The Sicatoka

The simplest bracket is straight chalk. The only conflict is UND/SCSU. You swap SCSU and UMass. You look at that and see … Mankato/Harvard and UND/UMass and say Worcester because of two MA teams. You quietly ask Michigan “Albany or Allentown” and WMU gets the other. Presto. Done.

https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/icehockey-men/d1/2022-ncaa-di-mens-hockey-tournament-selection-show-date-time-how-watch I’ll be in a car; thank goodness for SiriusXM channel 84.

If it’s not this we’ll need a drinking game for all the rationalizations they’ll use.

… and the league signed a three year extension …

No on-campus sites, but we’ll jiggle the bracket integrity for attendance. <- NCAA logic

More so coaches complaining about the 1 having to play at 7 Friday and 5 Saturday, or the like. Now there’s an off day. Great for teams, bad for fans.

It’s because people complained about short notice travel and the expense of having to buy a three game pass. They made it better by giving less travel notice/planning time and adding an extra regional hotel day as an added expense. <- NCAA logic Changes this year: going Thu/Sat and Fri/Sun (not Fri/Sat and Sat/Sun); moved selection show time 8 hours later;

Worcester, Albany, Allentown … its about the same as having the regionals in Fargo, Minot, and Dickinson. Not kidding. Look up distances for yourself.

Well, Harvard, and BSU so close.

Expect more NCHC bleeding as teams are eliminated. UND had its monster roster turnover a year ago. The rest of the league comes due soon.

I see Mankato/Harvard and UND/UMass in Worcester Massachusetts.

Television link?

Would a hearty Go Beavs be inappropriate?

Took the trophy, hats, beers, and told them to get on the ice. Clown show.

What kind of clown show is Lucia running?

Ask Michigan Tech maybe?

That play, turn yourself to draw the CFB/boarding, will continue until the rules change … or something unspeakable happens from a hit.

Starman’s rant during that review was epic. His points: - no super slow motion to look at it - no major if the player put themselves in the vulnerable position at the last second to draw the hit

UND was worried about going to Loveland. It’s shaping up to be DU and Minnesota there.

WMU had way more to play for last night. (UND needed to win the Five.) The win locked them as a 1-seed. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/probabilityMatrix.php

Excuse me … FOUR … UConn. If you’re not locked PWR12 or better this morning, today’s going to be a long day. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/probabilityMatrix.php

Knowingly and willfully putting yourself in a vulnerable position sounds to me like … unsportsmanlike conduct.

We’ll take care of WMU in a couple Saturdays.

Cheer for Bemidji State, Air Force, and Harvard so the brackets are a total cluster bumble. I so want to see BSU play Michigan …

I hear you guys but this says it’s PWR 6, 7, or 8 at worst. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/probabilityMatrix.php