> >The league will determine its automatic qualifier at the 2001 Easton/MAAC
> >Hockey League Championship March 10-17, 2000.  The championship game will
> >take place at the UConn Ice Arena in Storrs, CT at a date and time to be
> >announced.

> This implies that the recommendation for the MAAC is a single entry
> determined by the winner of the MAAC  tournament as opposed to both the
> regular season champion AND the tournament champion.  Was this mis-stated
> on the press release or is the MAAC bid different from the other four
> leagues?

I was under the impression that in conjuction with the auto-bid for the MAAC,
the NCAA was planning to drop the "Colorado College" rule granting an auto-bid
to each conference regular-season champion.  Presumably, they would also drop
the requirement that each conference place two teams in the tournament at the
same time.