Ben F writes:
 
>*UNO is hoping for an announcement within a month for an exemption much like
>Mankato State's where they will be eligible for NCAA tournament play next
>year. Normally teams are eligible in their third year, Mankato State was
>able to get the appeal approved and are eligible in this, their second
>season of Div I hockey.
 
        Okay, now that makes is sound like games against UNO don't
count for NCAA tournament selection, but games against Mankato State
do, given the statement from the NCAA News report on last summer's D1
Men's Hockey Committee meeting:
 
" With regard to the rating percentage index (RPI), the committee also
" voted that games against emerging programs (institutions starting new
" hockey programs that are not eligible for championship competition)
" would not be considered.
 
        Doesn't it?
                                        John Whelan, Cornell '91
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