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The NCAA News -- March 1, 1999

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

Field: Twelve teams, including the regular-season and postseason champions from each of four conferences -- the Eastern College Athletic Conference and Hockey East, Central Collegiate Hockey and Western Collegiate Hockey Associations. If a regular-season champion also wins the postseason tournament, the committee will select another conference team using established selection criteria. Four teams will be selected at large.

Dates and sites: Regional competition will be March 26-28 at Worcester, Massachusetts (East region) and Madison, Wisconsin (West region). The two highest-seeded teams at each regional will receive first-round byes. Two winners from each region will advance to the semifinals (April 1) and final (April 3) in Anaheim, California.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915); request numbers are 1410 for bracket/schedule, 5120 for semifinal results and 5121 for championship-game results. Championship results also will be available on the World Wide Web at www.ncaa.org. Results will be published in the April 12 issue of The NCAA News.

Championship notes: Defending champion Michigan is vying to become the first team to win consecutive crowns since Boston U. in 1971-72.