Re: More proof that the Regional system is a disaster: Today's attendance at the X is
2012: UML over Miami. Cornell over Michigan
2011: UNH over Miami. UMD over Union. CC over BC.
2010: RIT over Denver. UNH over Cornell. Yale over ND.
2009: Air Force over Michigan. Vermont over Yale. UNH over ND. Miami over Denver. Bemidji over Notre Dame.
These results, and many more, are part of what makes the tournament great. Should we give these up so that players hear louder cheers when their teams advance from the first round?
The NCAA hockey tournament is not perfect, as it currently exists. We can tinker with it and try to make incremental improvements. We can make radical changes, and risk losing probably the best thing about the current tournament.
I guess it boils down to how dire you think the current format is. Personally, I'm not ready to nuke it just yet.
eta: I realize that "Madness" is almost always refers to hoops. But I think we'd be silly to let hoops have a monopoly on it. It's the crazy uncertainty of it all that makes one-and-done tournaments so exciting. I think it's a lot easier to build a successful tournament if you embrace that concept, rather than work against it.
2012: UML over Miami. Cornell over Michigan
2011: UNH over Miami. UMD over Union. CC over BC.
2010: RIT over Denver. UNH over Cornell. Yale over ND.
2009: Air Force over Michigan. Vermont over Yale. UNH over ND. Miami over Denver. Bemidji over Notre Dame.
These results, and many more, are part of what makes the tournament great. Should we give these up so that players hear louder cheers when their teams advance from the first round?
The NCAA hockey tournament is not perfect, as it currently exists. We can tinker with it and try to make incremental improvements. We can make radical changes, and risk losing probably the best thing about the current tournament.
I guess it boils down to how dire you think the current format is. Personally, I'm not ready to nuke it just yet.
eta: I realize that "Madness" is almost always refers to hoops. But I think we'd be silly to let hoops have a monopoly on it. It's the crazy uncertainty of it all that makes one-and-done tournaments so exciting. I think it's a lot easier to build a successful tournament if you embrace that concept, rather than work against it.
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