Potential NIT Style Post Season Hockey Tourney

[dustnyou]

3 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

I, personally, don’t like this whatsoever. 
 

I do think the ncaa tourney should add 4 teams. Have 20 teams in the tourney 

I don’t see how 20 would work. You’d have five teams left after the 2nd round. 

[The Sicatoka]

20?
Four "final five" format regionals.

But 16 is already more than 25% of the number of DI teams and 25% is the target number. They'll never go to 20 teams until DI gets to about 75 teams. 

 

[stoneySIOUX]

58 minutes ago, dustnyou said:

I don’t see how 20 would work. You’d have five teams left after the 2nd round. 

This. Four byes, four "first round games".

[Kab]

Would this be included in season ticket prices?

at that time of year fans are looking forward to spring and summer, will they support more games?

out of town fans might not see it as appealing, the basketball tourneys outside of the big one aren’t very well attended 

[brianvf]

5 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

20?
Four "final five" format regionals.

But 16 is already more than 25% of the number of DI teams and 25% is the target number. They'll never go to 20 teams until DI gets to about 75 teams. 

 

There was a recent article (don't recall where I read it) that said something along the lines of that the NCAA wanted to get to closer to 50% of teams participating in the NCAA tourney (not just for hockey...for all sports).

[brianvf]

4 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:

This. Four byes, four "first round games".

Back to the days of 1st round bye's, like when it was a 12-team tourney field.

[Blackheart]

48 minutes ago, brianvf said:

There was a recent article (don't recall where I read it) that said something along the lines of that the NCAA wanted to get to closer to 50% of teams participating in the NCAA tourney (not just for hockey...for all sports).

Yuck

[fightingsioux4life]

55 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

Yuck

I concur x 100.

[MafiaMan]

1 hour ago, Blackheart said:

Yuck

EVERYONE’S A WINNER!

[fightingsioux4life]

1 minute ago, MafiaMan said:

EVERYONE’S A WINNER!

Which means NO ONE is a winner.

[siouxfan512]

If there was a tourney, would UND participate?

Yes. How can anyone who knows anything about hockey not find value in additional games/tourney experience.

Should UND participate?

Yes. While it would be somewhat embarrassing for a program like UND to participate in the Not Invited Tourney/Backup Tourney/Whatever you want to call it, is it any less embarrassing than missing the tourney altogether?

The questions not in the poll. Should there be a tourney?

No. I don't think college hockey is deep enough to really support more than one tourney. Lets focus on fixing the regional situation so the teams who earned a spot aren't playing in empty arenas.

If there was an argument to be made: It would give Omaha another opportunity for a participation banner.

[The Sicatoka]

12 hours ago, brianvf said:

There was a recent article (don't recall where I read it) that said something along the lines of that the NCAA wanted to get to closer to 50% of teams participating in the NCAA tourney (not just for hockey...for all sports).

That does not align with the recommendation of the Transformation Committee (25% post-season for sports that have 200 or  more teams participating). 

[jdub27]

17 hours ago, Kab said:

Would this be included in season ticket prices?

at that time of year fans are looking forward to spring and summer, will they support more games?

out of town fans might not see it as appealing, the basketball tourneys outside of the big one aren’t very well attended 

If they people behind this can make it pencil out, it might move forward. If they can't make money, it won't happen.
Would be similar to the "extra" postseason MBB/WBB tournaments. How much are schools willing to chip in for some extra practice and games?