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Re: This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Jan. 29, 2009
"But with all five conferences maxed out, there's nowhere to play."
How is Hockey East "full" with ten teams, when the other four conferences would have 12? Surely URI and UConn would fit their formula of U-(fill in your favorite New England state here), leaving room for Navy in the AHA. And the Big Eleven numerically-challenged Conference would free up spots in the CCHA and Wandering Coaches HA. Even the Ivies could split from the ECAC to guarantee themselves an autobid. There's always room somewhere.
"one NCAA bid is not enough for a 12-team conference"
Oh, so it's been good enough for the ECAC and CCHA the last few years, but all of a sudden the AHA deserves two? Not sure I follow the logic there. Maybe when the 15 and 16 seeds start winning in the tourney on a consistent basis, you'll have a stronger argument. For now, let's not get hasty handing out second bids. If you do and the conferences start to break up, you could have as many as 14 auto-bids and only 2 at large slots.
And how are 3 games going to work? All three in a weekend, or is someone going to fly all the way from Boston to Colorado to play one game? A much better idea would be 3 four-team "divisions" where you play two series against each team in your division (12 games) and one series against the other 8 teams (16 games) to stay at 28. Give the 3 division winners a first-round bye, and the best non-division winner gets the 4-seed. At least then you have a fair and balanced schedule, instead of now when one teams doubles up on the cupcakes while others play the top half twice.
Last edited by AFHockeyFan : 01-31-2009 at 01:13 AM.
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This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Jan. 29, 2009
