At 5:27 PM -0600 2/20/97, Kirk the Eisenbeis wrote:
> > Clarkson has at
> > least six games left, eight if they sweep a playoff series, and they
> > are 11-1 in their last 12, while NoDak is 8-4, so it's likely that the
>
> Do division playoffs count in the PWR rankings used by the NCAA for
> tourney placement, or are the stats frozen at the end of the regular
> season?
 
For selection to the NCAA tournament, all games played through the
conference championships are considered.  Note that the selection committee
draws no distinction between a conference playoff game and any other game,
except that the winner of the conference championship game gets an
automatic bid to the NCAA tourney.
 
---                                                                   ---
Mike Machnik                [log in to unmask]               *HMM* 11/13/93
*****   (Part-Time) Color Voice of Merrimack Hockey  WCAP 980 AM    *****
*****       Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at:       *****
*****   http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html    *****
>>>    U.S. College Hockey Online http://www.uscollegehockey.com/     <<<
 
HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey;  send information to
[log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.