Re: State of D-II Hockey
Well this article from 2003 sort of throws a wrench in my previous statement. Apparently NCAA rules state (I'm assuming they wouldn't have changed since 2003) that a conference must have a minimum of 6 teams to hold a postseason tournament. So without St. A's, that means they would have to stop the NE-10 tournament, thus eliminating what little postseason the DII schools have left. I still don't know if that would be enough to shake the other 5 schools into doing something. Again if Post does come in (there have been no new updates to the hockey page of their athletics site since February) the NE-10 could stay at 6. I honestly don't know how accurate that 2003 article is, because I know for a fact that some DI and DIII conferences, both before and since, have had postseason tournaments with fewer than 6 teams. The WIAC for example currently has one with only 5. I guess you can't trust everything on USCHO.
Originally posted by Buckeye22
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