Subject: | |
From: | |
Reply To: | |
Date: | Wed, 23 Nov 1994 13:16:00 EST |
Content-Type: | text/plain |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Alan Harder writes...
>Is there another state with as many highly regarded hockey
>programs as Michigan?
I won't speak to the highly regarded aspect, but no state
has more NCAA Division I programs than Michigan, with
seven.
Ferris State Univ
Lake Superior State Univ
Univ of Michigan
Michigan State Univ
Michigan Tech Univ
Northern Michigan Univ
Western Michigan Univ
I believe we [Hockey-L] kicked around programs by state
a couple of years ago and actually produced a list. New
York also has a large quantity, given the small number of
teams in total. Of course, so does Massachusetts.
I don't wish to involve myself in the Minnesota in-state debate,
but all three teams in Minnesota [UM/UMD/SCSU] have an
advantage in the sense that fewer Div-I teams are competing
for players in a state that has a strong youth hockey program.
MA, MI and NY aren't afforded the luxury of only three D-I
teams when it comes to "local" recruiting.
But, Minnesota also has several Div-III schools, which Michigan
does not. I don't know how many kids would choose to play
Div-III near home rather than be a part-timer at one of the seven
Div-I schools, but if the opportunity were there I imagine it would
happen occasionally.
John Haeussler
Univ of Michigan
[log in to unmask]
someone who'd like to see
some Div-III play near home
|
|
|