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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 4859967, member: 1023"] Agreed. And they value that over strict seeding…They also value potential attendance. The committee chair specifically said we had to keep Merrimack in the East after their turnout at the Hockey East tournament. They almost always keep one or more teams local despite their actual seeds to generate attendance. I’m just saying do what you already do anyway. Just make it more rational. Early round games in Providence and Albany will attract bigger crowds with “local” teams than with North Dakota and Nebraska-Omaha. Army vs BU in Manchester is more attractive than Army-BU in Sioux Falls. Michigan vs Lake Superior in Minneapolis is better than the same teams in Providence. I get what they are trying to do with seeding but I think my approach is superior to playing first round games at the higher seed dice seeding is already a flexible variable. [/QUOTE]