On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, AVROM LITIN wrote:
 
> The UIC program did not start 1n 1980  it is many years older than
> that be went division 1 in the early 80's when the other uic sports
> joined division 1
 
I was talking about the modern era of Flames hockey.  In 1980 the
University of Illinois Board of Trustees made the decision to award a
Division I hockey team to its Chicago campus - because here in Champaign we
already had two high profile men's teams (football and basketball).  At
the same time they awarded our campus with a Division I women's
volleyball team.  It just as easily could have gone the other way, since
we already had an established club team in Champaign (as did UIC).  But
because, like I mentioned, men's football and basketball were so popular
here they wanted to create a high exposure men's team at the Chicago
campus.  So, yes UIC had hockey before 1980.  But what I was referring to
happened in 1980.
 
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