I'm sure there would be flare-ups, as it was with Hak, but I doubt people are as upset if we're #8. Unfortunately they got swept by Canisius, which is an embarrassment to the program.
There are scenarios where we get in with a sweep at Denver and no wins in St Paul. There are scenarios where we get in by winning 3 of the next 5. There's still a lot of play on the pairwise bubble.
With no other results entered, winning 2 of 3 at Denver gets us to 15. So I'd say it is "possible" to get an at large spot by winning 3 of the next 5, but we'd need help.
In the weekly "what if...."
UND would be #8 and would need 1 win this weekend to essentially guarantee itself a playoff spot.... if they had swept Canisius.