Great article about the ESPN monopoly on early season tournaments.

AlbanyIRISH 27022 posts Original UHND Member

Posted11:07 am on Nov 25, 2009

Also, I had no clue the NCAA deep-sixed the 2 in 4 rule (no program could play in more than 2 early season tournaments in a 4 year span).

It also explains what happened to the Great Alaska Shootout.

Link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/luke_winn/11/24/espn.tournaments/index.html?eref=sihp

Kind of reminds me of when Rocket Ismail played for Notre Dame
Invincibility with no vulnerability

The Alaska tournament was one of my favorites