> > What maybe is more important to consider however is how the NCAA Selection
> > Committee will deal with Maine's removing themselves from consideration.
> > They may not be considered as a "Team Under Consideration (TUC)" by the
> > committee.  Therefore, all games teams played against Maine this season
> > would not count in the selection process.  This could have positive and
> > negative effects for teams across the nation.
>
>   A related question ....  Since TUC has been nominally defined as "those
> teams with a winning percentage at/above 0.500" how will the NCAA number-
> crunchers handle the situation should Harvard (however improbably) win the
> ECAC Tournament (and automatic NC$$ bid) with a sub-0.500 record ??
 
It is my guess (but please note it is only that, a guess) that Harvard
(the only sub .500 team left in the playoffs) becomes a TUC if they win
their conference tournament and consequently their automatic bid. I
believe that their numbers then get added in to all the other TUCs, which
could affect some of the seedings.
 
This, unfortunately, is one of the "grey areas" that the committee has
left unexplained. But hey, they can't anticipate *every* possible
outcome, now can they?
 
 
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