The Chicago Sun-Times reported today that as part of its enhanced commitment
to basketball, "UIC is rumored to be dropping its hockey program and turning
its practice facility into a basketball facility".
 
The article then went on to quote the Interim UIC Athletic Director, Jim
Schmidt, "It's been studied" and "No decision has been made".
 
Stay tuned for further developments.  Just as the firing of the UIC
basketball coach was made by someone "much higher up" than the Interim
Athletic Director, it appears that the fate of the UIC hockey program will be
decided by
the anonomys "higer Ups", presumably in Champaign.
 
Jack Berenzweig
 
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