What to do with Alaska? RPI? The D-II schools? Scranton? So far everyone has plugged in these orphans into existing slots. I say lets overhaul the whole mess!! But first, a survey.... Hockey Steroid Pituitary School Ball Ball ----- ------ -------- -------------- BU HE Yankee(IAA) North Atlantic UNH HE Yankee(IAA) North Atlantic Maine HE Yankee(IAA) North Atlantic Northeastern HE Yankee(IAA)? North Atlantic? UMass HE Yankee(IAA) Atlantic 10 BC HE Big East(IA) Big East Providence HE ? Big East Uconn ? Yankee(IAA) Big East Lowell HE ? ? Merrimac HE ? ? Vermont ECAC - North Atlantic Harvard ECAC Ivy(IAA) Ivy Brown ECAC Ivy(IAA) Ivy Dartmouth ECAC Ivy(IAA) Ivy Princeton ECAC Ivy(IAA) Ivy Yale ECAC Ivy(IAA) Ivy Colgate ECAC ? ? Clarkson ECAC ? ? RPI ECAC ? ? Union ECAC ? ? St Lawrence ECAC ? ? St Johns ? ? Big East Villanova ? Yankee? Big East Deleware ACHA? Yankee? North Atlantic? 1. BU, Maine, UNH, and maybe Northeastern can make a good case for an all-sports league. If they upgrade their Naismith-ball, maybe they can lure Providence, UCONN, and UMass-Amherst (The Big East is no longer interested in the non-division 1A football schools, the A-10 is in trouble). They could ask Vermont to join. Not sure what to do about BC, Merrimac, and Lowell. 2. At one time Merrimac was a power in DII B-ball. Would they upgrade? Michigan CCHA Big 10++ Big 10++ Michigan St CCHA Big 10++ Big 10++ Ohio St CCHA Big 10++ Big 10++ Lake State CCHA ? ? Western MI CCHA ? ? Miami CCHA ? ? Notre Dame CCHA IA I Alaska-F CCHA ? ? Bowling Green CCHA ? ? Ferris State CCHA ? ? Kent CCHA ? ? Illinois-C CCHA ? ? Alaska-A WCHA ? ? Michigan Tech WCHA ? ? Norhtern MI WCHA ? ? North Dakota WCHA ? ? St Cloud WCHA ? ? Wisconsin WCHA Big 10++ Big 10++ Minnesota WCHA Big 10++ Big 10++ Minnesota-D WCHA ? ? Denver WCHA ? ? Collorado C WCHA ? ? Penn St ACHA Big 10++ Big 10++ Army I I I Air Force I I I 1. Funny how in most sports the Big10 is really the (Big 6 + Big 5), with Lake Michigan being the dividing line. Don't most rivalries lie on one side or the other? There's probaly not enough participation to add hockey to the Big 10. Ken Kretsch | Fill your bowl to the brim, and it will spill. Keep MT 2B-329 | sharpening your knike, and it will blunt. Chase after (908)957-2892 | money and security, and your heart will never (908)957-4428 FAX | unclench. Care about other people's approval, and you [log in to unmask] | will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step ...!att!mink!kpk | back. The only path to serenity. - Tao Te Ching