Mark Daly writes: > If Clarkson or >Cornell wins the ECAC tournament, the committee just might give >the second seed to one of them, if for no other reason than to >follow the pattern of one bye to each conference. Of course, this is possible, but it should be noted that the committee is not required to split the two byes in each region between the two conferences of that region. Since the current seeding format was instituted in 1988, no one conference has ever received both byes, but I believe this to be because each year there has been no good reason to do so. This year the numbers seem to greatly favor BC and Maine, and so that's why I selected them. In the West, I picked LSSU and Michigan, but I did note that the line between Michigan and NMU was very fine and that I expected NMU to get the 2nd seed in the West. There's also the political aspect of things where conferences will argue that they "deserve" a bye, something I completely disagree with. My selections were based on what I thought should happen, which is slightly different from what I think will happen. The BC people seem to think they have lost all hope of getting a bye (i.e. they think they will drop down to third). I'm continually surprised at how little people know about the process and criteria. They are most certainly still in the running at the very least. - mike