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iirc?? 7 minutes into the 3rd period

Would Oakland have a shot as their (Youngstown's) replacement in the Horizon League? or maybe Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne? more issues for the Summit? just asking...

Might have said the same thing about Colorado College last Friday.

As bad as this is for UND, why do Mami and Notre Dame, the only two teams from the CCHA get put in the same region? One way to make sure there is not an all WCHA final is to put all 6 teams into 3 regions and leave Boston all alone.

Alabama Huntsville was accepted into the new WCHA wasn't it?

It may be a sentimental thought, but how appropriate for the final WCHA Broadmoor to be taken home by Colorado College. One more game out of Howe like the last 2 and they will accomplish the improbable.

Tigers 2 Gophers 0 end of 2!

4 - 1 Wisconsin. Is CC over Minny next?

Yes and probably not

Bucky Popcorn leading the Clowns 2 - 1 after 2

and now, back to the topic Board of Higher Ed passes resolution supporting Shirvani

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Saul should be pointing fingers at the NCAA for passing over defending champion and 21 game winner Kentucky. Since Kentucky didn't get invited to the big dance, they must be the team that took NDSU's place in the NIT.

That may be, but wasn't Ben Jacobson's Northern Iowa #9 the year they beat #1 Kansas? Went to the sweet 16 in 2010.

Can't any of these conferences east of the Rockies count? Atlantic 10 (16 soon to be 12?) Big 12 (10) Big Ten (12 going on 14) And they are teaching our children.

I'm wondering why it would not be their goal ... every year!

think bale31 is Minnesota State

Bringing credence to the axiom that it is university presidents, not athletic directors and coaches and especially not fan board trolls, that decide who gets in to a conference and who doesn't. As has often been said about the Montana's pulling strings to get UND into the Big Sky - they are looking to add schools with the same mission. And probably a big part of why Denver did not want to stay in the new WAC.

Since there is no way that NDSU would travel on the front end of a home and home with UND, this statement is absurd. In fact, if there is any possible way your scenario could happen, it is UND that would have to be concerned about NDSU backing out of the home and home, not the other way around.

wasn't sure where to put this. also, don't know when this happened, but funny, none the less

The Big Sky is full... waiting for Idaho. (see bincity's post above) More likely that the Summit will end up looking to the WAC for a merger.

missed that... that would be 6 Big Sky schools that have men's golf

Hurd may have learned from watching Fullerton outflank Benson and the WAC for Davis and Poly. He has pulled KC out of the Summit, put a little more cohesion into the WAC's baseball with UND, Northern Colorado and Sac State as conference mates in the Big Sky and WAC baseball. This will deepen the ties between these teams beyond UND's NCC history with UNC and the Wanless connection to Sac. Don't know if Denver's move to the Summit is final and irreversible, but they could backpedal if the Summit implodes following the C7 shakeout a'la Boise and San Diego. When Chicago State's AD said there was more to come, it probably did not stop with UND baseball. There is still men's golf, and while golf doesn't really need much structure from a conference standpoint, it would be yet another link between UND, UNC, Sac and the WAC. They all play in the Great West's American Sky Conference along with Weber and Southern Utah. Soon-to-be WAC full conference members Chicago State, Utah Valley, Texas Pan Am, Cal Bakersfield are also members of the American Sky Conference and will be leaving next year and Seattle was a member in '11 & '12. Women's golf has a home in the Big Sky, like softball does, but suddenly the Summit looks even less appealing to UND, doesn't it? What could really be next? OR... maybe Hurd is trying to force USD, UNO, and the XDSUs' hand into joining the WAC and pulling Denver back in when the Summit implodes. Can't imagine they would be thrilled with the likes of Grand Canyon, but they may have no other choice. It would actually be a brilliant move by Hurd to strengthen the new WAC since the loss of Idaho and probably New Mexico State.