MafiaMan

And how would a Friday afternoon game involving the Gophers vs Denver or CC looked? 15,000 at best. I have PLENTY of Gopher friends who wouldn't bother using three to five hours of vacation time to see a 2:00pm Friday afternoon game. Luckily for them, they never had to bother filling out a vacation request form like I have had to do every spring to see their team play.

Pure fiction!

The 7:00 pm game-slot is all about being able to showcase your team to the Twin Cities TV market - in layman's terms, potential college recruits. Giving Minnesota the prime-time game under the guise of "boosting attendance" was a farce. How many high school kids were home skipping school watching those Friday afternoon games? None. For that reason alone, I think the #1 seed should have the prime-time slot - they earned it. I think its even MORE important now given that North Dakota (and one could argue, the entire NCHC) is out-of-sight-out-of-mind in the TC market entirely thanks to the B10 and the local media.

I would hope that the NCHC keeps the highest-remaining seed left after the 1st round in the Friday evening game - and that the so-called "Gopher rule" that many Sioux fans (myself included) have ridiculed over the years doesn't become the "Sioux rule," which UND fans suddenly defend.

Denver at UNO tomorrow night! Playoffs? You're talking about the playoffs?

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Jim Roque is Laker hockey...really too bad he couldn't get things turned around in Sault Ste Marie. I hope they find the right man for the job and get that program back on the college hockey map soon.

As opposed to trying to defend the strength of the Big Sky Conference, justify a loss to a team on a 26 game losing streak, and claim that a .500 record is exactly where fans thought this team would be this season...

Great rebuttal.

Jim Nantz: "...and it's a final! The North Dakota State Bison are on their way to the Final Four after beating Duke 63-61! Unbelievable!" SiouxSports.com: "Wait a second...we beat NDSU! We're better!"

Not a surprise...RPI upset at home in three games...cue the departures.

Great logic...so if Tampa Bay had been able to hold onto a 20+ point lead against the Seahawks this season, they could have had bragging rights as the better team. Riiiiiiight.

My post was tongue-in-cheek after comments earlier this season from folks who felt the end-game was simply beating NDSU. If UND is eliminated before the NCAA's or even if it is a one-and-done team, I don't think there can be any argument over who had the better season based on overall record.

Them why were you so upset after last Saturday's loss?

I agree that the regular season title carries more weight but would still like to see banners for each individual playoff title. Interesting discussion in terms of where folks rank things...

But UND beat NDSU head to head and that's all that matters, right?

OK, you crazy little glue sniffer...I guarantee it! Redhawks in 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEB7WbTTlu4

I always thought conference tournaments were important too. Interesting that NCAA and WCHA regular season championships get their own separate banner in REA while the conference tournament championships are all listed on one banner tucked into a corner of the arena.

I believe the saying appears on the '97 team NCAA championship rings. Great memories of that Frozen Four, especially when the final horn sounded and a guy about 20 rows up behind the Sioux net hoists up a giant sign that said: I JUST PEED MY PANTS

That Mount St Mary's game last night is the reason why watching the conference tournaments is so much fun. They were blown out by Robert Morris twice this season but made a run to the tournament championship to play the Colonials, where they absolutely throttled them in front of their own crowd. I think RM was expecting a conference tournament coronation - instead, they got a whoopin'.

Loved going to men's and women's games there...good times.

To hell with the WCHA...anyone...amd I mean ANYONE but Minnesota this season. Please!

Et tu, brute.

It's all about match-ups, Goon, and I like the way Miami matches up with SCSU.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that the team with the record of 24-6, should they make it 25-6, couldn't care less about a loss to UND earlier this season.