jimdahl

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

God Bless The Capitals' Party Dummies For Partying Harder Than Any Team Is Allowed To Ever Again Lets. Go. CAPS.

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.

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.

I love these stories Man of the people: T.J. Oshie rides Metro again, then is one of Capitals’ heroes in Game 4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/man-of-the-people-tj-oshie-rides-metro-again-then-is-one-of-capitals-heroes-in-game-4/2018/06/05/79db1fe0-6817-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1_story.html?utm_term=.84e1b6ee0fa6

Yeah.

As expected, 01grad wins! http://siouxsports.com/hockey/bracketleaders.php

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

Definitely some Western bias in the picks... a lot of love for Denver, a 2-seed, and very little for Cornell.

I dunno, Schloss has a forum account, no one's stopping him from submitting! (Ok, I guess I am, it's too late now)

Haha, good call. The season ends in a win and people still complain about the score staying up

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

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.

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!

Haha, you know, it occurred to me on like Tuesday afternoon (completely slipped my mind last weekend), but then the lack of complaint led me not to put in the effort. Let me see what I can do.

Please drop the discussion of the personal lives of non-public figures. Thanks.

This article prominently features a bottle of "H-Sioux-O": https://www.fastcodesign.com/90157503/the-fraught-history-of-americas-most-pervasive-brand

This was pretty off-topic... the topic of this thread is NDSU, and taunting UND's performance to distract from that could be considered trolling. We also could have done without the responses to this. Everyone back to NDSU football, please. Thanks!

There should be an arrow to the far right of the green bar that you can click on to re-expand it.

A "UND Athletic Department" forum would be obvious and easy enough. Is there really enough traffic to justify it, would it be better to rebrand "Other Sports" as "Athletic Department and Other Sports", or do you think this is a situation where the creation of the forum will drive additional discussion on those topics? I'm less sure about the other. The basic idea is to separate UND-related news from other (Grand Forks, North Dakota, and regional) news?