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My belief is Berry and crew had about a 1 year championship bender/hangover where a lot of time was spent kissing babies and fundraising. Recruiting was neglected and we ended up with a fall 2016 freshman class that had 1 star forward (who left after 1 year) and a lot of other forwards who either had been left on the back burner for a while or should've been left there permanently. The fall 2017 (one second rounder) and 2018 (zero early rounders) freshman classes were also lacking blue chips at forward compared to prior years. The fall 2019 class is looking very promising and I hope the on-ice results follow.

Getting a team hyped to go against the elites should be easy. Getting a team hyped to go against the dregs....

Pairwise yes, actual play on the ice? Well the defense has been good for the most part. Credit there.

They aren't ready to play every weekend, particularly against opponents perceived as inferior.

If the team was doing really well outside of those 2 games, I'm sure it'd be forgiven. But this'll be the first senior class to not win 100 games since 2005, even with a 34 win head start their freshman year. Unless the "puck luck" turns this weekend, they're going to miss by 9 games.

The team is one game over .500 against teams in the bottom 30 of the Pairwise. Sounds like the culture may be lacking right now.

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.

So should we be rooting for Cornell or Union this weekend? A Cornell sweep would send Union into the 20s, but would solidify Cornell's spot.

And the Gophers were still able to pull in 6,000 plus in years past.

...... Please no politics. Also, the Knocked Up picture isn't loading for me, but I'm hoping it isn't inappropriate. - Mods

97 would be ok, 98 would be better

Definitely. First senior class to not win 100 or more games since 2005 and only the second since 1998 if my math is right.

Good for them to turn it around in the second half!

Looks like Jayson's Gems shouldn't be believed.

Brew.... oof.

Forget this at large talk, let's sweep Denver, beat clown, beat dulute, and take a 2 seed into Fargo.

If we lose 3 of 5 we're done. I'll make sure not to mention it in my conversations with players.

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.

I can't imagine this team doing in 2 games what it has the option to do in 3. Hopefully they prove me wrong.

Tough finish. Thanks @SWSiouxMN for doing these games threads