According to this morning's Wisconsin State Journal, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department has completed an internal investigation of the incident after the champhionship game and has issued penalties, which will be in addition to whatever penalties the NCAA issues: (quoting from the State Journal:) * Coach Jeff Sauer will recieve a written reprimand from the university for his failure to control the "inappropriate behavior of his team." "I have to apologize for the team and the way we handled ourselves," Sauer said Friday. I'm very disappointed in how we handled it. We should be above that, even if I do think there were extenuating circumstances." * Players Blaine Moore, Maco Balkovec and Jason Zent will be suspended for the first regular season game next season: Moore for his verbal abuse of [referee Tim] McConaghy outside the locker room; Balkovec for his verbal abuse of McConaghy on the ice in the closing moments of the game; and Zent for an uncalled roughing penalty with 2 seconds left in the game. * Bill Zito, a graduate assistant coach whom the university said verbally abused McConaghy outside the locker room following the loss, will be required to issue a public apology to the team, university, the NCAA and the teams participating in the tournament. He also must repay his transportation and per diem expenses for the games in Albany, NY, a bill estimated at about $1000 by UW officials. UW also was critical of seniors Joe Harwell and Duane Derksen for their "verbal abuse" directed at McConaghy, though they were not formally punished in the report. ... In addition, the UW publicly apologized to the NCAA and the other teams in the tournament for the hockey team's actions and said the hockey team will review its current code of conduct and make "appropriate modifications based on these incidents." (end quote from the State Journal) The article also mentioned that the University hopes that their actions will be considered by the NCAA in determining the final penalty. The article didn't mention it, but I think it important to point out that the UW investigation began before the NCAA letter arrived. Also, Athletic Director Pat Richter was out of the country from just after the tournament until early this week. --david -------- david parter university of wisconsin -- madison [log in to unmask] computer sciences department