A bit of disturbing news from this morning's Wisconsin State Journal.
The official NCAA hockey poll will no longer be published.  Quoting
from an article by Andy Baggot.
 
"The poll, compiled by a four-man comittee, has been shelved for two
reasons.
 
Comley[Northern Michigan coach Rick Comley], a committee member, said
one was the cost of staging a lengthy weekly conference call.  'It was
very expensive,' he said.  'But it was money well spent.'
 
The other factor appears to be a puff of prpaganda from the geniuses
at the NCAA. They say if there is enough media interest in a sport and
that polls are already being conducted, then they do not furnish one.
Example: football and basketball, whose weekly rankings are compiled
most notably by the Associated Press and the CNN.USA Today."
 
 
Well this is the first I have heard of this.  Sure seems like the NCAA
is setting itself up for more controversy when the NCAA tournament
invitations come out.  If the NCAA selections(i.e. the NCAA poll) differ
significantly from the media polls this will come as a complete surprise
at the end of the season.  The coaches, players, and fans of the teams
left at home will be quite surprised and upset.
 
---mg
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