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Not so sure. The B Boys is definitely the crown jewel, and even that isn't what it was 20-25 years ago. Hockey skews heavily east, and Class A only has interest when there is the rare elite D1 super prospect. Girls were better off in the fall when they had the spotlight, but that ship has sailed. I doubt splitting would make much if any more money, and at least with the current set up the tournaments can all promote each other. with 4 straight weekends.

Playing 3 on 3 OT is stupid. Go back to 2 points for a win and 1 for a tie, with a regular 5x5 OT.

UNO has given up a number of awful turnovers. We could easily have 7 or 8 goals.

Better be 5-2 after 2

That should be 5

And next week they'll get the chance.

Unbelievable

Bulldog loss to Miami putting them into bubble territory.

Bummer for Sanderson. Sure looks like USA could have used him.

Pitiful power play was costly. Should have put that game away.

I'm cautiously optimistic that CAS reinstates the ban. That said, I won't be surprised if this is similar to the East German doping and athletes may not have known, especially minors.

Hoping Salt Lake gets 2030. They are the ideal host, facilities are great and in relatively compact area and snow is real.

All curling athletes are like that I think. A highlight of Salt Lake was hanging out with the teams afterward. There was a curling hospitality club right next to the venue and you could drink and talk with the teams. We spent a lot of time with the Canadians and the Swedes. I had similar experiences at the World Championships in Bismarck and Grand Forks.

How can they not at least interview Eric Bieniemy? Baffling.

I thought Warthogs would be decent. Alliterative and easily shortened to the 'Hogs and aligned with their period of success.

If that's burning bridges, then Montana has pretty thin skin. Kid was a walk on at Montana and earned first team All America honors and is now on scholarship at Nebraska. In looking at his actual twitter he's hugely complimentary of his teammates at UM. Even that facebook post has a response questioning the legitimacy of that tweet, since it was a screenshot and not linked.

Or the success level from the coach creates a level of excitement in the program that you also get good outside candidates. Promoting from within is good for morale, but I think UND at times has been too focused on internal ties and not on who might be the best person for the job.

Hockey is a jumping stone as well, just to the NHL.

Agree wholeheartedly. Follow the money. It's why I laugh when i hear people suggest any school would leave the Big Ten for the SEC. Football money is peanuts compared to the research dollars.

An actual fan would know would conference UND plays in, that's a marketing and promotions problem and I won't even touch that, as it goes at least as long as we have been in Division I. College hockey exists of almost entirely single sport conferences. UND is in what is by far the besct one, and I'm not sure why you want to ruin that. Football is the best path to stability in the Summit.

Lots of moving parts in that scenario. Still not sure why Miami and Western willingly go to to a weaker conference just for the sake of travel. Adding Augie, St. Thomas and potentially UMKC goes against most of what the NCHC was established on. All indications are that USD and SDSU are not at all keen on admitting Augie to the Summit. And how would the other Dakota 4 feel about the conference putting priority on hockey. In a vacuum in might make a little sense, but it goes against the interests and goals of a lot of entities. The NCHC is having another banner year in terms of team success, not sure why their so many seem to want to shake up the membership. Only foreseeable change that makes sense to me would be adding Arizona St.

Western clearly wants to be in the NCHC. They have committed to the program and been a solid and competitive member. Not sure why people are trying to send them packing. Their and Miami's presence also contributes to the theory behind the league name. Again, I'd like to see St. Thomas contribute something other than being located in twin cities metro. Certainly in no hurry to see them in the NCHC.

At the game it was jarring at first, but I think I liked it.

I briefly considered that, but attendance would have to be very poor (I'm pretty sure at least the South Dakota schools would vigorously oppose this). I'm sure local restaurants and bars also appreciate the additional game nights and it's an additional opportunity to get out for a night, even if for a shorter time. Double headers are probably preferable for the hoops junkies, but single games for the casual fan.

Doubleheaders means fewer tickets, and probably less game day revenue with fewer overall days. Rather than a preseason tournament maybe Summit League showcase events at the Target Center, Ball Center and Sprint Center, that would bring together three or four Summit teams and three or four non-conference teams for a Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Sunday, so each school gets a couple of quality non-conference games, fans can make it a hoops weekend and you get a little presence in big recruiting and media markets.