Michigan did not have a bye when it won its second title in the 90s (1998?). If I remember correctly, they were a three seed and defeated the two-seed North Dakota to make it to the Frozen Four. No doubt the fact they hosted the regional gave them a boost, but still. . . >From: Andrew Rapoff <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Andrew Rapoff <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: bye >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:55:12 -0500 > >Has any team ever won the national championship, and not received a first >round bye under the current format? What is the record on bye vs. non-bye >teams under the current format? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Eric Burton >To: [log in to unmask] >Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:01 PM >Subject: Re: Time to say "buh-bye" to the... er, byes. > > > > Eric Burton wrote: > > I agree with the tourney going to 16 teams. . . . No one expects a 5th >or >6th team to win > > a National title anyways. >That goes along with my theory I want the tourney to go to 16 teams, too. >However, I think some are getting a little bent out of shape because some >teams are being rewarded for stellar play during the regular season by >recieving a bid as calling it unfair. Heck the MAAC shouldn't have recieved >a bid at all, however, we pretty much dealt with it. It actually sound like >some are experiencing sour grapes about their teams losing to a bye team, >However, SCSU got bit in the rear end by a team that played the night >before >so that shot that idea out of the water about fairness. > >My next question is about fairness too, should the rest of college hockey >have to cut the number of games they play or have a specific start because >some conferences (MAAC, ECAC) want the rest of the leagues to conform to >their way of thinking. I have been told a proposal is comming this year at >the NCAA meetings. They haven't been a league that long and now they want >to affect the rest of the College hockey teams in the country. Really did >anyone think Mercy hurst was going to end up in the NCAA final Four? >Really... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com