1 8 9 16 cornell BC Michigan Wayne State 2 7 10 15 cc ferris no-dak MAAC 3 6 11 14 Minn maine oh st st cloud 4 5 12 13 unh BU harvard mankato ------------------------------------------------ assign sites 1 8 9 16 cornell BC Michigan Wayne State Ann Arbor 2 7 10 15 cc ferris no-dak MAAC Providence 3 6 11 14 Minn maine oh st st cloud Minneapolis 4 5 12 13 unh BU harvard mankato Worcester ------------------------------------------------ keep cornell east and CC west by swaping 2 8 9 16 cc BC Michigan Wayne State Ann Arbor 1 7 10 15 cornell ferris no-dak MAAC Providence 3 6 11 14 Minn maine oh st st cloud Minneapolis 4 5 12 13 unh BU harvard mankato Worcester ------------------------------------------------ how to eliminate the minnesota/st cloud 1st round matchup the only way is to swap the MAAC team and St. Cloud 2 8 9 16 cc BC Michigan Wayne State Ann Arbor 1 7 10 14 cornell ferris no-dak st cloud Providence 3 6 11 15 Minn maine oh st MAAC Minneapolis 4 5 12 13 unh BU harvard mankato Worcester ------------------------------------------------ now find a way to get a 2nd eastern team in providence swap the 2-3 teams 2 8 9 16 cc BC Michigan Wayne State Ann Arbor 1 6 11 14 cornell maine oh st st cloud Providence 3 7 10 15 Minn ferris no dak MAAC Minneapolis 4 5 12 13 unh BU harvard mankato Worcester ------------------------------------------------ now the only issue is the BU-unh quarter final matchup the only way to avoid that is to swap ferris and bu, but that is a bad trade distance wise maybe someone else has a better idea charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs [log in to unmask] http://cs.uccs.edu/~cdash (719) 262-3492 (fax) 262-3369