In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Mike Machnik) writes:
|> First, one question off topic: has anyone heard anything more on RPI
|> to HE?  I had heard that a decision was due by the end of April...now
|> it is June.  Just wondering.
 
 I heard on the news that the committee was supposed to come up with a decision some time this week. This decision would then be recommended to President Pipes for action.
 
|>
|> For the record, it is true that an exemption is allowed for teams who
|> play in the preseason NIT hoop tourney, both men's and women's.  This
|> is a once-in-four-years exemption, and only one team from a conference
|> is allowed to take part.  The NC$$ manual specifies the format of the
|> tourney (16 teams, single elim, only one consolation game) and the
|> dates between which it must be played (Nov 15-30).
|>
|> If such a tourney were to become popular in hockey, I would think that
|> it would be necessary to get the NC$$ to approve an exemption for it
|> like with basketball.  That may not be such an easy thing to do.
|> Also, hockey is sort of backed up against the wall as it is - if you
|> add in the game weeks, weeks off, etc., teams pretty much have their
|> schedules filled.
|>
|> BTW, the exemption for the Great Alaska Shootout in hoop is once every
|> 12 years.  And you cannot travel to Alaska/Hawaii and exempt as many
|> games as you wish...that too is limited though I forget what the
|> limitation is.  Hockey has the edge in that area.  I believe some
|> teams have played as many as 5 games in Alaska in the past (i.e. MTU
|> 93-94 with 3 in the Great Alaska Face-Off and 2 WCHA games at UAA).
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|> Mike Machnik                                             [log in to unmask]
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