Here is the AP list of Division I pairings:
 
By The Associated Press
CCHA
First Round
(Best-of-3)
Championship Round
Friday, March 11
Kent (11-24-2) at Michigan (29-6-1)
   Ohio St. (7-21-5) at Lake Superior St. (24-9-4)
   Ill.-Chicago (9-25-2) at Michigan St. (20-10-5)
   Notre Dame (11-20-5) at W. Michigan (21-11-3)
   Alaska Fairbanks (23-11-1) at Miami, Ohio (19-14-1)
   Ferris St. (13-22-1) at Bowling Green (17-16-2)
Saturday, March 12
Kent at Michigan
   Ohio St. at Lake Superior St.
   Ill.-Chicago at Michigan St.
   Notre Dame at W. Michigan
   Alaska Fairbanks at Miami, Ohio
   Ferris St. at Bowling Green
Sunday, March 13
   Kent at Michigan, if necessary
   Ohio St. at Lake Superior St., if necessary
   Ill.-Chicago at Michigan St., if necessary
   Notre Dame at W. Michigan, if necessary
   Alaska Fairbanks at Miami, Ohio, if necessary
   Ferris St. at Bowling Green, if necessary
Championship Round
At Joe Louis Arena
Detroit
Quarterfinals Friday, March 18
   Lowest remaining seed vs. third lowest remaining seed
   Second lowest remaining seed vs. fourth lowest remaining seed
Semifinals
Saturday, March 19
   Lowest remaining seed-third lowest remaining seed winner vs. highest
     remaining seed
   Second lowest remaining seed-fourth lowest remaining seed winner vs. second
     highest remaining seed
Championship
Sunday. March 20
   Semifinal winners
   ------
ECAC
Preliminary Round
Tuesday, March 8
   St. Lawrence (11-20-0) at Colgate (13-15-2)
   Princeton (10-14-1) at Cornell (7-15-5)
Quarterfinals
(Best-of-3)
Friday, March 11
   Lowest remaining seed at Harvard (19-4-4)
   Second lowest remaining seed at Clarkson (17-7-4)
   Union, N.Y. (14-9-4) at RPI (18-7-4)
   Vemont (14-10-6) at Brown 13-10-4
Saturday, March 12
   Lowest remaining seed at Harvard
   Second lowest remaining seed at Clarkson
   Union, N.Y. at RPI
   Vemont at Brown
Sunday, March 13
   Lowest remaining seed at Harvard, if necessary
   Second lowest remaining seed at Clarkson, if necessary
   Union, N.Y. at RPI, if necessary
   Vemont at Brown, if necessary
Championship Round
Olympic Arena
At Lake Placid, N.Y.
Semifinals
Friday, March 18
   Lowest remaining seed vs. highest remaining seed
   Middle remaining seeds
Championship
Saturday, March 19
   Semifinal winners
Third Place
Saturday, March 19
   Semifinal losers
   ------
Hockey East
First Round
(Best-of-3)
Thursday, March 10
   Merrimack (16-7-2) at Mass.-Lowell (21-8-5)
Friday, March 11
   Merrimack at Mass.-Lowell
   Boston College (15-14-5) at New Hampshire (22-10-2)
   Providence (14-17-3) at Northeastern (18-10-6)
Saturday, March 12
   Merrimack at Mass.-Lowell, if necessary
   Boston College at New Hampshire
   Providence at Northeastern Sunday, March 13
   Boston College at New Hampshire, if necessary
   Providence at Northeastern, if necessary
Championship Round
At Boston Garden
Semifinals
Friday, March 18
   Lowest remaining seed vs. Boston U. (26-6-0)
   Middle remaining seeds
Championship
Saturday, March 19
   Semifinal winners
Third Place
Saturday, March 19
   Semifinal losers
   ------
WCHA
First Round
(Best-of-3)
Friday, March 11
   Michigan Tech (10-24-5) Colorado College (22-9-5)
   Denver (15-18-3) at Minnesota (20-12-4)
   North Dakota (11-21-4) at Wisconsin (22-13-1)
   Minn.-Duluth (14-19-3) at St. Cloud St. (18-12-4)
   Alaska Anchorage (16-16-2) at N. Michigan (20-15-1)
Saturday, March 12
   Michigan Tech at Colorado College
   Denver at Minnesota
   North Dakota at Wisconsin
   Minn.-Duluth at St. Cloud St.
   Alaska Anchorage at N. Michigan
Sunday, March 13
   Michigan Tech at Colorado College, if necessary
   Denver at Minnesota, if necessary
   North Dakota at Wisconsin, if necessary
   Minn.-Duluth at St. Cloud St., if necessary
   Alaska Anchorage at N. Michigan, if necessary
Championship Round
At Bradley Center
Milwaukee
Thursday, March 17
   Lowest remaining seed vs. second lowest remaining seed
Semifinals
Friday, March 18
   Lowest remaining seed vs. highest remanining seed
   Middle remaining seeds
Championship
Saturday, March 19
   Semifinal winners
Third Place
Saturday, March 19
   Semifinal losers
 
And the latest on Maine ...
 
   BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- The University of Maine said
Monday it would go to court to get its defending national
championship hockey team into the Hockey East tournament
this week.
   Hockey East voted last week to bar the Black Bears from
the postseason tournament because a Maine player, Patrice
Tardif, was found to have been academically ineligible
for much of the 1993-1994 season.
   Tardif was one of five graduate student-athletes who
were misinformed about the number of credits they needed
in order to play. That led to the suspension of the school's
athletic director and compliance officer.
   Maine officials planned to ask Penobscot County Superior
Court Justice Robert Browne for a temporary restraining order
and an injunction that would allow the team to play in the
Hockey East tournament.
   "We feel strongly that students should not be punished
for events over which they had no control," said university
president Frederick Hutchinson.
   "The NCAA says the team is eligible to compete, and we
believe Hockey East should acknowledge that and treat the
university's students the same way it treats students
from other universities."
   Hockey East's vote to bar Maine from the tournament
prompted the league's assistant commissioner, Nonni Daly,
to resign.
"All of my ethical, moral and philosophical principles
were violated by the actions the board took" Daly said.
   "When you feel that way, you can't be effective in
the position you hold.
You've got 30 kids who didn't do anything wrong and they
were penalized heavily for something they didn't do."
 
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