petey23

Spirko

I believe Holy Cross was 19 in the pairwise when the brackets were laid out. Also I think the Gophs were #2 overall behind Bucky. Bemidji State was actually about 28th in the pairwise. It was a big win because it hadn't happened before but now it would just draw a yawn.

Just shows a person can watch something and still not understand it.

I was at that regional and I will say the loudest I have ever heard The Ralph was when the Sioux hit the ice before the Michigan game....without a doubt it was loud when Holy Cross won but not even close to 30 minutes later when UND came out of the tunnel.

BC is the youngest team in College Hockey.

some of those rinks have the "wrong" sized ice

derp derp derp derp

Favorite Lou Nanne quote a few years back leading up to a Sioux/Gopher weekend. paraphrasing.."people tend to forget that physicality is a hockey skill and one that ND has plenty of and excels at and our Gophers have very little of "

Someone already brought this up....and it is still accurate.

Sweet Pass from Chorney! He had a pretty good look himself but drew 2 defenders and unselfishly dished it to Bina.

Well. They did.

They have buses for ground transport so they usually book hotels outside of the city. On Expedia, hotels near the arena are around $300 a night while your Hampton Inn's, etc. a little ways out are around $150

I get that the hotel is $150...divided by 2 so $75 tickets are $200/each person That leaves $675 difference from flying out of Minneapolis. Creative charters is who UND and Minnesota used in 2005 and is who Minnesota is using this year. Not sure who UND is using? It may be them as well but the price difference is quite a bit?

So is UND using a different charter company than in the past? I know in 2005 I ended up taking the gopher charter out of Minneapolis and UND was using the same company. Seems to be quite the price difference this year. UND is charging around $1800 for double occupancy which includes 3 nights hotel, air, ground transport and tix while Minnesota is charging $850 for 2 nights hotel, air, and ground transport but no tix.

I am going to go with Jay Bilas and J Williams since they know a little more about basketball than most, in their assessment of RPI and the work of the selection committee.....teams and conferences have learned how to game the system. They said the committee was lucky this year in that the teams that were in the tournament was pretty cut and dry but based on what they were hearing the seeds were going to be a little dubious(this was on Sunday morning when they were discussing this) and they were correct....with teams like Louisville and Michigan State having 4 seeds and having teams like NC State and Xavier technically seeded behind NDSU and Harvard certainly do not do anything for the credibility of the selection committee and their leaning on RPI instead of actually using the "eye test" and watching teams play. By the way Bilas is picking the Bison over OU. As far as Summit vs. Big Sky, I think it is foolish to not think that NDSU, IPFW , and SDSU wouldn't all be competitive in the Big Sky conference and NDSU would have a shot at finishing in the top 2. That said any of these teams could have just as easily finished 8th as the depth of the league is far greater than the Summit. The top 9 Big Sky teams would all easily be top 5 Summit teams. I think Weber deserved a better slot than they got. Their non conference losses were to tourney teams BYU and UCLA, a regular season conference champ who lost in their conference tourney in Utah Valley and to Colorado State and Utah State. I think they should have been ahead of Western Michigan, Milwaukee, NC Central, American, Wofford, and possibly Eastern Kentucky which would have pushed them to a 14. NDSU probably got a slightly beneficial slot at 12 as I would have had NC State and Xavier ahead of them in the band of 12 seeds and then Tulsa and Manhatten as well so they would have been the first 13 or last 12 so I don't think they are as over seeded as many UND fans want to believe.

Thank you to The Ralph or whoever was responsible for stopping this madness tonight!

Oh wait. So you actually think the bison are better than Weber? That's adorable, now go back to the kiddie table, adults are talking.

I was following game on my CHN phone app.....at 1 point the shots were 18-2 and the score was 2-2

Buckle up and win tomorrow. We have been here before. Not gonna bitch about game or coaching or effort.....thought it was all alright tonight....it is not easy to end a team's season.....that said I think we win 4-1 or 5-1 tomorrow night. What I am going to bitch about are 2 things that are arena experience related. The first is kind of minor but has been bugging me for awhile and I know I am not alone as the people sitting around me hate it as well. Find something different to say than "Lets play old time hockey" or whatever the hell he says....it sounds so hokey. The 2nd is a little more egregious. Whoever is in charge of the "ads" we run during the game should be fired yesterday. Stop with the ads for the UND Pre party next weekend in Minneapolis for the NCHC frozen faceoff. IF we make it, people will figure it out. it is obnoxious it is disrespectful it is arrogant it is tasteless heard of karma CC doesn't need anything to hang on the bulletin board....all they have to do is look up at the screen every couple breaks in the action and see that the School they are playing has absolutely no respect for them or their program and is already making plans for next weekend. Somebody at the Ralph or in the AD office needs to get a clue.

tickets are sold.

Not sure if it is different in a dead ball situation but it would be pretty crazy for the other coach to be able to dictate who substitutes into the game.

I have 2 tickets for each night in section 106 which is the end UND shoots at twice. You can meet me in Fargo or I can meet you in Grand Forks before the game. $60 for the pair for each night or best offer. Call or text Mike at 701-238-7384

Yes they did! 640 to be exact.

Great story. I work with them on much of their school apparel and we were able to do a quick turnaround for them after their win on Friday night so that most of their fans should be decked out in red today!

I could see your point if these games involved #61 through #68 but they have 2 play in games to determine a 16 seed, 1 to determine an 11 and the 4th determines a 12.