College Hockey News has the latest on the Pairwise controversy that threatened to exclude UMD, Minnesota and/or MSU-M from the NCAA Tournament. Turns out there was a "mistake" in the 2008 NCAA Handbook.
"The Internet was abuzz Tuesday as word began to spread that the latest revision to the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championships Handbook contained a new provision. Now, there have been a lot of changes, tweaks, etc... to the selection criteria and process over the years, and we've religiously followed them all. But this one was new to us. Tipped off by CHN reporters Brett Gobe and Ron Ayers, it seems that the handbook contained the following new line: "To be considered during the at-large selection process, a team must have an overall won-lost record of .500 or better." (read rest of article)
College Hockey News has the latest on the Pairwise controversy that threatened to exclude UMD, Minnesota and/or MSU-M from the NCAA Tournament. Turns out there was a "mistake" in the 2008 NCAA Handbook.
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USCHO just released info that the .500 rule is a "misprint" and is being corrected as we speak...
"The WCHA has eight teams meeting the NCAA tournament selection criteria after all. A new qualifying provision that seemed to require a team to have at least a .500 overall record for an at-large bid has been identified by the NCAA as a misprint in the 2008 Championship Handbook, in an email received by USCHO.com. According to the NCAA, the handbook is being corrected for republication. That's good news for sub-.500 Minnesota Duluth, currently tied for 13th in the PWR, but not so much for Providence or Notre Dame. Jayson Moy's Bracketology column will be republished later today."
Since, UMD will be DU's likely opponent in the WCHAfirst round, DU better be ready for a battle.
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