below are matrices showing approximate distances between schools in each of the leagues. It doesnn't take a rocket scientist to see that there are significant differences between leagues. boston college chestnut hill, ma boston university boston, ma maine orono, me mass amherst amherst, ma mass lowell billerica, ma merrimack north andover, ma new hampshire durham, nh northeastern boston, ma providence providence, ri BC BU ME MA ML MR NH NE PR ================================================== Boston College 7 240 110 25 36 77 7 46 Boston University 7 240 110 24 30 68 1 48 Maine 240 240 330 240 240 203 240 300 Mass Amherst 87 96 330 95 104 144 96 98 Mass Lowell 25 24 240 95 20 60 25 64 Merrimack 36 30 240 104 20 44 36 70 New Hampshire 77 68 203 144 60 44 77 123 Northeastern 7 1 240 96 25 36 77 48 Providence 46 48 300 98 64 70 123 48 brown providence, ri clarkson potsdam, ny colgate hamilton, ny cornell ithaca, ny dartmouth hanover, nh harvard cambridge, ma princeton princeton, nj rensselaer troy, ny st lawrence canton, ny Union schenectady, ny vermont burlington, vt yale new haven, ct BRN CLA COL COR DAR HAR PRI REN STL UNN VER YAL =============================================== Brown 370 285 360 180 50 250 180 370 190 250 105 Clarkson 370 183 200 240 350 425 195 13 190 150 350 Colgate 285 183 81 245 291 259 114 170 99 224 242 Cornell 360 200 81 330 370 230 190 200 170 300 260 Dartmouth 180 240 245 330 132 340 131 240 146 95 187 Harvard 50 350 291 370 132 290 163 350 178 215 150 Princeton 250 425 259 230 340 290 220 425 220 350 150 Rensselaer 180 195 114 190 131 163 220 195 15 150 138 St Lawrence 370 13 170 200 240 350 425 195 190 150 350 Union 190 190 99 170 146 178 220 15 190 150 150 Vermont 250 150 224 300 95 215 350 150 150 150 275 Yale 105 350 242 260 187 150 150 138 350 150 275 Alaska-Anchorage anchorage, ak Colorado College colorado springs, co Denver denver, co Michigan Tech houghton, mi Minnesota minneapolis, mn Minnesota-Duluth duluth, mn MSU-Mankato mankato, mn North Dakota grand forks, nd St Cloud st. cloud, mn Wisconsin madison, wi CC DU MTU MIN DUL MSU UND STC WIS Colorado College 70 1324 980 1140 840 1060 960 1038 Denver 70 1256 915 1070 840 990 895 970 Michigan Tech 1324 1256 350 230 430 506 360 340 Minnesota 980 915 350 160 80 317 70 272 Minnesota-Duluth 1140 1070 230 160 240 281 150 343 Mankato State 840 840 430 80 240 360 125 290 North Dakota 1060 990 506 317 281 360 253 592 St Cloud 960 895 360 70 150 125 253 340 Wisconsin 1038 970 340 272 343 290 592 340 Alaska-Fairbanks fairbanks, ak Bowling Green bowling green, oh Ferris State big rapids, mi Lake Superior sault ste marie, mi Miami oxford, oh Michigan ann arbor, mi Michigan State east lansing, mi Northern Michigan marquette, mi Notre Dame south bend, in Ohio State columbus, oh Western Michigan kalamazoo, mi BG FS LSS MIA MIC MSU NMU ND OSU WMU Bowling Green 245 410 183 77 129 521 173 118 171 Ferris State 245 242 344 178 118 345 175 363 112 Lake Superior 410 242 553 337 295 170 408 529 345 Miami 183 344 553 260 245 661 210 131 245 Michigan 77 178 337 260 61 447 168 195 94 Michigan State 129 118 295 245 61 406 154 246 79 Northern Michigan 521 345 170 661 447 406 485 644 455 Notre Dame 173 175 408 210 168 154 485 249 80 Ohio State 118 363 529 131 195 246 644 249 289 Western Michigan 171 112 345 245 94 79 455 80 289 charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] (719) 262-3492 (fax) 262-3369 http://cs.uccs.edu/~cdash HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.