>>> Kepler <[log in to unmask]> 02/19/98 01:10pm >>> A realistic scenario still may put 4 ECAC >>> teams into the NCAA tourny (Yale and the PS >>> champion with auto-bids, RS #'s 2 and 3 with >>> PWR seeds), so this stretch drive also has >>> ramifications throughout the NCAA for the >>> bubble teams in each conference. Throw in >>> RPI's guaranteed placement in Albany no matter >>> what, and you have the ...... Huh? RPI guaranteed placement in Albany. I didn't even realize that. If they win the ECAC playoffs and Clarkson and Colgate survive the bubble (which will be much tougher to do if a playoff champion sneaks into the tourney like RPI might) then you may have your four ECAC tourney teams. A more realistic possibility is that Yale wins the ECAC playoffs and gets one of the two BYES at Albany. Now, that would be interesting and would bump BU from their familiar position ... unless BU wins HockeyEast RS and Playoffs ... then UNH would get really screwed. In any case, my BIG QUESTION is what happens if YALE gets the BYE seed and no other ECAC team is in the top 12 PWR ... does the second ECAC bid come from PWR ratings or from the ECAC RS standings??? HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.