Although I"d agree the Sioux are playing better than they did during the Mankato, Gopher weekends, losing at home to UAA has put them in a position to finish bottom half.
Check out the Whatif. THe Sioux can finish fourth, but they must sweep at home, and split on the road. After the UAA loss, I don't have a lot of confidence that the Sioux can sweep Mankato, Bucky, and Denver at home while getting a split at the World arena and UAA. If they do that, they will finish 4th or 5th. Sweeping all three at home may well be a must, however. The Sioux have played more games than anyone else in the league, and don't have enough remaining series to make up ground unless they get some weekend sweeps.
I do have the Sioux finishing 5th, because UMD has a more difficult remaining schedule, and I think they'll continue to face a multitude of PP's, given the cheap after the whistle stuff they insist on doing. But, to do that, the Sioux must sweep Mankato at home and SCSU/UAA on the road. CC demolished UAA over the weekend, seems that Lawson has lost his luster, giving up 13 in two games. The Sioux must do the same.
WCHA Final
Team GP Pts
UMN 28 44
CC 28 42
Denver 28 40
UW 28 38
UND 28 37
UMD 28 30
Mankato 28 15
SCSU 28 14
AA 28 14
MTech 28 6