The latest Drop the Puck has a blurb about the shuffling of the time
of the DivI championship game, which will be played at 1:30 pm ET on
the first afternoon in April - a departure from past seasons.
 
ESPN, which televises the game live, has also acquired the rights to
the women's basketball final four (starting in 1996, I believe).  This
year, the hockey championship game will go head to head with the
women's hoop semifinals.  In past years, the game has been up against
the men's hoop semis in its old Saturday evening time slot.
 
The end result is that the hockey championship game will remain an
afternoon affair, slated for 2 pm ET in 1996 in Cincinnati (according
to recent posts here).  ESPN has decided to juggle the times of the
women's hoop games instead, DtP says.
 
According to DtP, this should meet with approval from the college
hockey glitterati, as a poll conducted by the ECAC's Joe Bertagna
shows that a majority of the coaches preferred keeping the setup as it
is.
 
No word on whether the afternoon switch this year was made in an
attempt to prolong the life of the NC$$ Championship Trophy, which
went for a swim in the hotel pool in the wee hours of the morning
following last year's win by LSSU in St Paul. :-)
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Mike Machnik                                            [log in to unmask]
Cabletron Systems, Inc.                                    *HMM* 11/13/93