The Sicatoka

I'm at a level in Champions Club where I can buy four at REA. They only let me buy two in Scheels this year.

Thank heavens you spelled grammar correctly; otherwise ...

See you at the next club meeting.

You heard the nails on the chalkboard too, eh?

You forgot to sign your note. I took care of it for you.

Wichita (31) leaves, what's that do for Illinois State (33)? And when did Drake fall through the floor?

The German engineers I took to dinner ordered "hefeweisen" ... of course it was probably understood they wanted beer given where we were. No further comment. Then again, a different night they ordered "liebfraumilch".

Athletic programs cutting in 2017 (update 2) -- Savanna State dropping to DII: http://www.wjcl.com/article/breaking-savannah-state-athletics-to-drop-to-division-ii/9269304 UNM dropping M/W skiing Missouri St dropping field hockey and cutting all other athletic programs 7%-12% U Buffalo dropping M baseball, M soccer, M swim & diving, and W rowing North Dakota dropping M/W Swim and Diving and women's ice hockey Boise State dropping wrestling S Illinois dropped men's and women's tennis Stony Brook dropped men's tennis

2018 Regionals: Host UND to its host site "Hawks" Falls -- 320 miles MW regional (Allentown) to NE regional (Worcester) -- 275 miles* *Bridgeport, East regional, is on the road between the two.

I'm surprised that didn't get one of the two years.

And there it is: Some folks did bid ... but on-campus (rolling those dice).

That's a pretty big roll of the dice. Concordia could put in a bid to host in the Moorhead Youth Arena and by policy the NCAA would take that over UND@REA in a two-bid situation.

I Pine for Nine ... and have a Yen for Ten.

I thought Omaha was putting in something for Century Link (or whatever they call it today).

How bad were the 2018 and 2019 West and Midwest bids if the same two schools host both (and one of them in the same arena twice!). All I can figure is the rest of the B1G deferred to PSU. But the rest? I'm confused.

2018 RegionalsNorth East: DCU Center, Worcester (Holy Cross)East: Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport (Yale and Fairfield)West: PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls (UND)Midwest: PPL Center, Allentown (Penn State) 2018 Championship Xcel Energy Center, St Paul, MY (Minnesota) 2019 Regionals Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence (Brown)SNHU Arena, Manchester (UNH)Scheels Arena, Fargo (UND)PPL Center, Allentown (Penn State)2019 ChampionshipKeybank Center, Buffalo NY (MAAC)2020 ChampionshipLittle Caesars Arena, Detroit, (Michigan State and Detroit Sports Commission)2021PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburg, (RMU and SportsPITTSBURGH)2022TD Garden, Boston, (Hockey East and Mass Sports Marketing Office)

It's official. Hawks Falls, South Dakota. Alert their city council.

Anything west of I-95. Signed, East Coast Bias

http://www.keloland.com/news/article/sports/sioux-falls-sports-authority-waits-on-ncaa-bid-announcement There's something to this ...

I still say DU's players are waiting to see what Monty does.

But I thought the Summit is the NCC 2.0. MVC == Summit 2.0 == NCC 3.0 ? I was told there'd be no math.

He's made donations in the past. Five-figure range. There's beaucoup difference between five-figures and seven- or eight-figures.

You assume that's how the conversation went. I assume otherwise.

If you had $60 million, would you make this investment? Even if you had a kid on the team? From TheSchlossBlog: So, Mr. Chipman, a businessman, called. I have nothing but supposition here, but I suspect the conversation went something like ... MC: I heard you cut women's hockey. That doesn't make my daughter or me happy. Why'd you do it? MK: The State is cutting our funding 20%. Women's hockey lost $2 million last year. We have to balance all the department budgets. MC: How much? MK: About $2 million of loss. MC: So is there anything that can be done? MK: Well, if we had a $60 million endowment the program could self-sustain and be ... MC: How much? MK: $60 million. Just make the check out to the UND Foundation Women's Hockey endowment. < dial tone >

(I also put this into Schlossman's blog post from today.) A simple $60 million donation to seed a women's hockey endowment and the problem is solved. I'm surprised Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany aren't lining up to do that. They've said their Olympic programs would benefit. Call it the NEWTDP: Northern Europe Women's Teams Development Program. Problem solved. What? No calls from Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, or Berlin asking where to send the check? Strange.