keikla
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I said it last weekend, but I think Omaha would be an excellent site. It's easy for all the CO, NE, ND, and MN schools to get there. That arena seats like 16,000 people, and it'd technically be a neutral site because Omaha can't seem to make the NCAAs to save their life!
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>winners meet in 'Frozen Four' round on Thursday or Friday, championship on Saturday
...alternatively for Elite Eight games, one could schedule games on Tuesday @noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm, then
have the two Frozen Four games on Thursday, championship on Saturday
While the initial games would likely do much better, asking people to get an entire week off (Mon-Sun including travel) at the last minute for the Elite Eight doesn't seem like it would help attendance.
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It was Easter weekend, folks!
While that's a completely valid reason to miss the regional, it's not like there would have been 5,000+ fans there had it been the weekend prior or after.
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The one concern I have with the conference tournament champion auto-bid process is that we're right back to where we were in 1994 or 1995 with regular-season champion Colorado College staying at home for the NCAA's thanks to a first-round conference tournament playoff loss at home to Michigan Tech. St Cloud was a Michigan or Boston U away from sitting at home for the tournament...and that wouldn't have been right.
I'm a little too young to remember the CC debacle. With regards to SCSU, I agree that it wouldn't seem right to have the WCHA co-champion miss the national tourney, especially considering how good their team is this year. But, if they did miss out, they would only have themselves to blame...split with RIT, swept by UNH, and, most painfully, swept by Northern Michigan. It's one thing to lay an egg for one non-conference series. It's another thing to do it for 3 of them.
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Ha! I overheard a guy at a table next to us explaining how they should expand it to a 64-team field and set it up like basketball. Clearly, he doesn't follow college hockey too closely.
Keeping the conference tourney auto-bids is a way to reward teams for getting hot at the right time (as opposed to teams like UNH who started strong and limped to the finish...). And I think 8 teams would leave too many deserving teams on the outside looking in.
Not that I have a solution for any of it, of course. But something needs to change.
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"Great run so far, kid. Now put your season on the line in an empty arena, on an unsafe playing surface, with a toilet for a locker." - NCAA
General by UNDSID on Apr 5, 2013 10:35:13 AM
Jayson's going on a bit of a rant about it on twitter right now. And so he should. For those who didn't see the picture, Chyzyk's 'locker' was essentially the urinal stall because there wasn't enough space in the lockerroom.
The atmosphere in Grand Rapids was pathetic at best. The Griffins fans (the GR AHL team) in front of us said, "Well, it's a Friday afternoon...did you expect better?" Yes. Yes, we did. Obviously for that specific regional, the NCAA was banking on at least one Michigan team making it. So, let's say that Michigan managed to sneak out the CCHA conference tourney win and take that 4th spot in the regional. Then, Minnesota gets rewarded as the #2 overall seed by playing them in their backyard? Talk about a flawed system...
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Kristo officially signed and heading to Hamilton.
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Crazy to think that SCSU tripled their total number of tourney wins with their impressive showing this weekend.
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I think there's no way Simpson leaves early...he's made it perfectly clear throughout how important education is to him. Forbort is another matter.
Part of me is encouraged by the improvements that Schmaltz made toward the end of the season. But for some reason, a lot of defensemen seem to have sophomore slumps...Mattson did, and I think I even recall Blood having one, too.
I think Caggiula and St Clair are really going to step it up next year. And with the chemistry on that line, it could develop more into a grind line with a legitimate scoring threat as a opposed to solely a grind line. They generated quite a few chances on Saturday.
I think next year, it will be to our benefit to have two goaltenders with a lot of experience. I just hope Karl helps Zane with playing the puck over the summer.
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I just picked Minnesota winning over BC...I feel dirty.
Well, my bracket is shot this year!
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Not a very impressive showing for the WCHA on Friday. I'd like to think they have a better chance on Saturday, but I doubt it. SCSU might have a shot at getting past Notre Dame, but Mankato will prob just be shocked to be in the national tourney and have ridiculous nerves.
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They probably didn't show this on tv, but when UND came out on the ice for warm ups, the arena announcer said, "Please welcome the North Dakota University Fighting Sioux!!". We all looked at each other and said, "did he just say Fighting Sioux?".
From then on out, he got it corrected to the University of North Dakota. But it was a great 'screw you NC$$' moment!
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Apparently, the city of Grand Rapids has designated specific bars for each fan base. The team-specific bar will have a team flag on the outside, while offering specials to fans in the appropriate gear. The Sioux are at Grand Woods Lounge. I don't think there's an official gathering organized, though.
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Thanks for all the great suggestions, UNDFaninMich. Hopefully I can convince my other travelers to try out a few microbrews.
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I'm fairly certain that I've seen that video clip used for just about every sports situation imaginable. That one was probably my favorite, though.
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I'll be there with Mr and Mrs Siouxman
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Wisconsin is 8-7-3 this season against NCAA tournament teams but clearly are one of the hotest teams in the country right now. Sconi has won 8 of their last 9 games and their last 6 straight.
True. I'm still not counting out Lowell, though, since they won the Hockey East tourney and regular season. That's impressive. That might end of being one of the best games this weekend.
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Quinnipiac is 5-4-1 in they're last 10 games heading into the tournament. Mass Lowell is 1-6-0 against NCAA tournament teams this season.
So you're saying I should go back and pick Wisconsin?
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There are microphones involved? Back when I went, we just talked over each other at the table! This event has really come along!!
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DeKeyser from WMU gone as well...no surprise there, though.
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When is the last time you saw a potential BC vs BU or BC vs UNH match-up in a regional final?
But North Dakota vs Denver or North Dakota vs Minnesota? You can take that one to the bank almost every year.
Must have been the year that the Sioux spanked them both to go to the Frozen Four
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they also think that all the minnesota fans will be pulling for them like we did for holy cross in 2006. what a shock minny fans cheering against und. big difference is that in 2006 there were 12,000 people in the building this weekend there will be 600. oh wait und will boost attendence there will be 608 people.
Just like we are all instantaneously Yale fans now.
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I just picked Minnesota winning over BC...I feel dirty.
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Niagara forum.. http://www.niagarasp...wforum.php?f=17
Thanks for sharing. What I learned from that site:
1) CC means Canisius...took me a minute to figure that one out
2) Most of the fans would love to trade places with CC and play Quinnipiac instead.
3) They expect the team to come out ready to play given the embarrassing loss to CC in the AHA tourney.
4) They speculate that goaltending is our biggest weakness.
Gwoz resigns
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Blasi made mention today on Twitter how much he's loved his time at Miami and that he hopes to have a long career there...so, no DU for him.
Even without the conference shake-up, this year seems more volatile than most with coaching changes. Parker leaves BU, Shyiak gets sacked (no surprise there), and Gwoz gets canned. And I'm sure we're not done for the season (Maine...we're looking at you).