RIT Tigers men's ice hockey

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NCAA Division I ice hockey team college men's ice hockey team

RIT Tigers men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey team of the Rochester Institute of Technology, known for its competitive program and appearances in the NCAA tournament.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
RIT Tigers men's ice hockey canonical	3
RIT Athletics	1
Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers athletics program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4012770 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: RIT Tigers men's ice hockey
Context triple: [Atlantic Hockey, hasMemberSchool, RIT Tigers men's ice hockey]

A. RPI Engineers men's ice hockey
RPI Engineers men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey team of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, known for its competitive history and participation in the ECAC Hockey conference.
B. Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I ice hockey program of Cornell University, renowned for its passionate fan base, historic success, and intense rivalries in ECAC Hockey.
C. Cornell Big Red women’s ice hockey
Cornell Big Red women’s ice hockey is the varsity women’s ice hockey program of Cornell University, a perennial NCAA contender known for its strong ECAC performances and historic rivalry with other Ivy League powers.
D. Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey
Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program of Princeton University, competing in the ECAC and known for its long history and Ivy League affiliation.
E. Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey
Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I ice hockey program of Quinnipiac University, best known in recent years as a national contender and 2023 national champion.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: RIT Tigers men's ice hockey
Target entity description: RIT Tigers men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey team of the Rochester Institute of Technology, known for its competitive program and appearances in the NCAA tournament.

A. RPI Engineers men's ice hockey
RPI Engineers men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey team of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, known for its competitive history and participation in the ECAC Hockey conference.
B. Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I ice hockey program of Cornell University, renowned for its passionate fan base, historic success, and intense rivalries in ECAC Hockey.
C. Cornell Big Red women’s ice hockey
Cornell Big Red women’s ice hockey is the varsity women’s ice hockey program of Cornell University, a perennial NCAA contender known for its strong ECAC performances and historic rivalry with other Ivy League powers.
D. Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey
Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program of Princeton University, competing in the ECAC and known for its long history and Ivy League affiliation.
E. Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey
Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I ice hockey program of Quinnipiac University, best known in recent years as a national contender and 2023 national champion.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I ice hockey team ⓘ college men's ice hockey team ⓘ
academicAffiliation	Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers athletics program ⓘ linked to: RIT Tigers men's ice hockey
athleticDepartment	RIT Athletics ⓘ linked to: RIT Tigers men's ice hockey
campus	RIT Henrietta campus ⓘ
city	Henrietta, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
competesFor	Atlantic Hockey tournament championship ⓘ
competitionLevel	national collegiate ⓘ
conference	Atlantic Hockey ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibility	NCAA student-athletes ⓘ
formerConference	ECAC West ⓘ
formerDivision	NCAA Division III ⓘ
foundedAsDivisionIIIProgram	yes ⓘ
frozenFourAppearances	has appeared in the NCAA Frozen Four ⓘ
gender	men's ⓘ
governingBody	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
hasRivalryWith	Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey ⓘ linked to: Air Force Falcons Canisius Golden Griffins men's ice hockey ⓘ Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey ⓘ
homeArena	Gene Polisseni Center ⓘ
homeGamesPlayedAt	Gene Polisseni Center on the RIT campus ⓘ
institutionType	private university ⓘ
level	varsity ⓘ
location	Rochester, New York ⓘ
mascot	RITchie ⓘ
NCAAdivision	Division I ⓘ
NCAATournamentAppearances	has appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament ⓘ
nickname	Tigers ⓘ
notableAchievement	advanced to the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four ⓘ won multiple Atlantic Hockey conference tournament titles ⓘ won multiple Atlantic Hockey regular season titles ⓘ
playsIn	Atlantic Hockey regular season ⓘ
postseasonPath	qualifies for NCAA tournament via at-large or conference auto-bid ⓘ
previousHomeArena	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
represents	Rochester Institute of Technology in men's ice hockey ⓘ
seasonStructure	regular season and postseason conference tournament ⓘ
shortName	RIT Tigers ⓘ linked to: Rochester Institute of Technology
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
studentSectionName	Corner Crew ⓘ
teamColors	black ⓘ orange ⓘ white ⓘ
teamType	varsity intercollegiate team ⓘ
transitionedToDivisionI	yes ⓘ
university	Rochester Institute of Technology ⓘ
universityAbbreviation	RIT ⓘ linked to: Rochester Institute of Technology

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlantic Hockey → hasMemberSchool → RIT Tigers men's ice hockey ⓘ

Canisius Golden Griffins men's ice hockey → hasRival → RIT Tigers men's ice hockey ⓘ

Mercyhurst Lakers men's ice hockey → hasRival → RIT Tigers men's ice hockey ⓘ

RIT Tigers men's ice hockey → academicAffiliation → Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers athletics program ⓘ

linked to: RIT Tigers men's ice hockey

RIT Tigers men's ice hockey → athleticDepartment → RIT Athletics ⓘ