i like it, it is better than mine > Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 22:43:27 -0500 > From: Joseph LaCour <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: If the season ended right now > To: [log in to unmask] > > With Minnesota winning the WCHA, let's see what happens. I've tried a 5-3-1 and a 3-2-1 bonus points and it did not change the seedings, nor did the MAAC champion matter. > > Here are the bands: > 1st seeds: Cornell, CC, Minnesota, UNH > 2nd seeds: BU, Maine, Ferris State, BC > 3rd seeds: Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio State, Harvard > 4th seeds: Mankato, St. Cloud, MAAC, Wayne State > > With 2 East and 2 West top seeds, nobody has to travel. I want to avoid conference championship repeats as much as possible, so #1's are as follows: > > Worcester: Cornell > Providence: UNH > Ann Arbor: CC > St. Paul: Minnesota > > With 3 East and 1 West teams, one East team gets shipped out. BC, the #8 seed, is the logical choice. Ferris has to go to St. Paul to avoid meeting Michigan. > Worcester: Cornell, BU > Providence: UNH, Maine > Ann Arbor: CC, BC > St. Paul: Minnesota, Ferris > > For # 3 seeds, we have the exact opposite of the #2's. One Western team goes east. Ohio State is the lowest ranked #3 western seed, so they go East. > Worcester: Cornell, BU, Ohio State > Providence: UNH, Maine, Harvard > Ann Arbor: CC, BC, Michigan > St. Paul: Minnesota, Ferris, NoDak > > For the #4's, both at-large teams are WCHA, so they go East. The final regionals are: > > Worcester: Cornell, BU, Ohio State, St. Cloud > Providence: UNH, Maine, Harvard, Mankato > Ann Arbor: CC, BC, Michigan, MAAC > St. Paul: Minnesota, Ferris, NoDak, Wayne State > > Why did Harvard go to Providence? I wanted to avoid a "Beanpot" matchup and have BU & Harvard play somebody they're not familiar with. Otherwise, unless the committee has a weird bonus point system, it looks fairly cut and dry. Wayne State could go to Ann Arbor. It is a heck of a lot closer and would give Ann Arbor two "home" teams. > > BTW, conference breakdowns: > WCHA: 5 > HEA: 4 > CCHA: 3 > ECAC: 2 > CHA: 1 > MAAC: 1 > > Joe LaCour > Clarkson '77 & '78 > We're on a Roll in 03-04 > charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs [log in to unmask] http://cs.uccs.edu/~cdash (719) 262-3492 (fax) 262-3369