As a native of Minnesota I must reluctantly admit that college basketball is much more widely followed than hockey in our state. The local media have been gushing over the Gopher hoops team all year and particularly in the last couple of weeks. Meanwhile the hockey team is all but ignored despite having another fine season. I know that some of this stems from the fact that the basketball team has never reached this level before but the bias towards college basketball is undeniable. On the high school level the hockey tourney is still more popular despite the fact that it has split into a two class format and could be on the way to becoming watered down like the four class basketball tournament. MSC should have never promised to televise the Denver-BU game if they weren't committed to showing it in it's entirety. Cutting away to a non-event like the William's Arena rally is inexcusable especially since the Gopher's didn't arrive until after 11pm. Chad Doughty HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.