-- [ From: Kepler * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > By UNC, do you mean North Carolina? I mean The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ;-) Which I love dearly, BTW. I could as easily have used Florida State or USC for the example, it mattereth not. > Well, I see another reason for taking an > interest. 16 teams means four regionals instead of two. You have an NHL > franchise and therefore a local stadium. You love them yankee tourist fans > spending yankee dollars. You don't have any college teams nearby, but you also > note that Anaheim's location is such that the "sponsoring institution" is about > 3000 miles away. Crazy idea on the face of it, thus I agree completely. "And #2 East seed Cornell will host the Southeastern regional from Tampa, Florida..." This is the NCAA after all -- anything for the cash. "Whaddya think all those sad old folks down in Florida miss, Dicky? Hockey!" -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Greg Berge * Portland, Oregon * [log in to unmask] * www.spiritone.com/~kepler * HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.