I think politics did come in to play this year, First if they were to pick only 2 teams in the WCHA they should have picked the league champions Colorado College and the playoff champions the University of Minnesota. St. Cloud defeated Wisconsin in the semi- final game at the Bradley Center. Michigan defeated Western Michigan in the semi-final at the Joe. The regular season should have some bearing on the NCAA picks. In my opinion Western Michigan should not have been included in the NCAA playoff picture. There should have been consistency in picking 3 teams from the WCHA and 3 teams in the CCHA. Colorado College had an outstanding season and should have been included. There are some people who will say well this happened before to Harvard etc. etc. This does not justify knocking Colorado College out. Brad Cuyler.