> > In article <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] w > rites: > > << A lot of complaints, some of which I agree with, some I don't >> > > Your comment about "RPI's home advantage" isn't thought out. The NCAA eastern > regionals have been scheduled for Albany for a long time. No one was sure > if RPI would even make it (they didn't last year even though they finished > second in the regular season). The NC$$ hockey playoffs work a lot like the > basketball playoffs - the playoff locations are chosen long before the teams > are evaluated and seeded. If your team hosts the championship, and you > actually make it there, you get lucky. Please, stop whining. > > Nate Robinson > [log in to unmask] > I think that the point is that if, in the basketball tournament, if you qualify for the tournament, and are scheduled to host a regional, then you are shifted away. I know that this happened to Vanderbilt last year, for example. I am not sure what the rules are for other sports. Alex