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Any audio on this one? I can't pull anything up ... EDIT: http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/wmsr/listen.html Miami student radio. Should be interesting.

Sure. However, who you can get is dictated by money and tradition ... Their NC schedule is a lot of low ranked teams, to be sure: Vermont (2) #24 power rating RPI (2) #44 Canisius (2) #51 St Cloud #20 Ohio State #47

Final in Houghton 4-1 Evil Red Empire Dynasty.

1. UND 2. CC 3. DU 4. Michigan 5. New Hampshire 6. BC 7. Miami 8. Mankato 9. UMD 10. tie between St Cloud, MN, WI, UAA and Tech.

Thanks, I needed that. I really am happy for them; the CCHA has been boring for 25 years (except when Lake State was competitive). I guess youth is lost on the young.

... ooooooohhhhhhh Another Saturday here from the state of hockey, I got no nap in 'cause its on all day A Fabian scored the goal for Roseau That's all I got to-o-o say.

Nice matchup of #4 vs #7.

Berezan ... OOOH cool. Perry was impossible to knock off the puck, one of the strongest Sioux in the corners ever (or at least in the 33 years I've been watching).

As of right now, it is the difference. ARGH.

Halfway through the second in Houghton, Wisconsin leads 2-1. The Winter Carnival effect will come through for the Huskies. free audio link at www.pasty.net (93.5 MTU sports on the left hand sidebar)

Strength of schedule is definitely coming into play - the winning percentages of top WCHA teams are lower than others, but their SOS (opponents winning percentage and opponents' opponents winning percentage) are what raises us up. In other words, all those nonconference wins for WCHA. Stickboy, you are correct. My point was that we need to beat these teams on RPI if we are to have a chance at getting the Pairwise comparisons to flip. If our RPI is high enough, AND they lose a few games, then we can get a #1 seed.

So as of Saturday AM, we're sitting T-5th in the Pairwise. I think we have a great chance to get a #1 seed. In fact, my preferred scenario is for CC to get a #1 seed AND UND to get a #1. That way we don't get to face CC on their home ice where they are unbeaten. Send UND anywhere else, PLEASE. Also on my wish list is for Wisconsin to not qualify OR qualify as a #4 if the Sioux are a #1 - that way we won't get sent to Madison to play the Badgers on their home ice. Here's one man's opinion of what has to happen for UND to get a #1 seed: 1) Raise the RPI to over .59. For that to happen, UND needs to win 7 of 8 remaining regular season (6 of those at home!), win the 1st round WCHA, and win a game at the WCHA FF. Using the SS.com calculations (thanks guys!) and my basic excel skills, that gets us to .59. 2) New Hampshire needs to lose. A) Either drop 2 to BC, or B) lose a couple other games. If they were to lose too much, it would HURT the Sioux because we played them twice and all their wins give us points. 3) We need to sweep Denver, OR they need to lose a couple other games. (We're narrowly ahead today.) There's lot of other possibilities for getting a #1, but that is the most likely. 4) Alternatively, even if Denver wins, we may pass Miami if they lose 2 games of their remaining. Their RPI plummets if they lose to a CCHA cupcake like Western Michigan. 5) OR, if Michigan were to lose tonight and get swept by Michigan State, that would drop them below UND. (If they 6) If UND were to play CC in the WCHA's, that would be critical because it gives us a chance to flip that comparison that is otherwise out of reach.

Like being an oxymoron, without the oxy ...

Final: CC 5 SCSU 3

Oh yeah! Michigan is now atop the CCHA standings. That's like: * being the tallest player in an under-six-feet basketball league. * being the fastest reader in the slow reading group. * feel free to add your own.

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure: "You killed Ted, you medieval dickweed!"

Dang!!! The Sioux are back to a #2 seed. At least we'd get to play in Worcester.

Oh, definitely.

Final in Mantanko 3-1.

FIGHT!!!FIGHT!!!FIGHT!!!FIGHT!!!FIGHT!!!FIGHT!!!FIGHT!!! Oh never mind. Gopher announcers just peed their pants. Susie Bickel gets coincidental roughing with a pio

Could be worse. I'm listening to the Huskies and Gophers.

Is there any way that BOTH Denver and Gophers can lose tonight? You know the Gophers are struggling when their own announcers start ripping on them. Of course the ref still gets ripped more.

It is very VERY tight. The TUC cliff may decide who gets in ... Gophers have sucked for a long time and still made it in.