If the NC$$ considers shootouts to be ties regardless of the outcome, then what's the point? All they are playing for then is HE tournament seeding, correct? It's not like a team will drop form 3rd in HE to 8th because it lost a couple of shootouts. (ok, i could be wrong, but i doubt it.) And they still need to *WIN* the tournament to get the automatic bid. I don't like the idea of shootouts to begin with, and this just takes what might be construed as exciting and renders it virtually meaningless. Dave / RPI '91 LET'S GO RED!!