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I think you have to put the blame on the X. They will still host the Big Ten, so they have incentive to push that tourney. There is no such relationship with the NCHC.

Being a Carolina fan I still have nightmares about Harold "The Show" Arceneaux. Weber St. is definitely a worthy program and the class of the Big Sky. Montana has been strong recently and I remember they were a 16 seed in 1991 and got crushed a then-undefeated UNLV team. I also remember some pretty solid Montana State teams in the mid-80s. They had a guy named Kral Ferch who was an incredible dunker.

Congrats to Williston State for winning the Junior College National Championship. It's the first National title in school history and comes in only the second year for the program. Good exposure for the game in western North Dakota.

Fewer conference games is a must in getting more teams into the NCAAs. The Pairwise is based on non-conference action. If the NCHC can tear it up in non-conference they should be able to get four teams in the tourney, and on a rare occasion maybe five (and in down years three). Ideally UND would work with Bemidji to get two teams to come in playing one team one night, then switching opponents. Getting more opponents is also helpful for the pairwise. Hopefully there is someone in the league office that reallly understands the nuances of PWR and is working with teams to schedule in a way that can maximize the league's chances of getting teams into the NCAA tourney. Several mid-major basketball conferences have been able to do it to create and sustain a level of success.

Still in 8th in the pairwise, but it's definitely a must to sweep Mankato and beat Bucky to have a shot at an at large bid. Also have to hope for no upsets in the tourneys.

UND women lose in a shootout and settle for #3 seed in WCHA playoffs.

UM-D wins the shootout. UND falls to the #3 seed.

Going to OT. UND needs win or shootout win to get #2 seed, Bulldogs need win or shootout win for #4 and home ice against Ohio State.

Sioux on power play with less than 2 minutes in game two against UMD tied 2-2. UND needs a win or shootout win to hold on to the #2 seed.

Anyone else having problems with UNO webcast. It crashed on me. Not a computer problems as I can get the Big Sky indoor track that is also on American One.

Hate the dump and chase on the power play. Need to keep puck possession.

GUTTY WIN!

Anderson needs to hit the free throws and this one is already over.

Think you have to go to Huff or Wilmer.

UND up 63-61 with 18.7 left. Need to play good D here.

I hate that they concede the rebound on free throws late.

horrible call on the travel against Webb. UND just needs to be composed the rest of the way,

Idaho State blowing out Montana St., so UND could likely sole possession of 4th at worst after tonight. Weber also up big on Montana, so the race for the top seed could go down to the wire.

Good result but ugly ending. We've been doing it all year, but I hate just conceding a rebound at the line late in games, especially when you know the guy is a poor free throw shooter.

Maybe this will encourage more high quality inter-regional FCS matchups.

That's why you add Denver too, so it's 14 football and 14 basketball/other sports. Travel partners UND-NDSU UM-MSU DU-UNC SAC-PSU SUU-NAU UI-EWU ISU-WSU The Dakota trip would be one of the easiest, along with DU-UNC.

Would be nice if we can schedule the return game to coincide with a home hockey series against the Mavs.

A few games of interest that made the TV schedule Fri, Feb 22 7 p.m. North Dakota State at Akron ESPN2 / WatchESPN Sat, Feb 23 3 p.m. Montana at Davidson ESPNU / WatchESPN 8 p.m. South Dakota State at Murray State ESPN2 / WatchESPN Denver at Northern Iowa ESPN3

I'd say the most likely candidate is UNO. Other possibilities I could see would be Drake, Loyola, UIC and Northern Illinois.

I'd concur on the NAU announcer. He was outstanding, very knowledgeable and quite complimentary of UND. This is what Midco needs to be shooting for. The webcast was high caliber. And that was a hell of an entertaining game. Huff was great as was that Rogers kid for NAU. Should be a fun rematch in Grand Forks.