The Bobcats, the tournament's top seed, won the East Region with wins over Canisius and Union.
Florida Atlantic is 27th in the RPI, but both Towson and Canisius have rankings in the 90s.
He was a graduate of Canisius High School, John Carroll University and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Beilein eventually settled into a bit of a pattern, staying five seasons each at Canisius, Richmond and West Virginia.
Canisius (19-18-5) will open the 16-team tournament against Quinnipiac (27-7-5) at Providence, R.
Canisius has scored four or more times in seven of its past eight.
The Bobcats certainly looked like it after rallying by Canisius in the opening round, then blowing through Union and St.
"He really helped me get the Canisius job, no question, " Beilein said.
Canisius opened the season 1-6-3, and closed February by losing five straight.
So much so that when the job at Canisius opened in 1992, Boeheim, already Syracuse's all-time winningest coach, put in a good word.
"He's got very, very high standards, " said John Maddock, an associate athletic director at Canisius who worked with Beilein as a sports information director.
The complex, to be completed in two years, will feature two rinks, including one with an 1, 800-seating capacity that would serve as Canisius' home.
Their 19 wins are the most since a 21-10-4 finish in 1999-2000, when Canisius was part of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference hockey league.
Of course, Gibbons acknowledged, Canisius is the underdog entering the tournament.
Canisius had the best season in program history, setting school and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference records for victories on its way to its first NCAA tournament berth.
The Tar Heels (52-8) take on fourth-seeded Canisius (42-15) on Friday evening after second-seeded Florida Atlantic (39-20) faces third-seeded Towson (29-28) in the opener of the double-elimination regional.
Stephen Farrell and Duncan McKellar scored 44 seconds apart in the second period for Canisius, and Kyle Gibbons beat Hobey Baker finalist Eric Hartzell at 3:43 of the third.
In just his second game for the Orange, Keita had 15 rebounds and made 3 of 5 shots from the floor in 17 minutes in an 86-67 win over Canisius.
Peca who started a Quinnipiac third-period rally on Saturday that avoided an upset at the hands of Canisius, the No. 16 seed, picked up on Sunday where he left off.
Beilein fashioned an 89-62 record in five years at Canisius, winning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference coach of the year honors in 1994, then went to Richmond and had five winning seasons there.
Eckert planned to take part in presenting a scholarship award at Canisius High School that was established in honor of her late husband, who was an alumnus, according to the school's president, John Knight.
In his eighth season, Smith wants to share this achievement with everyone who has ever been part of Canisius hockey: from Tampa Bay Lightning center Cory Conacher, an NHL rookie of the year candidate this season, to David Dietz, the classics professor who established the first club team in 1971.
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