> Second note: I don't know how UMass will refer to itself for hockey (UMass,
> UMass-Amherst or Massachusetts).  In most other sports I believe they are called
> Massachusetts but the locals invariably refer to them as UMass.  However, with
> UML also in HE it will be interesting to see what develops.  As Mike Machnik
> pointed out, this is similar to Minnesota and UMD.  My guess is the same type of
> labelling will be used here.
 
 
As a graduate of UMD I can tell you that one school refers to itself as
"The Main U" and the Gophers just refer to themselves as "Minnesota". :-)
 
-Dean