Eric Carlson posted a top 9 list: >1) One team from each conference >2) Three conference champions >3) One conference co-champion that won its conference tournament >4) The top 3 teams in just about all polls and rating systems >5) The defending national champion >6) An underdog that hasn't been there for many years >7) A team that has come very close for several years but not quite won it >8) A team and coach about which was said they can't win the big ones >9) A team that wants to win it for Travis Roy I offer #10 10) Travis Roy's father Lee was an All-American at Vermont And one more for good luck 11) I'll be there in Cincinnati! Edward N. Moller Go BU Jerry lives HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.