A)  place the number 1 seeds

        C springs       Van Andel       Manchester      Albany
   1)   No Dak          Minnesota       Maine           BC
   2)
   3)
   4)

B)  place the hosts

        C springs       Van Andel       Manchester      Albany
   1)   No Dak          Minnesota       Maine           BC
   2)
   3)                                   New Hamp
   4)   CC

C)  observe that i have 7 slots for 4 ccha teams and 3 wcha teams
    but no matter what i do, I have a problem
    either i have 3 wcha teams in colorado springs or i have another
    first round conference matchup.  There are three solutions
    i)    tweak the rpi bonuses enough that CC is overtaken by
          notre dame
    ii)   make #1 seeds travel (no way)
    iii)  look at the band breaks and see 4-5 both wcha 8-9 both ccha
          but i2-13 switches ccha and wcha.  let's try that and Put
          MSU in michigan to give them a crowd advantage

        C springs       Van Andel       Manchester      Albany
   1)   No Dak          Minnesota       Maine           BC
   2)
   3)   CC                              New Hamp
   4)                   MSU

D) observe that now things are ok because the teams an be placed such
   that there are "good" matchups almost everywhere.

        C springs       Van Andel       Manchester      Albany
   1)   No Dak          Minnesota       Maine           BC
   2)   CCHA            CCHA/WCHA       WCHA            CCHA/WCHA
   3)   CC              WCHA/CCHA       New Hamp        WCHA/CCHA

E) fill them in

        C springs       Van Andel       Manchester      Albany
   1)   No Dak          Minnesota       Maine           BC
   2)   Michigan        Denver          Duluth          Ohio State
   3)   CC              Miami           New Hamp        Wisconsin
   4)                   MSU

F) and seed the last 3

        C springs       Van Andel       Manchester      Albany
   1)   No Dak          Minnesota       Maine           BC
   2)   Michigan        Denver          Duluth          Ohio State
   3)   CC              Miami           New Hamp        Wisconsin
   4)   Holy Cross      MSU             Harvard         Niagara

G) add overall seedings

        C springs       Van Andel       Manchester      Albany
   1)    1-No Dak        4-Minnesota     3-Maine         2-BC
   2)    8-Michigan      7-Denver        5-Duluth        6-Ohio State
   3)   13-CC            9-Miami        11-New Hamp     10-Wisconsin
   4)   16-Holy Cross   12-MSU          14-Harvard      15-Niagara

H) notes:
   I swapped Denver and Duluth to avoid a replay of the WCHA semis
   This pairing features
   a) NO first round conference pairings
   b) only 1 expected second round conference (wcha) pairings

Let the games begin:

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