Word: ecacs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...runner-up in the Beanpot and ECAC tournaments, the Crimson (22-7-1 overall) will have the opportunity to prove its high preseason ranking was no fluke when Western Michigan (32-10) comes to Cambridge for the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament...
...Reputation. Although the Crimson was the most unheralded squad at the NCAA Final Four in '83, the icemen's reputation nationally is high. This can be seen in the pre-season attention that the squad garnered and, of course, in four national tourney appearances in five years. No other ECAC team--save RPI, eliminated in the ECAC quarters--has that kind of standing among the national college hockey community...
...Record. The Crimson has 22 victories and the Knights just 18. The difference between 22 and 18 in this case is many more than four. A 20-win season is a big deal in the ECAC...
...Dominant Team Thesis. Most conferences have a dominant team. In the ECAC it was Harvard and therefore the Crimson deserves a bid no matter how it fared in the tournament and should get home ice. By this same theory, even though Western Michigan beat Michigan State in the CCHA Tournament, the Broncos were seeded behind the Spartans and sent East to Harvard, because Michigan State was the dominant team throughout the season...
...ECAC Weakness Theory. The ECAC is the weaker conference in the East and therefore, the committee could bend tradition to ensure that the ECAC got the best possible chance to send one representative to the Final Four. Giving Harvard home ice represents that best chance. Along these same lines, the committee fed the tournament champion, Cornell, to the lions--sent it to Denver--because it felt the Red was doomed in this clash of titans anyway...