Conference Championships set

[ryeguy]

ECAC Final 4

1.St.Lawrence
     vs.  
5.Quinnipiac


2.Clarkson
     vs.            
3.Dartmouth


Hockey East Final 4

1.New Hampshire
      vs.
4.Massachusetts


2.Boston College
       vs.
3.Boston University



CCHA Final 4

1.Notre Dame
      vs.
8.Lake Superior  


2.Michigan  
    vs.
4.Michigan State
 


WCHA Final 5

Sudden-Death Semifinal
 
6.Michigan Tech
    vs.
7.Wisconsin

Semifinals

1.Minnesota
     vs.
Winner of Sudden-Death Semi.


2.St.Cloud
     vs.
3.North Dakota




Atlantic Hockey Final 4

1.Sacred Heart
    vs.
4.Air Force  
 

2.Army
  vs.
3.UConn



CHA-Final Five

Quarterfinal
4.Wayne State  3
5.Alabama-Huntsville  4 -Final OT

Semifinals
1.Niagra 3
5.Alabama-Huntsville 5  -Final

2.Bemidji State 5
3.Robert Morris 7  -Final

CHA Championship
3.Robert Morris 4
5.Alabama-Huntsville 5 -Final OT (Alabama-Huntsville advances to NCAAs)

[ryeguy]

Does anyone know why RIT is ineligible for the tournament? They were first place in Atlantic Hockey (regular season). It obviously has something to do with it being their first year in D1 hockey.

[French Rage]

They're ineligible for two years due to the move up.  Isn't this their second year?

[jtwcornell91]

RIT, in their second year of probation, is ineligible for the NCAAs.  AH was apparently afraid RIT might win the AH tourney and deprive the league of its auto-bid, so they didn't let them into the league tournament.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote jtwcornell91]RIT, in their second year of probation, is ineligible for the NCAAs.  AH was apparently afraid RIT might win the AH tourney and deprive the league of its auto-bid, so they didn't let them into the league tournament.[/quote]

Are you sure they weren't just ineligible for all post-season play in general? And is the NCAA really cruel enough to say that if an ineligible team won the tourney, they'd get no big at all?

[Will]

[quote DeltaOne81][quote jtwcornell91]RIT, in their second year of probation, is ineligible for the NCAAs.  AH was apparently afraid RIT might win the AH tourney and deprive the league of its auto-bid, so they didn't let them into the league tournament.[/quote]

Are you sure they weren't just ineligible for all post-season play in general? And is the NCAA really cruel enough to say that if an ineligible team won the tourney, they'd get no big at all?[/quote]

It's not the NCAA's decision which team in a conference gets their autobid.  That's up to the conference in question, I believe.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Will][quote DeltaOne81][quote jtwcornell91]RIT, in their second year of probation, is ineligible for the NCAAs.  AH was apparently afraid RIT might win the AH tourney and deprive the league of its auto-bid, so they didn't let them into the league tournament.[/quote]

Are you sure they weren't just ineligible for all post-season play in general? And is the NCAA really cruel enough to say that if an ineligible team won the tourney, they'd get no big at all?[/quote]

It's not the NCAA's decision which team in a conference gets their autobid.  That's up to the conference in question, I believe.[/quote]

I believe that means the conference can say, before the season, that the tournament champion or the regular season champion gets it, not that they can say after the season that team X gets it.  Otherwise conferences would just pick a team without an at-large bid, to maximize their representation.

[Josh '99]

[quote jtwcornell91]I believe that means the conference can say, before the season, that the tournament champion or the regular season champion gets it, not that they can say after the season that team X gets it.  Otherwise conferences would just pick a team without an at-large bid, to maximize their representation.[/quote]But couldn't they say before the season, in theory, "The tournament champion gets the autobid, unless that's RIT in which case we'll give it to the tournament runner-up (or to the RS champion or whatever)"?

[ugarte]

[quote Josh '99][quote jtwcornell91]I believe that means the conference can say, before the season, that the tournament champion or the regular season champion gets it, not that they can say after the season that team X gets it.  Otherwise conferences would just pick a team without an at-large bid, to maximize their representation.[/quote]But couldn't they say before the season, in theory, "The tournament champion gets the autobid, unless that's RIT in which case we'll give it to the tournament runner-up (or to the RS champion or whatever)"?[/quote]

That would still end up being unfair to a team facing RIT in the semis. If they win they still have to win another game while the other side of the bracket could get the autobid just by making the finals. Kicking RIT out of the tournament takes away that inequity.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote ugarte][quote Josh '99][/quote]But couldn't they say before the season, in theory, "The tournament champion gets the autobid, unless that's RIT in which case we'll give it to the tournament runner-up (or to the RS champion or whatever)"?[/quote]

That would still end up being unfair to a team facing RIT in the semis. If they win they still have to win another game while the other side of the bracket could get the autobid just by making the finals. Kicking RIT out of the tournament takes away that inequity.[/quote]

I agree it wouldn't be a good solution, but its still an interesting question as to *if* they could do it. Saying the same for the regular season may be a little bit more fair (albeit make the tournament entirely irrelevant).

[ryeguy]

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