Here is the AP list of Division I pairings: By The Associated Press CCHA First Round (Best-of-3) Championship Round Friday, March 11 Kent (11-24-2) at Michigan (29-6-1) Ohio St. (7-21-5) at Lake Superior St. (24-9-4) Ill.-Chicago (9-25-2) at Michigan St. (20-10-5) Notre Dame (11-20-5) at W. Michigan (21-11-3) Alaska Fairbanks (23-11-1) at Miami, Ohio (19-14-1) Ferris St. (13-22-1) at Bowling Green (17-16-2) Saturday, March 12 Kent at Michigan Ohio St. at Lake Superior St. Ill.-Chicago at Michigan St. Notre Dame at W. Michigan Alaska Fairbanks at Miami, Ohio Ferris St. at Bowling Green Sunday, March 13 Kent at Michigan, if necessary Ohio St. at Lake Superior St., if necessary Ill.-Chicago at Michigan St., if necessary Notre Dame at W. Michigan, if necessary Alaska Fairbanks at Miami, Ohio, if necessary Ferris St. at Bowling Green, if necessary Championship Round At Joe Louis Arena Detroit Quarterfinals Friday, March 18 Lowest remaining seed vs. third lowest remaining seed Second lowest remaining seed vs. fourth lowest remaining seed Semifinals Saturday, March 19 Lowest remaining seed-third lowest remaining seed winner vs. highest remaining seed Second lowest remaining seed-fourth lowest remaining seed winner vs. second highest remaining seed Championship Sunday. March 20 Semifinal winners ------ ECAC Preliminary Round Tuesday, March 8 St. Lawrence (11-20-0) at Colgate (13-15-2) Princeton (10-14-1) at Cornell (7-15-5) Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) Friday, March 11 Lowest remaining seed at Harvard (19-4-4) Second lowest remaining seed at Clarkson (17-7-4) Union, N.Y. (14-9-4) at RPI (18-7-4) Vemont (14-10-6) at Brown 13-10-4 Saturday, March 12 Lowest remaining seed at Harvard Second lowest remaining seed at Clarkson Union, N.Y. at RPI Vemont at Brown Sunday, March 13 Lowest remaining seed at Harvard, if necessary Second lowest remaining seed at Clarkson, if necessary Union, N.Y. at RPI, if necessary Vemont at Brown, if necessary Championship Round Olympic Arena At Lake Placid, N.Y. Semifinals Friday, March 18 Lowest remaining seed vs. highest remaining seed Middle remaining seeds Championship Saturday, March 19 Semifinal winners Third Place Saturday, March 19 Semifinal losers ------ Hockey East First Round (Best-of-3) Thursday, March 10 Merrimack (16-7-2) at Mass.-Lowell (21-8-5) Friday, March 11 Merrimack at Mass.-Lowell Boston College (15-14-5) at New Hampshire (22-10-2) Providence (14-17-3) at Northeastern (18-10-6) Saturday, March 12 Merrimack at Mass.-Lowell, if necessary Boston College at New Hampshire Providence at Northeastern Sunday, March 13 Boston College at New Hampshire, if necessary Providence at Northeastern, if necessary Championship Round At Boston Garden Semifinals Friday, March 18 Lowest remaining seed vs. Boston U. (26-6-0) Middle remaining seeds Championship Saturday, March 19 Semifinal winners Third Place Saturday, March 19 Semifinal losers ------ WCHA First Round (Best-of-3) Friday, March 11 Michigan Tech (10-24-5) Colorado College (22-9-5) Denver (15-18-3) at Minnesota (20-12-4) North Dakota (11-21-4) at Wisconsin (22-13-1) Minn.-Duluth (14-19-3) at St. Cloud St. (18-12-4) Alaska Anchorage (16-16-2) at N. Michigan (20-15-1) Saturday, March 12 Michigan Tech at Colorado College Denver at Minnesota North Dakota at Wisconsin Minn.-Duluth at St. Cloud St. Alaska Anchorage at N. Michigan Sunday, March 13 Michigan Tech at Colorado College, if necessary Denver at Minnesota, if necessary North Dakota at Wisconsin, if necessary Minn.-Duluth at St. Cloud St., if necessary Alaska Anchorage at N. Michigan, if necessary Championship Round At Bradley Center Milwaukee Thursday, March 17 Lowest remaining seed vs. second lowest remaining seed Semifinals Friday, March 18 Lowest remaining seed vs. highest remanining seed Middle remaining seeds Championship Saturday, March 19 Semifinal winners Third Place Saturday, March 19 Semifinal losers And the latest on Maine ... BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- The University of Maine said Monday it would go to court to get its defending national championship hockey team into the Hockey East tournament this week. Hockey East voted last week to bar the Black Bears from the postseason tournament because a Maine player, Patrice Tardif, was found to have been academically ineligible for much of the 1993-1994 season. Tardif was one of five graduate student-athletes who were misinformed about the number of credits they needed in order to play. That led to the suspension of the school's athletic director and compliance officer. Maine officials planned to ask Penobscot County Superior Court Justice Robert Browne for a temporary restraining order and an injunction that would allow the team to play in the Hockey East tournament. "We feel strongly that students should not be punished for events over which they had no control," said university president Frederick Hutchinson. "The NCAA says the team is eligible to compete, and we believe Hockey East should acknowledge that and treat the university's students the same way it treats students from other universities." Hockey East's vote to bar Maine from the tournament prompted the league's assistant commissioner, Nonni Daly, to resign. "All of my ethical, moral and philosophical principles were violated by the actions the board took" Daly said. "When you feel that way, you can't be effective in the position you hold. You've got 30 kids who didn't do anything wrong and they were penalized heavily for something they didn't do." |--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--| | Lynn Burke Newport News, Va. | | [log in to unmask] -- mail still shows [log in to unmask] | |--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|