Mark Daly writes:
>Overall, I won't have a particular problem with the two entries from each
>conference most years, as it still leaves the selection committee with
>some flexibility in rewarding stronger conferences with more bids
>(e.g., Hockey East's 4 last year while every other conference still got
>at least two bids) but perhaps the solution would be to expand to 16
>teams, thereby assuring that no worthy teams will be left out due
>to automatic bid requirements (much the same reason the basketball tourney
>now has 64 teams...conference strength disparity + many automatic bids =
>tournament expansion).
>
>Mark Daly
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Unfortunately 16 teams is not an option.  That would be too many for the
number of teams that play Div I Hockey.  Thus sayeth the NC$$.
 
Pam Sweeney
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