So what Mike's telling us is that the NCAA has promised that if an RS champ does not satisfy the criteria for the auto bid (as, for example, by failing to win the tourny) then the NCAA will make sure to give that RS champ a bid anyway. This second bid extended to the conference satisfies the condition that at least two bids go to each conference. My God, do you realize that that makes perfect sense?! Quick, change the rules so that hockey-l can have something to bitch about. I am going to assume (I know, I know...) that all the talk about guaranteeing byes was merely talk, and that the NCAA reserves the right to rank the bids any damn way they want. Greg R. Berge Let's Go Red! Men's and Women's Ivy Champs Clobber Clarkson! Slay St. Lawrence! HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.