The format for selecting all-tournament teams varies from place to place - usually, the media do the voting and the host Sports Information Director or publicist does the tabulating. During an in-season tournament, the opportunity for bizarre results is at its highest. Consider a tourney like last year's Dexter Shoe Classic, where Maine competed against Acadia, Princeton and Colgate. The ratio of Black Bears media to visiting media was probably 4-1, but I don't think that was taken into account when ballots were distributed. On the other hand, consider the ECAC tournament - an end-of-season, regional affair. Ballots were given to one media person representing each of the four teams. I assume that other ballots went to (theoretically) neutral tournament officials and media. The more neutral observers who vote, the more likely the balloting won't be skewed. Timing may come into play - the media for the teams involved in a consolation game may not be present when the balloting takes place. The bottom line is that all-tournament voting is never perfect, but that the SIDs and publicists who manage it can put some controls into effect to try and make it as fair as possible. Geoff Howell Drop the Puck Magazine HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.