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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.

1 minutes left 3-1 mavs

http://siouxsports.com/hockey/rankings/pwr/ Sioux are a #1 seed!!!! For the next 10 minutes anyway! OK, I'm bored.

Fredheim ... http://board.uscho.com/showpost.php?p=3576...mp;postcount=17

Tigers score again - 4-1 early in the second

We get to have it both ways? Ferris wins, thereby proving you both suck. OK by me.

WOW - I guess that pretty much "proves" how good the bottom of the CCHA is. :RME:

Comcast 23 ... normally a shopping channel. Hope hockey gets better ratings (The real explanation is that Comcast is battling Big Ten Network by beaming non-Gopher sports into the Twin Cities to put pressure on BTN.)

OLE!! OLEOLEOLE! OLE! OLEOLEOLE! OLE! Mankato leads UAA 3-1 in the second. You'd think hearing that song once would be enough to get UAA to play defense.

One hint is how pleased The Dasher-Dancing Gwoz was to announce Trotter signed during the season. Lucia's reaction was more real.

Peltier is a medieval dickweed.