At 05:10 PM 10/5/99 -0400, Derek Michael Hodgins wrote:
>Look at the basketball tourney, those questions still come up. Does
>Southwest Missouri State at 23-2 or Michigan at 17-13 deserve to be in.
>
>Looking at last year, I think that a team like QU deserves that spot for
>their play over an at-large like Denver.
 
 
Agreed.
 
How will both tournament as well as all of college hockey grow if teams are
considered weak simply because they don't get to play in the "big" conferences?
 
What's the big deal over giving ONE of 12/14 slots to the MAAC winner?
 
Allow these guys into the tournament and they'll start to pick up better NC
schedules, which in the end will benefit teams throughout the sport.
Schedule games against the top MAAC team(s) and suddenly your record
against TUC can look much better... assuming you're able to beat them.
 
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