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Jim, you are right and I should have pointed out the discrepancy, as I saw they are showing Denver ahead of Michigan right now. But, when Adam does his pre-announcement picks, he clearly knows it and that's why his predicted brackets have been right and USCHO's have not. Also in Adam's defense, his analysis of the status of the rankings is more useful that a "snapshot" of what the bracket would be right now. There are generally a few teams that are almost locked into a PWR position and therefore safe, while there are others that have a seemingly good PWR position but are hanging on to several comparisons by a thread. I personally like to know which of those teams are the latter. I'm enough of a stats geek to look at it myself, but I think Adam does a great job of analyzing it for those that can't/don't want to.

Adam Wodon has written a couple of articles in the past clarifying this. Pairwise ties are broken by RPI. It was demonstrated on a three way tie between Maine, UMass and St. Lawrence in 2007. The same held true in 2008 on a tie break between Denver and BC. USCHO's belief otherwise is part of why Jason Moy has not correctly picked the final bracket in recent years. http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2007...8_final2007.php http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/24_outof.php

I'm surprised the computer says the chances are so low of moving with a sweep of the Badgers. A sweep will almost certainly flip the comparison against Denver, since the Pios only have one game and will fall behind in RPI. Also if Vermont and New Hampshire split or if UNH takes three points, I think that will allow the Sioux to pass UVM in RPI and flip that comparison, but prevent UNH from overtaking us in RPI. The ECAC and CCHA contenders are all off, so RPI changes should not be significant with them and at this point RPI moves are what will be flipping most comparisons. IF UND flips the Vermont and Denver comparisons, they would likely be at #4 and the final #1 seed. Sioux fans should be cheering hard for Michigan State now. If they win this weekend, they would play either Michigan or Notre Dame next weekend. If they could ride Jeff Lerg to an upset series win over either of those teams, the Sioux could flip that comparison as well.

Yep UND is up to #7 and if the season ended today I'd guess the brackets would go like this. Of course, luckily it doesn't and UND can continue to move up with victories. Bridgeport 2 Notre Dame 15 Air Force 7 UND 9 Yale Minneapolis 4 Denver 14 Ohio State 5 Northeastern 12 Princeton Manchester 1 BU 16 Bemidji 8 New Hampshire 10 Cornell Grand Rapids 3 Michigan 13 Minnesota Duluth 6 Vermont 11 Miami

Great ending for Senior Day. It looks like they are showing Martens' video that was on Brad Miller Time this week.

UNH wins 1-0

BC ties it up 3-3

UNH Merrimack scoreless midway thru the first. Wildcats look a little listless on senior night. And now UNH score 1-0, on their second shot of the game. 6:00 to go in the first.

yep

great interview with Lefty Curran. Gotta love him, a class act.

Natalie Nicholson is the lead for the team that will represent the USA in Vancouver. Congrats to her. Team USA should have a decent shot at medaling. http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/arti...653/group/home/

I guess since we scored, now we are allowed to have sound of the webcast.

love the shout out from steady eddie

What is also interesting is that UND is above Bakersfield, who was a serious power at the DII level. Coach Sampaio has done a great job. While there is very little chance, I'd love to see UND do everything possible to get Dagny Knutson. She would put the program on the map and could potentially be the greatest athlete to ever dawn Sioux green. There are very few North Dakotans would can be considered very realistic Olympic gold medal threats and Knutson is one of them. It would be great to keep her at home. Having here would also likely really help international recruiting, where we have done quite well in the past. Q&A with Knutson

Playing in Texas and California makes sense, that's where the players are and they can't all go to Texas and USC. Focusing west makes a lot of sense, especially as teams continue to drop like flies in those areas. That's one concern about the Great West. I think both UC-Davis and Cal Poly will likely move to FBS to rationalize the expense of football in California's economic climate. Sac. St. just seems like a program that will eventually be dropped. That will essentially eliminate small college football in the state. Several Big Sky schools also have football programs that may be in precarious positions positions. You could see a potential domino effect of UC-Davis and Cal Poly to the WAC Sac. St., Portland State and Northern Arizona to the Big West (dropping football for financial reasons) Denver, Southern Utah, UND, USD to Big Sky Big Sky would then have the enviable 10-9 format allowing for four home and away games in football each year. Travel partners would be Weber - SUU UND-USD UNC-Denver EWU-Idaho St Montana-Montana St. There's certainly not a high likelihood of all that going down, but for the most part it is pretty reasonable. And for now looking west makes sense because we are playing in a western league. Also just as important, we are marketing the school and there are a ton of students to be hooked out west, and with North Dakota's stagnant to declining youth population that is another concern.

Mavs win it in OT!! Woohoo!!!!!

6-3 BU Stick a fork in UMass

And now it's 5-3 Terriers. Shades of the 1997 Championship game. Natural hatty for Jason Lawrence.

bu closes to within 3-2 on another PPG. And now they tie it up at 3. 2:30 left in the 2nd

PPG BU 3-1 UMass 13:30 left in 2nd

3-0 UMass a minute into the 2nd. BU looks lethargic and UMass really buzzing

2-0 UMass

UMass just scored 1-0 vs BU

Another missed opportunity is Canada. And this is where the lack of leadership in the WCHA Commissioners office is so obvious. Hockey East now has a TV deal with Rogers Sportsnet putting games on in Atlantic Canada. UND should look to do something similar with the Sportsnet branch that serves Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. This would be a huge recruiting coup, as Canadian players could be watched by their friends and families. If Denver, CC, UND and UAA partnered to create a weekly package you might be able to get both Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific to pick it up.

It makes a ton of sense. I'd love to see FSSN do a deal with the YES network for UND hockey. The gold standard college hockey program aligning with the gold standard of pro sports. It would be a perfect complement since the hockey and baseball seasons mirror almost perfectly. Even if they only got $1 and a few ad spots a game, the coverage alone would absolutely be worth it. REA could even align with that food service deal that the Cowboys and Yankees have put together. Why not bring together the finest hockey, football and baseball facilities on the planet.