At 4:13 PM -0700 11/19/96, Tony Buffa wrote: > Which brings me to another question about the NCAA tourney: are the "new" > D-I teams, Mankato and later Nebraska-Omaha, instantly accorded a chance > into the tourney? The only applicable rule I know of is 18.4.2.2.2, which says that a DivII or III institution petitioning for DivI membership (school-wide) or eligibility in a sport has to operate under DivI rules (18.4.2.2-(a)) for two years "preceding the effective date of its Division I membership or be ineligible for Division I championships." This would affect DivII schools like Mankato and Nebraska-Omaha, but not a DivI school like Niagara (nor UConn, Villanova, etc.). --- --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] *HMM* 11/13/93 ***** (Part-Time) Color Voice of Merrimack Hockey WCAP 980 AM ***** ***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at: ***** ***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html ***** >>> U.S. College Hockey Online http://www.uscollegehockey.com/ <<< HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.