At 4:13 PM -0700 11/19/96, Tony Buffa wrote:
> Which brings me to another question about the NCAA tourney:  are the "new"
> D-I teams, Mankato and later Nebraska-Omaha, instantly accorded a chance
> into the tourney?
 
The only applicable rule I know of is 18.4.2.2.2, which says that a DivII
or III institution petitioning for DivI membership (school-wide) or
eligibility in a sport has to operate under DivI rules (18.4.2.2-(a)) for
two years "preceding the effective date of its Division I membership or be
ineligible for Division I championships."
 
This would affect DivII schools like Mankato and Nebraska-Omaha, but not a
DivI school like Niagara (nor UConn, Villanova, etc.).
 
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