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I think that's a real sharp looking sweater. The off white/cream color makes all the difference. My only suggestion would be to go with interlocking ND on one shoulder and an outline map of the state on the other, possibly with a small star marking Grand Forks.

ESPN Gamecast also available. Scores from other CIT games show up at the bottom. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/gamecast?gameId=320742181

Yes to webcast http://www.b2livetv.com/partner_home.asp All the tourney games are available for free. If you signed up for it last year, it will still be there. I just found it on my account. The quality was decent last year (streaming wise, the video was from the Air Force jumbotron, so you saw replays rather than live action at times), and it has a PIP feature, so you can watch three other games simultaneously.

playoffstatus.com It's a cool site. They seem to use their own ratings on determining if teams are sure things or not. It doesn't always match PairWise.

Here is the bracket. UND got no love in the seeding, probably due to the general weakness of the Great West. http://www.womensbasketballinvitational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012Bracket.pdf On the tourney web site it says higher seeds always host, so I'm not sure a bid was even possible. Looking at the bracket, it would be awesome to see a North Dakota-Minnesota final.

I was surprised Weber didn't make the NIT. I would say they have to be one of the favorites in the CIT.

I see us taking out St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Duluth in order to win another Broadmoor, and coupled with the sweep of the Beavers, the DQ Cup as well.

The following CIT games have been announced online by schools or local media, but won't be official until tomorrow night. There could be a change or two, but I'd guess most will happen. North Dakota at Drake Yale at Fairfield Manhattan at Albany Tennessee Tech at Georgia State Rice at Louisiana Coastal Carolina at Old Dominion Kent State at South Carolina Upstate Tennessee State at Mercer Robert Morris at Indiana State No Western matchups yet - A few of the teams that might be in the mix are Portland State, Utah State, Cal Poly, UC Santa Barbara, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wyoming, Idaho and San Francisco.

Sioux to play Drake on either Tuesday or Wednesday. Hope the Sioux faithful can show up in decent numbers in Des Moines.

Need to lay off the threes.

In this conference tourney I'd say about as close to 100% as possible.

UND didn't change it's name to remove the word Agriculture, trying to hide the true mission of the school. If that's not ashamed, I'm not sure what is. Just sayin'

I think regionalism played a part, but I wonder also if BU got a little extra consideration now that Poulin is back. They are a completely different team with her in the lineup, as shown by how they finished the season.

First Round - March 10 1 Wisconsin 7 pm Mercyhurst 4 Boston College Noon St. Lawrence 2 Minnesota 4 pm North Dakota 3 Cornell 1 pm Boston University UND gets a chance to quickly avenge Friday night's loss. They can certainly get this done and do some damage in the tourney.

There needs to be more interleague play in the women's game. The WCHA should cut back to 24 league games. That would allow for more games against eastern teams and help improve the pairwise. But I would never expect the WCHA to do something that would make sense.

Looks like it comes down to the WCHA title game. If the Gophs win, UND should be in, but if the Dogs win, likely on the outside looking in. Still can't believe Wisconsin lost yesterday.

That Murray State-Tennessee State game was a doozy. All the bubble teams have to have sighed with relief when the Racers pulled that one out. Murray State has a decent shot at a 4 seed or so, which is remarkable. This year has really shown the parity that exists in college basketball. Really hope we put the right resources into the program, as there is not reason UND can't achieve that kind of success. Would love to see Phil Jackson get more involved, and perhaps now in retirement that will be possible.

Rough day yesterday for the UND women. UMD's upset of Wisconsin was a backbreaker. Results to hope for today to keep UND in the NCAA tourney Cornell over St. Lawrence Robert Morris over Mercyhurst Minnesota over UM-D Boston College over Boston U. Northeastern over Providence

Maybe not the MVFC, but the Missouri Valley Conference is absolutely an opportunity.

UND sitting a solid #6 in pairwise. A win tomorrow night would really make that top 4 position possible. Other key games Saturday night are Robert Morris vs Mercyhurst and Vermont vs BC. Mercyhurst is barely ahead of UND in the RPI, so a loss by them would be a big help. A Vermont win over BC would flip the common opponents category and position UND to win the comparison with the Eagles. Staying firmly in the top 6 is big as it protects against being bumped by an automatic qualifier, which could happen in either of the Eastern leagues or possibly even Duluth.

Jakobsen wins it with 35 seconds left in OT. HUGE win for the program.

UND going on the PP with 1:15 left in OT against Minnesota. A win here would be huge for NCAA purposes!

Game goes to a shootout, which UND takes 4-3. Bemidji takes out UMD 2-0, locking up #3 for UND and confirming a playoff rematch with the Beavers. I'd say if UND can split with the Gophers they are definitely in the NCAAs, and even if they get swept, as long as they sweep Bemidji they are in pretty good shape. Home ice ( or at least, Fargo ) probably requires a sweep or a WCHA playoff title or a serious collapse by BC and Mercyhurst.

Heading to OT in Game 2 against Mankato. Need to win this one. It locks up the #3 seed and could go a long way toward making and getting a decent seed in the NCAAs. A loss to the last place team would be painful.

I would have liked to see the league go with a 21 game schedule to keep it balanced. For the single games you would have travel pairs of of DU-CC, UND-UNO, SCSU-UMD and Miami-WMU. The Colorado and Minnesota trips could stay on a traditional Friday-Saturday series. For the other two you would likely go Thursday-Saturday or Friday-Sunday. While breaking away from the usual, it would also give some additional TV timeslots for getting more games on CBS College Sports. This also gives you 13 non-conference games to play old rivals and still have room for eastern teams. A larger number of non-conference games also ups the chances of getting more teams into the NCAAs.