At 01:19 PM 1/31/2002 -0700, Charlie Shub wrote:
>just picking nits here, but the plan is, as i understood it, to have
>the top 4 teams host the regionals, not to require the top 4 teams to
>stage the regionals on their campus venues.

I think this is what MacDonald might have been saying. I (along with
Joe L.) have a hard time believing that *either* Clarkson or St. Lawrence
would have an easy time of hosting regionals in Potsdam/Canton.

>a couple of years ago, UAA (anchorage) hosted the NCAA championships
>in Los Angeles.  It would seem to me that it might be a winner for a
>school to host a regional off campus (or even at a town othere that
>where the campus is)

That said, how does hosting the regionals benefit you if it's off campus?
Is there $$ involved? I know BU has hosted regionals at Worcester and
RPI in Albany, but what do they get out of it?

-Andy