{"id":96315,"date":"2007-03-04T18:23:24","date_gmt":"2007-03-04T23:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsblogs.uscho.com\/d_i_womens_hockey_blog\/2007\/03\/04\/bracket-commentary-34\/"},"modified":"2007-03-04T18:23:24","modified_gmt":"2007-03-04T23:23:24","slug":"bracket-commentary-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2007\/03\/04\/bracket-commentary-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Bracket Commentary, 3\/4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the pairings are up:<\/p>\n<p>Harvard at (1) Wisconsin<\/p>\n<p>St. Lawrence at (4) New Hampshire<\/p>\n<p>Boston College at (3) Dartmouth<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota-Duluth at (2) Mercyhurst<\/p>\n<p>As\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0mentioned\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0in previous editions, this was the best bracket\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0in terms of avoiding intraconference matchups, but not the best in terms of bracket integrity.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time the NCAA had to face such a tradeoff in the eight-team D-I tournament,\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0so it was interesting to see how it turned out. In round one of bracket integrity vs. avoiding intraconference matchups, the winner is avoiding intraconference matchups.<\/p>\n<p>It makes me wonder, in\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a02006, if\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0there had been\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0no ECACHL tournament upset and BC was the last team in, would BC have been sent to\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0No. 1 UNH as the bracket would suggest, or would the Wildcats have been given then-No. 7 Mercyhurst instead (clearly a much tougher assignment that season)?<\/p>\n<p>The question still remains whether the committee felt justified in swapping BC and Harvard because BC had the head-to-head victory, or if the committee would have done it regardless. Until next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the pairings are up: Harvard at (1) Wisconsin St. Lawrence at (4) New Hampshire Boston College at (3) Dartmouth Minnesota-Duluth at (2) Mercyhurst As\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0mentioned\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0in previous editions, this was the best bracket\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0in terms of avoiding intraconference matchups, but not the best in terms of bracket integrity. 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