OOO! Good point! Or even IF they stick a replacement in (vs giving Maine's opponent a bye)! Team #13 is on (will be on) more of a bubble than just meets the eye! Steve G PS Sorry for not knowing from how high up in the Maine administration that declaration came! Wayne's explanation makes it seem that Maine and the NCAA have a deal that NCAA won't hammer them if Maine does these things (...) and that declining an invitation is one of them. ------------- Original Text From [log in to unmask] (The College Hockey Discussion List), on 3/12/96 2:47 PM: Yes, Miane's administration *may* or *will* decline invitation to the 12 team tournament...but since they will be declining the invitation AFTER the fact, won't the selection committee HAVE TO stick them in, wherever they normally would have been seeded? Shouldn't they have to release 2 brackets, the first, with Maine in it, and the second, after Maine OFFICIALLY declines the invite? It will be interesting to see if they "redeal" or just stick a replacement in. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.