Did anyone think that Mercyhurst would be winning 3-2 half way through the
third period to Michigan?

It is rediculous that the MAAC thinks that they should have any say in
what goes on in the NCAA overall.

I would love a 16 team tourney.  I didn't have a problem with 12 until
this year when the MAAC got a bid, but even Mercyhurst proved that they
could at least compete....

gib

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On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Eric Burton wrote:

> > Eric Burton wrote:
> > I agree with the tourney going to 16 teams. . . . No one expects a 5th or
> 6th team to win
> > a National title anyways.
> That goes along with my theory I want the tourney to go to 16 teams, too.
> However, I think some are getting a little bent out of shape because some
> teams are being rewarded for stellar play during the regular season by
> recieving a bid as calling it unfair. Heck the MAAC shouldn't have recieved
> a bid at all, however, we pretty much dealt with it. It actually sound like
> some are experiencing sour grapes about their teams losing to a bye team,
> However, SCSU got bit in the rear end by a team that played the night before
> so that shot that idea out of the water about fairness.
>
> My next question is about fairness too, should the rest of college hockey
> have to cut the number of games they play or have a specific start because
> some conferences (MAAC, ECAC) want the rest of the leagues to conform to
> their way of thinking. I have been told a proposal is comming this year at
> the NCAA meetings.  They haven't been a league that long and now they want
> to affect the rest of the College hockey teams in the country. Really did
> anyone think Mercy hurst was going to end up in the NCAA final Four?
> Really...
>