Well, the results shredded by predictions, starting with St Cloud going all the way. I don't usually enter the contests and this is a major reason why. I will say had a great time watching a lot of great hockey, and was geatly impressed by UMass. How about a new contest with just the Frozen Four? Worst I can do there is 0-3. Tom Rowe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes I use big words I don't full understand in order to make me seem more prosopagnosic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On 4/2/2019 11:10 AM, Mark Lewin wrote: > Needless to say, I am quite pleased with Providence College's success > yet again at the regionals held in Providence. I am really torn in > the debate whether PC should have been given the home ice "advantage" > even though they were not the sponsor of the regional. Clearly, the > partisan crowd helped them tremendously this past weekend, just as > they were helped back in 2015. > > And clearly, the placement of the Friars in Providence greatly > enhanced the attendance. Northeastern, after many decades of poor > attendance, has finally developed a hockey following, no doubt helped > by their resurgence into the Hockey East upper eschelon (and the fact > it's only an hours drive from Boston to Providence. And Cornell > always travels well. For years, I attended Cornell-RPI games in Troy > and it was always difficult to tell by the crowd noise, which team was > playing at home. > > The problem is philosophical, of course. Do you avoid placing a > number 4 seed at home, giving them an advantage? Guess you would have > to decide whether the goal is attendance or crowd neutrality (seems to > be mutually exclusive). > As far as placing PC in Providence even though Brown was the sponsor, > would placing Brown at home be any different? I know the NCAA rules > about sponsorship, but would placing Brown in Providence be any > different than placing Providence at home? Only difference is that > Brown paid a "bribe" to the NCAA to gain that advantage by offering to > sponsor. > > Anyone know exactly what sponsoring a regional entails? Is it > organizational work? Is it money (Brown is a much wealthier school > than PC)? Is there something else? > > My last comment concerns the serving of alcohol at NCAA events. I am > against it. It's not that I don't enjoy a beer now and then. I > thought it made the lines at the men's room much longer than in the > past 😁 > > PS I miss the old days when comments and discussions would be flying > back and forth in this forum during the tournament. > > Oh, the good old days..... > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > >