Interesting artcle in USCHO, by Adam Wodon, who contributes to this list.
http://www.uscollegehockey.com/news/2000/04/13_expansion.html
Some interesting tidbits:
- Looks bad for expansion
- If there's one thing that drives the NCAA even more than $$, it's
politics
- Expanding to 16 teams would generate about $236,000 in revenue for the
NCAA
- Men's hockey is the second largest revenue generator of the NCAA
tournaments, trailing only squeakball (but Adam, I assume that's not
counting the football bowl games as a "tournament," correct?).
- The MAAC is going to get an autobid next year. That wasn't my
understanding. As Adam says in his article, that makes expansion all the
more urgent.
Clay
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