I just report them ... I don't necessarily agree. Last night on the Bob Mancini show, several different options were discussed concerning choosing teams for the NC$$ tourney. THe NC$$ sets a maximum number of teams that can play in the NC$$ tournament using a percentage of the total number of Div I teams. Already, hockey (with 12) is beyond that percentage. Thus, under the current NC$$ guidelines, a 16 team format is out of the question. Why not just allow the top 5 teams of regular season play to go to the league tournament tournament? The problem is money. The NC$$ wants to generate as much interest as possible in the playoffs to generate money, thus the format. Why not seed the regular season winner? Again money. The NC$$ is afraid that this would detract from post season play. Why RPI (Rating Precentage Index)? The NC$$ uses this rating in that tall, awkward kid's game, roundball, and is very happy with its performance in that sport. Of course, what they ignore is the fact that hockey is a thinking man's sport, is fundamentally different in that there are fewer contests, fewer teams, more parity (and parody) at Div I levels and less opportunity for the different conferences to play each other. However, if the NC$$ finds something that succeeds, then it must apply to all sports. Like I said earlier, I report them. I don't agree with them. In other news from the Bob Mancini show, Bob brought along four of his five seniors. It seems that Bob found these four in Hancock attempting to hot wire a car. So as to prevent a major incident, Mancini hid the players in Bob Olson's radio station (WMPL/WZRK). :-) (The truth: apparently Jamie Ram had an automobile in Hancock which hadn't started all winter. Hill, Peca and LeBel were assisting in the recovery.) Later in the show, the fifth senior, Kirby Perrault, joined in the action by telephone. One of the questions asked was what were the most memorable moments in the past four years in hockey? And what was the funniest? Almost all of the players commented on the CC upset in overtime as the most memorable. After the game, approximately an hour later, Bob Mancini assemble the group for a final picture. Lane LeBel, noting that Bob Olson was still in the radio booth, commented that Bob was still wrapping up the overtime goal. An interesting story was told how Jamie Ram got to play his first game. As a Freshman, MTU was playing St. Cloud. The score was St. Cloud 5, MTU 1, when the goalie at that time took a 5 minute major penalty and was forced to sit in the penalty box. Jamie Ram was called off the bench and played the remainder of the game with MTU beating St. Cloud, 6 to 5. Of all of the coach's shows, I think I enjoyed last nights the most. It was the most informative. Bob Mancini should bring players more often. Walt Olson MTU