I’ll agree with that. They are a good team this year that plays a style that’s way more uptempo than most years. My beef is them being on the schedule year after year with no upside to UND when it comes to pairwise/rpi.
As others and I have pointed out, this year is the outlier. Serratore has been around a long time and he has made comments about this year being one of the most talented and fastest teams he has had. Most years, there is nothing to gain from this series. I have nothing against Bemidji. I will root for them in every game that isn’t against UND.
Not anti-beaver but there really isn’t any upside to the series if you’re UND. Sweep and you don’t move in pairwise/rpi, lose and you drop. Just feels like we are doing their program a favor year after year after year. Outside of this year, it’s the same boring trap hockey where BSU hopes to squeek out a 2-1 or 3-2 win.