At 11:32 PM -0500 12/30/96, Lawrence Weintraub wrote:
> Question: It's my understanding that the 5 minute overtime was
> played in order to count as the NCAA's official record of the game result
> for use in determining tournament bids and seedings.
Not that I'm aware of. The game goes into the books as a win for Cornell
and loss for Providence. The NCAA rule book allows for unlimited overtime
in games in which a winner must be decided for advancement in a tournament
(in-season or post-season).
A few years ago there was a rumor going around that various games which
lasted longer than 65 minutes would be counted as ties, but that was proven
to be false.
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