First of all, congratulations to LSSU for a superb tournament. To defeat the teams they did in a row like that is no easy task On April 3, Charlie Shub stated: > > Final Standings of Phinal Phour teams > > 1. LSSU > 2. Harvard > 3. BU > 4. Minnesota > > I give the edge to Harvard based on their win in the beanpot and their > closer performance against Lake state > > As for national rankings, I firmly believe Colorado College should be > a top 5 team, and I also feel michigan is up there too. I don't have > a good basis for placing those teams into the above list. I believe that Michigan does deserve to be in the top 4. In fact, I believe that they are the best team in the nation. I am pretty sure they had the best record of any division I school. During the regular season, they swept LSSU, and then defeated them 3-0 in the CCHA playoff final. When I saw the NC$$ tournament pairings, I became extremely worried. It is almost impossible to defeat a team of LSSU's ability five times in a row in one season. Back in November, Michigan defeated Minnesota fairly easily, 6-1 (this score may not be exact). Yes, this game was early in the season, but those games count too and it was the only time they met this season. As for Boston U and Harvard, I guess we will never be certain who is better because they never played. The best way to compare them is by looking at games against common opponents. The only one which comes to my mind right now is LSSU. There may be others which I am forgeting about. As for Colorado College, I was shocked that they didn't make it into the tournament. I believe their play during the season speaks for itself. As for rankings, I rate them as follows: 1. Michigan 2. LSSU Please remember that these are 3. BU only my opinions, and as we saw 4. Harvard this year on hockey-l, opinions 5. Minnesota vary 6. Colorado College 7. Mass-Lowell Brian Lafayette College Class of 1997