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Friday, April 28, 2006
Rule change could aid scheduling
The old two in four rule that limited teams to two multi-team tournaments in four years was eliminated Thursday by the NCAA.

That could be good news for the Patriot League since, as the Albany Times Union reports, it paves the way for Siena to go ahead with plans for an eight-team conference challenge to be played in November at the Pepsi Arena in Albany.

The idea is a good one. One team from each of eight mid-major conferences, with each team playing one home and one away game before converging on Albany, where each will play two more.

The Times Union says the tournament would follow a "challenge" formula, with all teams playing prescheduled matchups, instead of an elimination "Tournament" format. No champion would be crowned.

The Patriot League is mentioned as one of the potential conferences that might participate, along with the Ivy League, Northeast Conference and Colonial Athletic Association.
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