*dusts off old Hockey-L account
*sends message again because he replied to one person not the list*

I think the main point in this, is that you may not have a 6th seed win, but
you may have one knock off a 1 or 2 seed, and that opens the entire tourney
wide open to a wider number of teams. In that, I think there is every point
in having 16 teams.  Then you have to factor in the value of teams and
programs gaining experience by just being in the tourney.  That is what
helps programs build, and keeps things meaningful in the sport.  If only the
UND, MSU, and UMs of the world get to play in the title game, it hurts the
sport in general.

So concludes my first post on Hockey-L in four or more years.

Nathan W.L. Boyle
"Dominor Auctor Bellum Falcos"
Transportation Management Team,
World Headquarters
x5781
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua D. Gibney [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Time to say "buh-bye" to the... er, byes.


Did anyone think that Mercyhurst would be winning 3-2 half way through the
third period to Michigan?

It is rediculous that the MAAC thinks that they should have any say in
what goes on in the NCAA overall.

I would love a 16 team tourney.  I didn't have a problem with 12 until
this year when the MAAC got a bid, but even Mercyhurst proved that they
could at least compete....

gib

        *******CHECK OUT GIBBER'S UNOFFICIAL UNH HOCKEY SITE AT******
                http://pubpages.unh.edu/~jdgibney/hockey
                          **CDR TRADING PAGE**
                        http://db.etree.org/gibber
                      ______________________________
                     |  Josh Gibney                 |
                     |  437 Lilac Lane              |
                     |  Dover, NH 03820             |
                     |  [log in to unmask]    |
                      ------------------------------
**************************************************************************
*"We don't stink right now" -The Catcher from "For the Love of the Game" *
**************************************************************************
*"I guess cows aren't into the whole four food group thing.  I guess     *
*it's because they are TWO of them." -Anthony Clark                      *
**************************************************************************

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Eric Burton wrote:

> > Eric Burton wrote:
> > I agree with the tourney going to 16 teams. . . . No one expects a 5th
or
> 6th team to win
> > a National title anyways.
> That goes along with my theory I want the tourney to go to 16 teams, too.
> However, I think some are getting a little bent out of shape because some
> teams are being rewarded for stellar play during the regular season by
> recieving a bid as calling it unfair. Heck the MAAC shouldn't have
recieved
> a bid at all, however, we pretty much dealt with it. It actually sound
like
> some are experiencing sour grapes about their teams losing to a bye team,
> However, SCSU got bit in the rear end by a team that played the night
before
> so that shot that idea out of the water about fairness.
>
> My next question is about fairness too, should the rest of college hockey
> have to cut the number of games they play or have a specific start because
> some conferences (MAAC, ECAC) want the rest of the leagues to conform to
> their way of thinking. I have been told a proposal is comming this year at
> the NCAA meetings.  They haven't been a league that long and now they want
> to affect the rest of the College hockey teams in the country. Really did
> anyone think Mercy hurst was going to end up in the NCAA final Four?
> Really...
>