index      team          games  win %  last 20   tuc    rpi    won
-----      ----          -----  -----  -------   ---    ---    ---
  1  *Michigan            40    87.50   85.00   76.32  62.79    20
  2  *Clarkson            36    75.00   90.00   63.16  60.01    19
  3  *North Dakota        40    72.50   70.00   63.64  58.82    18
  4   Minnesota           40    68.75   67.50   54.35  58.09    16
  5   New Hampshire       38    73.68   65.00   42.86  59.08    15
  6   Vermont             35    67.14   67.50   52.38  57.86    14
  7 **Maine               32    67.19   80.00   58.33  56.39    14
  8***Boston University   38    71.05   72.50   45.83  57.72    13
  9   Cornell             33    68.18   67.50   56.25  57.00    13
 10   Miami               37    71.62   62.50   52.78  57.72    12
 11   Denver              39    64.10   65.00   56.82  55.43    10
 12   Colorado College    41    60.98   60.00   50.00  56.01     9
 13   Michigan State      38    63.16   60.00   61.76  54.74     9
 
  * should get bye
 ** ineligible
*** won both season and tournament guaranteed a bye
 
East            West
 
Clarkson        Michigan
BU              North Dakota
New Hampshire   Minnesota
Vermont         Miami
Cornell         Denver
                Colorado College
                Michigan State
 
now there is difficulty as in both regions both the 2/3 and 1/4
matchups are intra conference.  Moreover, if the favorites win, 2 of
the 4 quarter finals would be replays of this evening's games.
 
were it me, i'd swap 3 and 4 on both
sides send cornell west and cc and denver east.
 
New Hampshire                   cornell
Denver                          Miami
        Clarkson        North Dakota
        BU              Michigan
vermont                         Minnesota
colorado                        Michigan State
 
 
one could easily reverse denver and cc
the 4 wcha teams are in 4 brackets
the 3 ecac teams are in 3 brackets
the 3 ccha teams are in two brackets
 
 
         charlie shub   University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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