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 How many more people would have
watched the "game-of-the century" between Maine and Michigan last year if
it was not up against a Final Four b-ball game?  Getting more people to
see games like that one is the easiest way to grow the sport.
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The Maine-Michigan game was on Thursday; none of the basketball was until
Saturday.  The game had enough trouble competing with golf, which won't go
away by moving it a week.
 
I'm just going to keep repeating this: for a variety of reasons, college
hockey isn't very likely to go "Big Time" in the near future, and I don't
really consider this to be a bad thing.
 
J. Michael Jackson
 
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