I think that a big reason of why St. Lawrence is being seeded second in the latest NC$$ poll is because of what happened with Clarkson last. It might just be my ECAC bias, but I feel that SLU does deserve a bye. Last year, Clarkson won the regular season title and the tournament but was seeded fourth in the East. They were seeded behind UMO, BU and BC. A lot of people in the ECAC were upset at this, especially since Clarkson had beaten BU in a regular season game at BU. With these three facts, Clarkson's fourth seeding was a big surprise and a slap in the face to the ECAC as a league. Clarkson went on to beat Wisconsin at home 2-0, and then upset LSSU away 2-1. LSSU had some 28 or 32 game unbeaten streak. I think that the top ECAC team deserves more respect this year than last year. I think that seeding guesses so far with Clarkson 5th in the East are pretty correct. It has been mentioned before, by various sources, that the top teams in the ECAC can compete with the top teams in any league, so why not place (not give) St. Lawrence as the second seed in the East. Mike Clarkson '87, '90