On Sat, 18 Mar 1995 [log in to unmask] wrote: > A final point, not many people seem to realize it, but Maine actually benefited > from another, more subtle change in the HE rules this year, namely using > head-to-head competition to determine seedings in the case of a tie. Until > this year, the first tie-breaker was league victories, which would have given > BU the number one slot in the playoffs. Had Maine and BU met in the finals, > Maine would have had the slight edge that goes with being the "home" team (last > move on line changes). As it happened, however, this meant that Maine had to > face a rapidly improving Providence team, so the number 1 seed may have been a > dubious honor. > It is amazing how the #1 seed does not always work out to the advantage of the #1 team. When BU was #1 they had to play a Maine team that only had the lowest seed because of forfeited games. In that case seeding still produced a win by the "favoured" team, but clearly it was not the easiest matchup. Arthur Berman [log in to unmask] GO BU!!!