On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Greg Berge wrote: > If Cornell "squeaked" in, then I suggest that any team which did not > get an automatic bid by winning their regular season or tournament > "backed" in. > snip, snip > Congratulations to all the teams who earned their way into the > tournament by winning their regular season title or their > tournament title. > The conference tournaments are a device to earn money. They are exciting because the fans and players take them seriously, and I enjoy them as well. However, I believe that the regular season is undervalued. But then again, I'm for limiting the playoffs in the leagues to four teams to *really* make the regular season count. If they did it that way I'd probably agree more with the above comments. YMMV. Arthur Berman [log in to unmask] GO BU!!! NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! NAYIM FROM THE HALFWAY LINE!!! HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.