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The selection show is on ESPN, at 5:00 CST. The Sioux going east seems to be the conventional wisdom right now. If by some quirk of fate Minnesota wins the Final 5, CC could get shipped to Ann Arbor, with UND getting the #3 seed at MaryHoochie.

The Sioux got outplayed big time in the third period, and deserved to lose. The silver lining is, they're goin' to the dance anyway.

Call me old-fashioned, but I always liked the old reading the newspaper routine (I thought I saw a few students doing this at the DU series). However, to make this effective you need to achieve critical mass.

Bertibm: As a Sioux fan and a frequent lurker on POI, I disagree. Pro-UND posters have been virtually non-existent since..oh..about January. Whether that's a by-product of the Sioux-Gophers only playing once, a reflection of the standings, fallout from the U2Bad fiasco, or some other phenomena, your guess is as good as mine. BTW...Congratulations to Vanek. Either player would have been a great choice.

Here's a new Pairwise play toy, brought to you by USCHO. It's entitled "You Are the Committee". It even allows us to speculate on the mysterious "quality win" weighting. Combine this with Jim Dahl's WCHA What-If tool, and we might have a Nobel Prize winner. http://www.uscho.com/rankings/yatc.php

These goals probably weren't the most crucial of the season, but are very memorable, at least in my mind. Let's jump in the way-back machine to the Friday night Niagara game. The Sioux spotted them a 2-0 lead with a lackluster, flat first period. Uh-oh, this looks familiar. Same s@#t, different season. Time for someone to step up. Enter seniors Spiewak and Notermann. Those two short-handed goals 14 seconds apart set the tone for the night, the series, and arguably the long homestand that followed. When Notermann potted that second goal, the student section lifted the lid off that place!

Agreed. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the field is reseeded for the Final 5. The Sioux would get bumped up to a Friday night tilt against the Gophers, with Wisco and Duluth in the play-in. I knew there was a reason we gave a s&*t about fourth place! Predictions: All home teams advance, with Duluth and the Sioux needing Sunday night to do it, and the RubeIdiot pulls into the garage in the Twin Cities roughly 2 a.m Monday morning with little or no voice left.

Well, folks......After the events over the weekend, I thought it might be interesting to bump this thread back up. To quote Mr. Sakamoto from "Gung Ho": "COUNT REVISION!!" CC 28 41 UND 28 36 UMN 28 36 Mankato 28 35 SCSU 28 33 Denver 28 29 UMD 28 29 MTech 28 20 UW 28 15 AA 28 6 Assumptions: Sioux split in Mankato and Madison, and take care of business at REA against the 'dogs. Gophers split with SCCC, Duluth, take 3 points from Denver at home. Stay out of that fourth or fifth spot, and we'll be in good shape.

Internet feed is like bad AM radio tonight. FYI......anyone thinking about switching to the Denver feed, it's a subscription service.

Looks like the Subway Classic is being picked up on MidContinent Cable. Are any of you Sioux fans in the Twin Towns planning on heading to a Senser's location to watch our squad take on the hated Brown Bears?