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IMO, the Sioux need to play better and play for the complete 60 min if they want to get to the Frozen Four. I was not very impressed with our play against St.Cloud and for the better part of two periods we were getting worked pretty good by MN. Hard to evaluate the Denver game as they had no gas left and were playing with 4 defenseman for most of the game. They should feel good they won the WCHA playoff title but they shouldn't feel too good, they need to step up their play and consistency if they want to be playing after this weekend.

I like that idea.

The Sioux could lose tonight and still get a #1 seed. For that to happen we would need these outcomes: Hockey East Championship game: Boston College defeats Maine. ECAC Championship game: Harvard defeats Union. ECAC Consolation game: Cornell defeats Colgate. CCHA Championship game: Western Michigan defeats Michigan. CCHA Consolation game: Miami defeats Bowling Green. Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Air Force defeats RIT. Denver would be 3 and UND 4. If UND wins tonight with the results the same in the other conferences then UND would be 3 and Denver would fall all the way to 11. Crazy year.

11:55 left 44-39 Sioux

Strange year, the Sioux could finish as high as #2 overall in the pwr or could end up missing the tourny.

That's what I understand. Sioux vs St.Cloud on Thur night.

Denver wins 3-2

heading to ot

4:19 left still 2-2

Denver ties it 2-2 with 17:59 left in the 3rd.

2-1 Wisconsin after 2.

Badgers take the lead 2-1, 7:28 left in 2nd.

DU just tied it 1-1.

wisconsin with a shorty, lead 1-0 with 12:20 left 2nd.

If Wisconsin wins we will be 10th, if Denver wins we will be tied with them for 11th, depends on how the tie is broken. DU wins the comparision with us but we have a higher RPI. The only other game still going is Air Force and UConn. A UConn win will drop Air Force from TUC status, won't make a difference right now but who know down the line (we are 1-0 against AF).

Looks like we will drop to anywhere from 10th to 12th in the pairwise after the games today if the current scores hold up. If Denver wins then 12th is likely.

My best guess: A split will not help us, it will still leave us on the bubble. Losing two will really hurt our chances, making it critical to sweep Mankato and sweep the first round of the WCHA playoffs, and probably win the first game at the xcel. A sweep should put us in good position for the NC$$ tourny. My fear with this years team is that we dug such a hole early that we have not had much room for error. Combined with injuries and a short bench I have a feeling that the team may just run out of gas. It is difficult in any sport playing catch-up all the time, combine that with a depleted roster and it is very difficult to overcome. Right now I would gladly settle for two point this w/e (as much as I hate Denver) and no more injuries.

The contention that Spirit Lakes approval back in 2005/2006 would have granted UND an exemption to the policy is not backed by the NC$$'s own response to the lawsuit UND filed. It may be that the schools that got exemptions from the NC$$ policy did not have any namesake tribes that were vocal opponents of using their nickname, that is what the NC$$ is contending in their legal response. If that is the case then the policy was not applied unfairly, hard to say for sure as there is no written document on how their exemption policy is applied. In UND's case, to blame Spirit Lake for not getting the exemption is unfair and not based on the evidence that I see.

You keep saying that UND only needed one tribe to approve prior to the lawsuit. Please provide some documentation to support that claim. I provided documentation that specifically stated that Standing Rock denial of support was enough for the NC$$ to deny UND's appeal. This was prior to the lawsuit. BTW, what is the standard that the NC$$ is using ? Can anyone find a document from the NC$$ that specifically spells out what is required for namesake approval exemption ? I'm not sure any document exists, I think they use their own "judgement" on a case by case basis.

This is just not true. Please point to any document that says UND only required one tribes support prior to the lawsuit, especially Spirit Lake. The NC$$ specifically stated that Standing Rocks lack of support was directly responsible for denying UND's appeal: http://origin-minnes...4/28/ncaavsund/ UND has always been treated differently from the schools that got exemptions. There is not one school on the exemption list that was required to get any additional approval beyond the closest namesake tribe. Prior to the lawsuit UND had approval from Spirit Lake. The NC$$ did not want to accept the resolution that was already on the books for this. They kept badgering them for additional statements which Spirit Lake ignored because the chairman at the time was opposed to the name.

Now that is scary ! See you around.

The loss on Sat. really hurt the pairwise ranking. With a tie UND would be 13th, with a win they would have moved up to 8th.

It's interesting to see what the impact of single game is on the pairwise standings. After last nights games the UND Fighting Sioux sit in 14th place and MN is in 7th. However, if UND had split the 4 game series with MN intead of losing 3-1, UND would be in 9th and MN would be in 14th. Or if UND had beaten Harvard in the 1st game of their series instead of a tie UND would be in 12th. UND really needs a sweep next week in Duluth to give themselves a realistic chance at the NC$$ tourny. Winning the WCHA autobid this year will be very difficult as they would almost surely need to win 5 game over a nine game span. With as beat up as this team has been this year that may prove to be too much to handle. If anyone wants to play with past results: http://slack.net/~whelan/tbrw/2012/rankings.diy.shtml

So are you saying you would prefer this type of setup to having Sioux hockey on FCS ? I don't see any way that this would be a step up. Certainly it is better than having no viewing option but it would definitely be a step backwards.

Who is actually responsible for this restriction on UND's national broadcasts ? Do we know for sure ? Was this a requirement made by CBSSN or by the NCHC ? If this was required by CBSSN, who is the complete idiot that was involved in these negotiations from the NCHC side ? Why in he!! would the NCHC agree to a lousy 18 game conference TV schedule and give away the right to nationally telecast the other 94 games (assuming a 28 game conf sched) ? Whoever negotiated this should be fired immediately as they are incompetent. Even the mighty big10 does not preclude the members the right to nationally telecast games that the big10 network does not want. I have no hope now for the leadership of the NCHC and it hasn't even started yet. We left one conference because the leadership was pathetic and we start a new conference and we are no better off, in fact for UND we are much, much worse off. Please, someone enlighten me on what I am missing here ? The "wait and see" approach does not work for me, I can only envision webcasts and their crappy quality when compared to even a std def TV broadcast. Let's see, we have killed the Fighting Sioux nickname and we have restricted the TV access to Sioux games, what's next ? How else can we screw with the alumni and fans of the University of North Dakota ? Mr. Faison please come on this website and tell us why we should have any faith in what you are doing.