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They moved them below Tech because of the WCHA autobid? Not sure about Northeastern though? It appears they believe Northeastern has a better chance at making the tournament over Duluth despite Duluth's better PWR. (and despite the fact they believe UMD has a better chance to win the Automatic Qualifier: 12% vs 9% for Northeaster?) Which means one can conclude Duluth will far further in the PWR than Northeastern will with possible upcoming losses (or climb higher with wins?) EDIT: Running through the USCHO PWR Predictor, it appears its because Duluth could lose two this weekend with the third place game. Since HE doesn't have a third place game, Northeastern at most would lose one game. Duluths wins one game (even the third place game) and likely in (and that's with Minnesota stealing an extra Big Ten spot by winning the autobid).....That's my uneducated hypothesis. In Atlantic Hockey they have Robert Morris with a 33% chance vs Air Force with a 36% chance despite Robert Morris being #19 in PWR vs Air Force at #28. Robert Morris also won the regular season title in Atlantic Hockey. Not sure what to think of their math. Doesn't really pass the smell test to me.

Touching the rim without jumping...

Wonder if there will be tv? probably not.

Looks like Brew is getting ready to host too as he retweeted this....?

Maybe it was the Ralph's money.

7 PM tipoff. They are 25-9.

UND is hosting.

Yeah we're buds. We hang out at Twitter all the time.

Maybe everyone will follow the Big Tens lead and we'll have a bunch of six team conferences. .....The WCHA is looking at adding more teams and splitting into division. The NCHC could find itself in a pickle if Western and Miami bolt.

I asked Brad S. He said he's still waiting word himself.

The league has to be cheering pretty hard for LSSU and BGSU as the tournament is in Grand Rapids, MI this year.

The NCHC website has UND playing Duluth, but they didn't put a time on it yet.

It's always a home series.

Here's how Massey ranks college hockeys top ten: top two spots, three of top four, and the NCHC with four in the top ten. 1 North Dakota NCHC 29-5-3 0.824 3.6 1.8 15-2-1 0.861 4.2 1.8 13-3-1 0.794 3.1 1.9 29-5-3 0.824 3.6 1.8 2 St Cloud NCHC 28-8-1 0.770 4.3 2.2 12-5 0.706 3.9 2.1 13-3-1 0.794 4.8 2.3 28-8-1 0.770 4.3 2.2 3 Boston College Hockey East 25-5-5 0.786 3.9 1.8 13-1-2 0.875 4.4 2.0 10-2-3 0.767 3.9 1.7 25-5-5 0.786 3.9 1.8 4 Denver NCHC 22-8-5 0.700 3.2 2.3 12-2-3 0.794 3.2 2.1 9-6-2 0.588 3.2 2.5 22-8-5 0.700 3.2 2.3 5 Quinnipiac Eastern CAC 26-2-7 0.843 3.8 1.9 14-1-4 0.842 3.5 1.4 11-1-3 0.833 4.1 2.4 26-2-7 0.843 3.8 1.9 6 Providence Hockey East 26-5-4 0.800 3.4 1.9 14-1-2 0.882 3.6 1.6 11-3-2 0.750 3.5 2.3 26-5-4 0.800 3.4 1.9 7 Michigan Big 10 21-7-5 0.712 4.8 3.1 11-3-2 0.750 5.1 3.3 7-3-3 0.654 4.8 3.1 21-7-5 0.712 4.8 3.1 8 Notre Dame Hockey East 19-9-7 0.643 3.1 2.2 11-5-3 0.658 3.2 2.1 7-4-4 0.600 2.7 2.3 19-9-7 0.643 3.1 2.2 9 Boston Univ Hockey East 21-11-5 0.635 3.3 2.5 14-2-2 0.833 3.7 2.2 6-8-2 0.438 3.1 3.1 21-11-5 0.635 3.3 2.5 10 MN Duluth NCHC 16-14-5 0.529 2.7 2.1 9-6-2 0.588 2.7 2.1 7-8-3 0.472 2.7 2.1 16-14-5 0.529 2.7 2.1

Is there a computer rankings comparing conferences?

It's a big place and was still too small. Saw Scorin' Goren there last year.

UND picked the afternoon game last year.

Let's go Omaha.

We've been told UND can't afford to pay to fire a coach with one year remaining. That only leaves extensions...which means Jones will be here as long as he wants, regardless of performance.

Cool. So he will be here forever. Good to know.

One more win and Berry will have the most wins by a first year UND head coach. He's currently tied for first.

Can't fire a coach because we have no money. Can't let a coach be a lame duck for a year because it hurts recruiting....how does UND ever fire a coach? I certainly wouldn't give Jones an extension this year.

4 now.

and help the Big Ten finally win a first round game.

I'll bet Minnesota will get some favorable calls in the Big Ten tournament to try and get more than one team in.