MafiaMan

Right! Good grief...thanks for comin' out, Buffs!

Bye bye Buckeyes!

LOL...a break in the action and a B10 Network live shot from outside the arena...I count seven fans hanging around...five of them wearing Sioux jerseys!

Sorry, what was that again? I fell asleep in my recliner.

Usually they do...they used to show up in droves at Joe Louis Arena.

I figured it'd be bad...but WOW!

Did you send along an autographed scorecard?

Boy, I don't know if the lower bowl has more than 100 fans in it!

Electric atmosphere at the X for the start of Michigan/Penn State! I haven't seen this much buzz in a tournament since the North Star Challenge Cup!

The Red Wings will get it together by then. Ok, no, they won't. But the Flyers might!

And I'm sure that that would really be a burr in the saddle of the cow college, wouldn't it? Kinda like Michigan State being able to brag about winning the Big 10 Conference Tournament as they watch the Michigan Wolverines cut down the nets at the Final Four.

And that's essentially the points I've been trying to make. Nobody should be happy with a 15-15 regular season finish - win over the Bison be damned.

Great! Can' wait to get these items listed on eBay!

Agree 100%. For the record, Dagger, I did tune in to both the NDSU/IPFW and UND/Weber State games.

Spare me, please. Not that I need to justify myself to you, but I will anyways...grew up in SW North Dakota...dad and two sisters attended NDSU and I attended UND. As a kid, I watched the '83, '85, and '86 football championship games on TV with my dad. Also watched the snow-bowl game against UND. Cried when Troy State kicked a field goal with no time remaining to beat the Bison in the '84 championship game. Wound up in Grand Forks at college and attended more than my share of women's and men's basketball games. And boo'd the hell out of NDSU when they came to town - regardless of the sport. Just because I'm not a total green-and-white homer doesn't make me a Bison fan. And just because I don't toe the party line that fellow comrades here spew out about the state of NDSU football and men's basketball compared with UND doesn't make me a fan of Fargo or the Bison at all. But you've got to be kidding yourself if you or others think UND men's basketball had the more successful season compared with NDSU based on one rivalry game.

Gonna get skewered for this but anyone still want to claim the Summit is an especially bad conference compared to the Big Sky? I realize injuries were a big factor in the Omaha game, but North Dakota got absolutely worked by the 6th place Summit team. Stunned Bison fans haven't been over here already to point that out.

I think the 1998 Final Five had TREMENDOUS representation from Badger fans...that's the last one I can recall where the arena was a sea of red. Of course, that arena was the Bradley Center in Milwaukee...

Dislike x 100. '97 Frozen Four reception at the hotel after the win over BU...the players walk in...one guy blurts out "SIOUX YEA YEA" and the hundreds of fans crammed into the welcoming room all replied back "YEA SIOUX SIOUX". The players were grinning ear to ear...gave Peter Armbrust a high five...yea...the era before knuckle bumps.

First HALF? That's the last four months of the season! Throw out that 5-0 start and the 5 November wins that included Michigan Tech (2), Nebraska Omaha, Niagara, and Ohio State and what do you have? MEDIOCRE! The flaw of the pairwise is that no consideration is given for being hot recently. I'm glad you give Michigan so much credit for how well they were playing 5-6 months ago. The Wolverines are who I think they are!' 17-5-1 since December 1st 9-11-3 since December 1st Pairwise notwithstanding, who would YOU rather be, assuming both teams were going to make the NCAA's?

Agree on the spelling chants save for MTU fans spelling out "technological". Pure awesomeness.

Split with Alaska-Anchorage - winning by one goal...beat Northern Michigan by a goal and tied Lake Superior State...split with Miami...beat Alabama-Huntsville by one goal...beat CC in OT...got rolled by BC and BU... Yea...those Badgers would have steamrolled the NCHC... Go Sioux! Beat Miami!

Picked that comment to reply to but missed my post about Michigan's performance over the past four months? Nice.

Couldn't agree more!

Yea, totally creepy.

The owners asked me if Mr and Mrs Siouxman were coming again this year. When told "yes," they let me know that extra security would be provided for this event.