Old Barn Guy Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 Does anyone know how the "home" team is designated for the Frozen Four tournament? The advantage of "last change" would be nice to have.
dagies Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 They go by the seedings set for the NCAA tournament. So the Sioux will be the road team against the gophs due to their #2 seed vs. #1 for the gophs. As for which #1 seed is the home team, I don't know which were "first" and "last" #1 seeds. I think MN got the last #1 seed. But don't know who is home or road in the CC/Denver tilt.
Old Barn Guy Posted April 6, 2005 Author Posted April 6, 2005 Thanks, I thought that's how it would be done (but was hoping for the possibility of "head to head" games for the season, so the Sioux would have the "home" designation). What the heck, they did it before at the X, so go do it again (to quote "Steely Dan")!
Sioux18 Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 Denver got the higher #1 seed (slightly controversial), and will be the home team in the first semifinal. Minnesota will be the home team in the second game. The winner of the DU/CC tilt will be the home team in the final because they were both higher #1s than Minnesota. (DU #2 overall, CC #3 overall, MN #4 overall) When there was discussion about DU being seeded higher overall, the scope of the debate was its implication on the regional brackets, but now it also gives them advantage in a game *against* CC, who, by the strict pairwise numbers, should have been the #2 overall. Since the committee chose to "settle things on the ice", even though the other comparisons went to CC, they have given another advantage to Denver. Any thoughts on how much last line change helps DU? I would think that any time you can choose which forwards and D-pair to match with Sterling/Sertich, you're money ahead. Sioux18
NDFAN Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 Which means CC will likely wear their ugly black uniforms... That's the most difficult part... I think I'll listen to that game on the radio.
Greyeagle Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 Denver got the higher #1 seed (slightly controversial), and will be the home team in the first semifinal.
dagies Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 In Sioux18's defense, he didn't need to mention the Sioux because they are a #2 seed and that point has already been clarified. TOO BAD!
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