providence. I am really torn in
> the debate whether PC should have been given the home ice "advantage"
> even though they were not the sponsor of the regional. Clearly, the
> partisan crowd helped them tremendously this past weekend, just as
> they were helped back in 2015.
>
> And clearly, the placement of the Friars in Providence greatly
> enhanced the attendance. Northeastern, after many decades of poor
> attendance, has finally developed a hockey following, no doubt helped
> by their resurgence into the Hockey East upper eschelon (and the fact
> it's only an hours drive from Boston to Providence. And Cornell
> always travels well. For years, I attended Cornell-RPI games in Troy
> and it was always difficult to tell by the crowd noise, which team was
> playing at home.
>
> The problem is philosophical, of course. Do you avoid placing a
> number 4 seed at home, giving them an advantage? Guess you would have
> to decide whether the goal is attendance or crowd neutrality (seems to
> be mutually exclusive).
> As far as placing PC in Providence even though Brown was the sponsor,
> would placing Brown at home be any different? I know the NCAA rules
> about sponsorship, but would placing Brown in Providence be any
> different than placing Providence at home? Only difference is that
> Brown paid a "bribe" to the NCAA to gain that advantage by offering to
> sponsor.
>
> Anyone know exactly what sponsoring a regional entails? Is it
> organizational work? Is it money (Brown is a much wealthier school
> than PC)? Is there something else?
>
> My last comment concerns the serving of alcohol at NCAA events. I am
> against it. It's not that I don't enjoy a beer now and then. I
> thought it made the lines at the men's room much longer than in the
> past 😁
>
> PS I miss the old days when comments and discussions would be flying
> back and forth in this forum during the tournament.
>
> Oh, the good old days.....
>
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