Right now, the difference between the #1 overall seed and the #2 overall seed is a first round game against #27 Holy Cross or #15 UConn. Only conference to have their top team outside of the #1-16 NPI is Atlantic Hockey. At #15, UConn is ahead of all Beanpot schools (BC, BU, H, NE), Hockey East's "second tier" (UNH, Maine, Providence), and the Minnesota "saints" (St. Thomas, St. Cloud), so all of the those are currently on the outside looking in. I know there's a lot to be determined in the next two months, but it's possible that HEA may only get one team, but the ECAC could get four, and CCHA two.