Albany: (ECAC)
Mankato vs Harvard
UND vs Michigan Tech
Worchester: (Atlantic Hockey)
Western Michigan vs Northeastern
Minnesota vs St. Cloud
Allentown: (B1G)
Michigan vs AIC
Quinnipiac vs Notre Dame
Loveland: (Denver - NCHC)
Denver vs Lowell
Duluth vs UMass
So, a flight is a flight. Looking at host teams/conferences to use that as a way to boost attendance that never happens unless certain teams host the regionals. So, the attendance argument should be thrown out every year.
Michigan and Notre Dame being at the B1G regional or Michigan and Minnesota there. With ECAC hosting in Albany send Harvard there, they could send Quinnipiac there but i see them keeping the #1 overall seeds bracket true.
I'm starting to think that when selecting teams there should be a human element in selecting 4 seeds to maybe the lowest 3 seed. Granted Ohio State didn't make it and really shouldn't have losing in the first round of the conference tournament. I would have put UConn in over Northeastern or Lowell, it should mean something if you beat a "bubble team" to make the championship, and then they get in over you after you lose the conference title game. I'd say the same for St. Cloud as well.