just a quick reply/question concerning Robin "Poe" Lock's posting concerning the field selection and the seedings. As I remember, Robin was upset about a couple of things: 1) ECAC teams getting a bad deal 2) 4 teams from HEA 3) a concern that the 12 best teams are not the 12 in the NCAA field what i have to offer is something that appeared in the Madison Wisconsin newspaper (Wisconsin Statwe Journal) this morning (3/14/91). The author of the article was Andy Baggot, the reporter that covers Wisconsin hockey. i was not aware that the following was true - can anyone shed any more light on this? I am relatively new to this group so please forgive me if this has been discussed. i quote: "Last year, the American Hockey Coaches Association demanded that a sterile, by-the-numbers system be devised to determine the best teams. Thus, the committee constructed a computerized format - using a team's winning percentage, strength of schedule and its opponents' strength of schedule to produce a power rating - to rank teams. As a result, the sentiment factor was effectively squeezed out and political barriers that have plagued recent tournament fields were knocked down". Baggot goes onto say that 2 repercussions of this were: 1) The three top seeds in the east went to HE teams 2) 4 HE teams were included in the field. Baggot believes this is justice in its purest form - others may disagree. Ultimately, what I make of this boils down to a question - if they have a cookbook formula, why in the world do they need a 4 person selection committee ??? cliff