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UNDBIZ and Petey19 take the lead with each having two misses in the first round and both chosen Frozen Four teams correct. But, Petey19 has already lost one of his remaining Frozen Four teams (Northeastern), and there are a lot of people just 1-2 picks behind.
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Oh, and in case anyone's wondering, the 4 people who picked American Int'l are:
SiouxFan100
Brucesky02
Siouxpoib
KooshnitzBut, all missed one other first night game.
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8 hours ago, Big Green said:
all 2 and 3 seeds are mixed up..
Oh, I see what you're saying. They're labeled wrong. My fault for just copying the NCAA brackets where they go 1-4, 3-2 (and I instead assumed 2-3). Given that's just cosmetic, doesn't affect the picks, I'll just see if I can swap the labels around.
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I just finished setting it up, so as usual, check it out and let me know if anything isn't working right or I got any matchups wrong:
https://siouxsports.com/hockey/bracket.php
Who will join the illustrious list of winner below?
2018 01grad
2017 UND-1, Oxbow6, Redneksioux, iluvdebbies, Stms
2016 UND1981 / stack / nhockey30 / ringneck28 / bigskyvikes (UND National Championship year)
2015 WiSioux
2014 johndahl
2013 FSSD/Brainerd Sioux
2012 mj3und
2011 tho0505
2009 Big A HG
2008 willtippen
2007 seanpc03
2006 teamsioux
2005 mynameiscuomo
2004 paul62/BigGreyAnt41/brew003/UP2SKI-
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A couple additional thoughts on UND... UND's PWR position has a couple interesting deviations from following RPI--because we're already winning the comparison against Union, we can't climb a spot by flipping that (UND is below Union in the rankings because we lose the comparison to Canisius, which we can't reverse). So, the three comparisons actually in play are Bowling Green, Notre Dame, and Denver (which UND would flip by winning 2, but not if it takes 3 games!) The path to #15 this weekend is pretty much what everyone else said, I just thought the "why" might interest some.
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15 hours ago, Big A HG said:
The easiest way is usually rooting for any team we've played against all year with the exception of the ones we are fighting for a bubble spot with.
Exactly right. Most important of those two is the teams we're fighting for bubble spots. UND really needs some of #9-#19 to get out of its way (in that group, only Western can't be flipped on RPI), so cheer against them. UND PWR details
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15 hours ago, Godsmack said:
Man, Western dropped like a stone in water the past few weeks! Weren’t they something like 8th in the PWR a few weeks ago going into the CC series?
Western Michigan PWR trend - Were 9th going into CC, but you can't lose 3 of 4 when you're 9th and expect to stay there.
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Yeah, the thing about UND's position in PWR is that they lose all but 1 of the 12 comparisons above them on the sole basis of RPI, with only ~.02 separating them from #8 (UND RPI details). So, their position is very volatile with different game outcomes. It's still possible to climb toward the bubble (e.g. #15-16) with a pair of wins this weekend, but it will also take some luck on other outcomes.
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On 9/19/2018 at 4:20 PM, Siouxperfan7 said:
Wondering why the football standings have teams with conference wins and loses? The conference schedule doesn't start until this week. Those games played between Big Sky schools are technically non conference games. they don't count toward the official conference record. Including them will mess up the standings to what they actually are.
Got it. Two things made this year challenging for the score scrapers that have worked well for the last 5 years or so--1) UND's quasi-Big Sky status resulted in the Big Sky schedule only containing games vs. Big Sky opponents, forcing me to scramble for other data sources; 2) Big Sky changed their web site to reformat the way they present result.
Both issues were affecting the standings. I previously checked to make sure both teams were conference members before allowing a game to count toward conference stats, which doesn't work with games vs. UND this year; and the revised data format resulted in me not properly capturing Big Sky's indicator of which games count as conference games.
I think it's all fixed now, but continue to let me know of problems. Thanks!
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God Bless The Capitals' Party Dummies For Partying Harder Than Any Team Is Allowed To Ever Again
QuoteYes. The Washington Post reports that the Drunkington Sloppitals invented a Cup tradition so joyously dumb that it’s never allowed to happen again.
Lets. Go. CAPS.
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18 minutes ago, MoSiouxFan said:
Why does it look like most of the threads are in Chinese or some gobbledygook? I have had this problem for a couple of days now.
Thanks.
Yeah, the spam seemed to be in Chinese or some such other language. It should all be removed from the forum at this point. I notice that the removed spam posts do still show up on the feed of the front page of the site, I'll see if I can do something about that.
UPDATE - Ok, I think all traces of the spam are gone. Let me know if otherwise.
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FYI - in response to the recent uptick in spam, I've changed it so new accounts have to be manually approved. For prospective new members, sorry, this will create a delay between when you register and when you can begin posting. I hope to switch it back to an automated registration system once the spam problem dies down.
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I love these stories
Man of the people: T.J. Oshie rides Metro again, then is one of Capitals’ heroes in Game 4
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With one game remaining, it looks like andTheHomeofTheSioux!!! wins if Notre Dame does (though jimdahl ties for second!), or 01grad wins if Duluth does.
http://siouxsports.com/hockey/bracketleaders.php
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Definitely some Western bias in the picks... a lot of love for Denver, a 2-seed, and very little for Cornell.
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6 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
Is someone < cough Jim cough > going to enter picks from "The Schloss" and "The Coin" here so we can see how poorly they do against us-here genie-us-es?
I dunno, Schloss has a forum account, no one's stopping him from submitting! (Ok, I guess I am, it's too late now)
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3 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Just look at the UMD game. We won!
Haha, good call. The season ends in a win and people still complain about the score staying up
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With an unusually short window of just about 24 hours (sorry!) and the first time in the history of the bracket challenge that UND isn't in the field, it should be interesting. Let's see what happens!
http://siouxsports.com/hockey/bracket.php
Who will join the illustrious list below?
2017 UND-1 / Oxbow6 / Redneksioux / iluvdebbies / Stms
2016 UND1981 / stack / nhockey30 / ringneck28 / bigskyvikes (UND National Championship year)
2015 WiSioux
2014 johndahl
2013 FSSD/Brainerd Sioux
2012 mj3und
2011 tho0505
2009 Big A HG
2008 willtippen
2007 seanpc03
2006 teamsioux
2005 mynameiscuomo
2004 paul62/BigGreyAnt41/brew003/UP2SKI-
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55 minutes ago, cberkas said:
It’s not showing who you selected, just has the arrow drop down. Once you click on the arrow drop down it has the one you selected. I am using my phone if that matters.
Edit: if I turn my phone side ways it shows who I selected in the drop downs.
Yeah, that's just a width/display issue. That's one of the few pages on the site I haven't rewritten to be phone-friendlier because I only trot it out once a year.
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Ok, I whipped this one up FAST. I tested it a bit, but please let me know if you find any problems. I'll post it more broadly in an hour or so if there are no problems:
http://siouxsports.com/hockey/bracket.php
Though we're only going to have about one day of entries, it will be interesting to see how it goes in the first UND-less year!
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Goodbye to a SiouxSports Friend * Godspeed, sprig
in Men's Hockey
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Thanks for posting this. I didn't know Tim personally, but certainly knew @sprig, the loyal Sioux fan and a pillar of the SiouxSports community. He was one of the original members, back in 2001, and has been a consistent and prolific presence in the community, liked by all.
He will be missed.