On Sun, 5 Mar 1995, Glen Keeney wrote:
 
> I agree about eliminating teams from the playoffs and letting theregular
> season have at least a little bit of meaning.
>
> As to the revenue; that must not have been the reasoning behind allowing
> the 8/9 game in HE since HE dropped the other playoffs to single games
> rather than 2 of 3 - or perhaps the TV revenue more than made up for
> the loss of the extra 1 or 2 (per series) playoff game.  The $ must be
> there someplace - not just for NCAA but also all the conferences - and
> I guess all the schools for that matter.  $$ rule - long live the $ (or
> however that saying goes).
>
A couple of weeks ago between periods of a BU radio broadcast the comment
was made (and perhaps echoed on this list, I can't recall) that the
reason for only one game quarterfinals in HE this year was the feeling
that the market was saturated with NC$$ games in both Worcester and
Providence.
 
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