>What scenario will it take for Maine to get the first round bye for the East >Regional. Beat BU this weekend??? Win Hockey East?? or no chance at all> A first round bye is awarded to the top 4 teams nationally. The selection of top-four is slightly different than the PWR calculation used to select teams for the tournament. Right now, it looks like BU, UNH, MN & DU would get the byes, but all of these teams (and others) have important games next weekend. You might find the web pages at http://slack.net/hockey interesting in trying to predict Maine's position. cheers, wayne Wayne T. Smith [log in to unmask] Old Town Landing The College Hockey lists: Hockey-L and Hockey3 at http://lists.Maine.edu/