The CCHA Schedule is as balanced as it will get. Who cares if you play 27 or 30 games in your league? Just follow the NCAA regulations. At least, we do play the same number of LEAGUE games against one another. The WCHA Schedule based on what John H said seems to not only be balanced but biased. A team that only gets to play twice against Minnesota and/or CC (the top teams in that league) would clearly have an advantage in winning their league. However; they are more concerned about having 32 games probably because it is a nice number to work with. Yes, they follow the NCAA regulation but my example shows where the bias is. This bias could easily cause controversy if a team wins the league without having to play the best teams four times each. I do raise a concern about the CCHA Schedule. I feel it is balanced but IS IT biased? It seems to me that we should also be considering difficulty of schedule here. I strongly feel that the best teams in the league are handed the toughest schedules each season and the weakest teams get the easiest schedules. Michigan clearly had the CCHA's toughest schedule of anybody and yet they did not play in Alaska. LSSU, MSU, BGSU, Ferris, Miami, ND, and WMU all played Michigan at Yost only once while UIC, OSU, and UAF all played two or three times at Yost. Every team except OSU that made the playoffs played one game at Yost. I have no idea if this logic holds true for the other 10 teams but based on Michigan's schedule, you should clearly see where I am coming from. My question is this: Is this just coincedential or is the schedule created to give all CCHA teams an equal chance at winning the championship or created to give good teams tough schedules and weak teams easy schedules? Also, how are other schedules (WCHA, Hockey East, ECAC) on balance and possible bias with 10, 9, and 12 teams respectively in each of these leagues? ========================== Kenneth M. Baker University of Michigan '96 E-mail: [log in to unmask] ========================== ********************************************** Michigan Wolverines - 1996 National Champions 8 Time National Champions 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996 ********************************************** HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.