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On Mar 3, 13:47, Howard Quimby wrote:
>> We now know four things for
>> certain about the national tournament: North Dakota, Michigan,
>> Clarkson and Boston University will be in it, having won their
>> respective conferences' regular seasons.
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>Where BU and UNH *both* won the Hockey East regular season, is the above
>statement correct? I know Hockey East considers the two teams to be regular
>season co-champions, but does BU get the automatic bid by virtue of the head-
>to-head tie-breaker or are both teams awarded a bid?
I asked a similar question last week, and the answer was that the #1 seed (BU)
gets the auto bid.
>There also seems to be some confusion around UNH conerning the NCAA bye. Is
>it correct that the team that wins both the regular season and the league
>tournament is awarded a bye?
No, that is not correct (unless things have changed for this year). Byes, as
far as I know, are determined by the PWR rankings, nothing more.
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