John writes: >IMHO, the pressure to "maximize regional attendance" sets up the >following possible scenario for the NC$$ (apologies to teams left >out, this is merely an example): > > WEST EAST > 1. Michigan 1. Maine > 2. Miami 2. Boston Univ > 3. Minn-Duluth 3. Harvard > 4. Lake Superior 4. Clarkson > 5. RPI/UNH 5. Wisconsin > 6. Minnesota 6. Michigan State If the NC$$ truly wished to "maximize regional attendance" then why not throw out the idea of the 5 and 6 seeds crossing over. Just seed the teams in their region and have them play within their region. This guarantees two Eastern seeded teams and two Western seeded teams in the Phinal Phour, but if you have 1E play 2W, and 1W play 2E, you still have the possibility of and all East or an all West final. What you can't have is what happened last year, an ALL West Phinal Phour. -kap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Kapetanakis Phone: 508-453-5310 x243 Software Engineer Aries Technology Email: [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------------