fightingsioux4life

What I love is the Little 7 (opps, I mean B1G) has ZERO teams in the Frozen Four!!!

The worst thing about this is it makes the NCHC look bad, when it is the best conference by a country mile.

My bracket went down the toilet after day one.

East coast suck-up time. Just be glad it isn't one of the Boston's.

Careful what you wish for. I was worried about UMass when we were still in the tournament.

I don't know, UMass looked solid in their regional. I am not surprised they look good tonight.

SCSU in a big hole now.

A rule the Fargo Screwjob helped make happen (yeah, I am still sore about that).

SCSU got hosed on that one.

Blake has skills and instincts you cannot teach. He can learn how to play defense in Juniors. I cannot wait to see him in Sioux/Hawk green.

Watched the end of the Class A Girls final which went to double overtime. When it was time for the captain of Gentry to accept the runner-up trophy, they had to prompt her to go get it. I can't blame a team for not being interested in a 2nd place trophy, but I have never seen that before in either boys or girls.

What about their first two titles? Was that "luck" too? It doesn't matter how it happens; in the end, we come off looking like a program that underachieves when the chips are down. And that is what people remember. And that is not good.

If they three-peat next week, it becomes a pattern. One that makes us look stuck in the mud by comparison. People can talk all they want about "puck luck" and "parity", but one team three-peating disproves both of those ideas. Nobody wins three straight titles by being lucky. And nobody wins three straight titles if there is true parity. Those words are what people tell themselves to make failure more palatable. I would rather face the truth: We are playing second banana to someone else.....again. It was Boston College (and I am so glad they got knocked off last week), now it is Duluth (Go UMass). Sooner or later, we will start losing recruiting battles over it.

If we "stand pat", we are going to regret it.

But Berry was an assistant under Hakstol who was involved in recruiting a lot of those players.

We have to remember that Berry DID take us to the NCAA title in 2016. So he has proven it can happen under his watch. And I think we'll get back there sooner rather than later.

Nobody is "belittling" the Penrose. I am glad we will hang another white banner. But the standard at UND is NCAA titles. I think that is why we attract so many quality athletes and players; people want to be part of something special.

Good points. Doesn't make last night hurt any less though.

The committee wanted an All-B1G Frozen Four. As I predicted, the committee has ended up being disappointed. #B1Gsucks

UMass has looked good in the tournament.

We have had way too many of those over the past 20 years, considering the talent that has come through this program during that time. And if Duluth wins it again, you can throw out the tired old "parity" argument.

People are tired of postseason stumbles. It just wears on fans after awhile. I don't think you are the only one.

Exactly. The standard in Grand Forks is NCAA titles. Nobody remembers who makes the tournament and bows out early. Having said that, it is premature to start calling for a change at the top. I think Berry will reload and get us back to the top of the mountain again.

I have already decided not to watch the Frozen Four. Tired of watching other teams win titles. And no cheering for Duluth, I hope they lose to UMass.

You can congratulate them, I for one am sick of them. I hope they lose 6-0 to UMass. Duluth is proving that parity is a myth.