Mike Machnik wrote: >My prediction is that having 2 bids will lead to at >least as many headaches as 1...maybe more. As I have understood it, each of the four leagues has had two guaranteed spots since the 12 team format was introduced. One was an automatic bid, which the leagues could award to the regular season or tournament champion and one at-large bid, choosen by the selection committee. Since the second bid is now also an automtic bid, the league can award it as they see fit. I would think that if a league awards one bid to the regular season champion and one to the tournamnet champion that is it. If the regular season champion wins the tournament, the league will lose it's second automatic bid. I would hope that it would just revert to an at-large bid for that league which the selection committee would then pick. Looking over the history of the tournaments it makes sense for the leagues to do this, even if the guaranteed spot is totally voided by the same team winning both championships. In Hockey East the regular season champion has won 5 of the 10 tournament championships. Before the last 3 year run of the regular season champion winning the tournament, the record was 2 out of 7. Over in the ECAC the regular season champion has won 2 of the last 4, 5 of the last 10, and only 13 of the 33 tournaments held. I believe the WCHA has had only one regular season champion win the tournament since the change to the Final Four/Five format. I do not know about the CCHA, but I believe their regular season champion has also failed to win the tournament championship a number of times. In any event, it would be very unlikely the selection committee would give that spot to a team from another league. That league would most likely have at least one other team that would deserve a NCAA tournament bid. I am still interested in finding out about team uniform changes. Please e-mail me if you have information on this subject. Sean Pickett - Go BU Terriers, 1994 Hockey East Champions! [log in to unmask]