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[jtwcornell91]

I think we would find reason to complain if Cornell's regional were Brown, RIT and Alaska Anchorage.  And the games were played at Lynah Rink.  "That's not fair...the other regions get better preparation for the Frozen Four."

It's the NCAA tournament.  There are no easy games.  We lost in the semifinals of our conference tournament, we have a loss to RPI (#58 in the Pairwise) on our resume and we are a #1 seed, we did't get sent west, and our opponent is a team we have beaten this season.

I realize I am oversimplifying a lot, and BU is a LOT better than they were in November.  I really expect Cornell to lose (just based on previous NCAA tournaments), but I will still cheer them on.  I just never expect that we will get an "easy" regional (and really no team ever draws a cakewalk), especially when the committee has to work around the "no intraconference matchups in the first round" rule.

i said this to beeeej offline but i am disturbed less by our getting screwed than by bu getting the benefit of a home game, even though obviously i feel the pain more acutely because cornell gets the short end of the stick. if you aren't the "official" host - an already dubious way of earning a home game - it is bullshit that as a 4 seed you still get to play in your own backyard. if you squeak into the tournament, pack your bags.

One reason it's a little surprising the committee does this is that it largely removes one incentive to do the work of hosting a regional.  But I'm guessing that the NCAA sees the the attendance issues as outweighing the risk that they'll run out of regional hosts.