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OU was an unathletic team that relied on the jump shot. Most prognosticators had them circled as an upset candidate before the brackets came out. NDSU gets the credit for beating them though...especially after not closing them out in regulation as they probably should have. Most of the time the underdog who lets the favorite come back late in a game ends up folding and NDSU regrouped and took them out. Very impressive win.

Beat my Terrapins today and I am not even that upset about it.

.here is how I would like to see it shake out.Atlantic HockeyRIT at Sacred HeartArmy at AICNiagara at Air ForceRobert Morris at BentleyDoesn't really matter who wins this tournament as whoever wins it will not have any effect on any other teams getting in or getting left out(1 bid league no matter how it shakes out), so might as well root for Air Force just for the Frank Serratore Press Conferences.ECACUnion at CornellBrown at QuinnipiacDartmouth at HarvardYale at ClarksonQuinnipiac is a lock for the NCAA tournament so it would be alright with me if they win their conference tourney. I would like to see Cornell knock Union from contention this weekend plus a good friend of mine has a kid who is a D-man for Cornell. Would love to see Dartmouth upset Harvard and Yale upset Clarkson this weekend.Hockey EastMaine at NortheasternBC at ProvidenceUNH at MassachusettsBU at Mass-LowellMassachusetts, Northeastern, and Providence are all in solid position to make the NCAA tourney so I wouldn't mind them all moving on this weekend to avoid any drama. Don't care who wins between BU and Lowell as long as they lose next weekend.BIG 10Minnesota at Notre DamePenn State at Ohio StateGo Buckeyes. Anyone else wins this and that could potentially take an at large bid away. As dirty as it makes me feel I am pulling for Minnesota to beat Notre Dame this weekend to all but remove them from the at large picture as long as the Gophs lose next weekend. Keep this at a 1 bid conference.WCHABGU at NMULSSU at Minnesota State-MankatoPulling for Mankato and NMU this weekend and Mankato next weekend to keep this at a 1 bid league.NCHCMiami at SCSUCC at WMUUNO at UMDUND at DUSCSU and UMD are in so might as well have them move on this weekend. Denver is still likely to make it even if UND beats them this weekend so hopefully that happens. WMU is the wildcard here as they would be in a tough spot if they lose. Since they could still make it with a loss and likely still be ahead of UND I am hoping they win so that if UND does make it to St. Paul next weekend they would have the benefit of playing high ranked teams so that going 1-1 in St. Paul could still possibly get them in as an at large.If everything goes as I would like it this weekend, the pairwise would look like this going into next weekend.1 St Cloud St2 Massachusetts3 MSU-Mankato4 (5) Quinnipiac5 (4) Minnesota-Duluth6 Ohio State7 (8) Northeastern8 (9) Providence9 (12) Cornell10 (7) Denver11 (10) Arizona State12 (13) Western Michigan13 (18) North Dakota14 (11) Clarkson15 Notre Dame

Let's hold out for Miles. Could be available as early as tomorrow.

I am guessing whoever the new coach is would have the sense to require an anonymous unanimous team vote on letting her back on the team.

I didn't take offense to your post as it has been a rough year ....but as soon as SDSU lost to WIU my first thought was holy crap, if UND can somehow get by UNO tonight we could actually make the tourney!

Have to give NDSU credit. They beat the teams that were in front of them. Not great talent but good depth and they move and share the ball pretty well....and they seem to have gone unconscious from 3 in Sioux Falls. They normally hit around 9 of 26 on average. They went 34-70 in Sioux Falls which includes going 4-12 in 2nd half yesterday(30-58 before that). To put it in statistical perspective you could just as easily expect them to miss their next 26 3 point attempts as you could expect them to go 34-70....or if you went on normal makes over a 3 game period to balance it out you could expect them to go 15 for their next 70.

You might be able to make a case that Adams is more effective when he is in a top 6 role. As far as cycling and puck possession I just go back to the Saturday night game against UMD and the following Friday at Colorado College and remember twice in the UMD game and at least once in the CC game where Adams and Tychonick were controlling the puck just off the wall and exchanged possession 2 or 3 times and had UMD/CC running around their end and then Adams came off the wall, drew a couple guys and made a pass to #5 and the possession ended shortly after.

TDS is real

Gophs head to Notre Dame and Penn State heads to Columbus

This thread is not at all what I was led to believe by the thread title.

My favorite Lou Nanne quote came a few years back when he was on Kfan leading up to the WCHA tournament and all the pearl clutching fans of Donny's Ice Angels were calling in whining about how rough and cheap the Sioux were and he said "I don't see that from them at all. You have to realize that in hockey physicality is a skill and it is one that UND excels at and it is a skill the Gophers don't seem to have much of." He went on to elaborate about making and finishing hits but staying in the play and that with the Gopher players always talking about how they were going to be tougher and harder to play against showed that UND was winning the mind game against them as well as UND didn't have to talk about being tough and hard to play against, they just naturally were.

I like Lou Nanne. What did I miss?

Yes. Top 5 are seeded. 4 plays 5 and the other 3 games are a random draw from the unseeded teams.

Crap. The women's game was on DirecTV today and the men's game was scheduled to follow on the same channel and now it is gone

Pretty sure we have people on the payroll that already do that. How effective they are is up for debate.

This is off the rails 2013–14 Mike Eaves 24–11–2 13–6–1 2nd NCAA First Round 2014–15 Mike Eaves 4–26–5 2–15–3 6th 2015–16 Mike Eaves 8–19–8 3–13–4 6th

I see he played 2 minutes in first half so I am guessing he wasn't feeling well or got injured...didn't think I saw him on the bench?

Many high school players can knock down 3 after 3 against high school competition. The difference is release and quickness. They get closed out far quicker than they are used to and their release is too slow....this extends to many male athletes as well....Josh Shuler was as good a shooter as we have had at UND and it took him a couple years to be able to learn how to get his shot off efficiently enough to be effective. You also have to be able to put the ball on the floor and go by the defender with purpose to make them give you a little space to shoot. Unfortunately we haven't had many players lately in the women's team who can both shoot the ball from distance effectively and blow by a defender and go to the whole to finish or draw defense and dish...….i'll even tie in a hockey reference here. Brock Boeser and Chris Wilkie have pretty similar shots and know how to get to their spots on the ice...both did so effectively in the USHL, Brock was able to continue with success in college and now in the NHL while Wilkie who had an ever so slightly slower release struggled his first couple years in college adjusting to change in competition.

So he pulled a Chapman.

I believe Schlossman also mentioned this in an interview between periods a while back and neither have mentioned it again since. They both mentioned he had lost quite a bit of weight.

Not to mention goals are quite a bit easier to score in the Big 10. Biggest differential in all of college hockey for goals scored in non conference vs. conference play

I agree. Game and the way it is called has changed. In high school we had drills where they put a cover on the basket with 5 guys playing d and 5 guys on offense and a coach would throw up a shot and the guys on defense had to maintain their block out and let the ball hit the floor. Part of it is the way the game is called and maybe even a bigger part is that kids now play AAU or Travel team ball in the off season instead of going to camps. Fundamentals have gone by the wayside.

It is important mostly because teams don't do it anymore. I watch college games and almost every rebound becomes a 50/50 ball.

I don't drink much anymore. I should probably apply to get my amateur status back. I have a friend who used to finance car lots and boat dealerships and he had a connection who worked for one of the duty free places up at the border and he would let us know when he would be up that way. His friend would get him "breakage" or "damaged" items as they had an allowance for that. Used to get 40 oz bottles of Grey Goose for $10 and 3 liter bottles of Crown for $35. Takes awhile to get to the bottom of one of those. I tell my friends anytime they come over just bring mix.