>You would think that the committee would take the top 2 of those three
by
>PWR, give them the auto byes, and move on.  But imagine instead if
>Quinnipiac and Cornell for example sweep their RS and PS, while HE
splits
>between two schools, but Quinnipiac and the other MAAC schools don't
even
>rank above 20th in the PWR.  Does the committee really give a bye to
>Quinnipiac?
 
You're not going to see the MAAC get auto-bids unless the committee is
expanded to 16 teams.
 
Jack McDonald (Quinnipiac AD) is pretty certain of this himself, and is
sure to be lobbying to get the tournament expanded to 16 once the MAAC
begins.
 
This would need an exemption from the NCAA, something that men's hockey
already has for 12 teams.
 
AW
 
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