Total attendance in Grand Rapids for both games ~1900?
Total attendance on UND live chat for same games ~5500
Fix the 'Regionals' attendance/poor student-athlete experience issue by dropping them altogether, instead select...
>sixteen teams via PWR: maintain bracket integrity (#1 vs #16, etc, except if intra-conference)
>best-of-three: top eight seeds playing vs. bottom eight seeds in top seeds' barn
>maintain two week break to accomodate the round ball tournament
>@predetermined sites (pre-bidded): call it the 'Iced Eight' or 'Elite Eight' starting Tuesday (two games) & Wednesday(two games)
>winners meet in 'Frozen Four' round on Thursday or Friday, championship on Saturday
...alternatively for Elite Eight games, one could schedule games on Tuesday @noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm, then
have the two Frozen Four games on Thursday, championship on Saturday
Why does NCAA hockey have to emulate NCAA basketball?
