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Anyone else notice Michigan absolutely mugging Cags during the 4x4? Couldn't believe they didn't call the interference.

Thompson came in from the penalty box and we ended up with 3 d on the ice. None of them moved up in the d zone to cover the point. Ugh

St Cloud playing like this is an NCAA tournament game....

I was referring more to the public perception risk taken by Minot by adding men's and women's hockey during a budget crunch, especially when their current sports aren't competitively funded.

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Adding a sport during a time of severe budget cuts.....

That was a great view for the no-goal.

I thought we got a pretty nice draw for the 2 and 3 seeds, actually.

Pizza?! Obviously he doesn't have the dietary discipline to make it as a professional athlete. That could really hurt his draft stock!

I've always believed that game is the primary reason they don't allow home regionals anymore.

I'd say asking them to match the Midco payment is reasonable

The Thursday Sunday issue has been gone over by GFG here. It seems to be up to the schools. I doubt UND would do it for home games.

I'll put $1 on Ferris.

Yep, MNSCU institutions have always come second to the University of Minnesota system (UM, Duluth, Crookston, Rochester, Morris) when it comes to state funding.

It appears the B1G isn't interested in UND. If they are, it's likely because UND is college hockey royalty. Mankato and Bemidji are far from hockey royalty deserving of a pass for their academic and financial shortcomings.

They said it's 10-20 years out, so I'd hold off on the back-pats for a bit. On another note, could this be retribution from Shirley, trying to take a bite out of UND's market? (I'm sure it's not, but the timing is interesting to me)

School - Enrollment - Endowment - Primary Athletic Division UND - 15k - $230M - DI WMU - 24k - $320M - DI UMD - 10k - $130M - DII DU - 12k - $467M - DI CC - 2k - $680M - DIII UNO - 15k - ? - DI Miami - 24k - $460M - DI SCSU - 15k - $23M - DII Mankato - 18k - $50M - DII Bemidji State - 6k - $11M - DII Which schools should UND associate itself with? For comparison purposes, Dickinson State has an endowment of $9M.

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/culture-clash-with-mideaststudents-stirs-up-idaho-town/ Idaho St to lose $20+ million in annual tuition revenue in the next few years? Looks like Dickinson State's president had a clone at Idaho St, pushing enrollment up any way they could.

Right now, 5 of the 8 members (majority) are D1 and CC (D3) also has affiliate status in the Mountain West.

UND vs. HE - 2-0-1 (Vermont, Maine) SCSU vs HE - 0-0-0 DU vs HE - 0-2-2 (BC, BU, ND) UMD vs HE - 1-1-2 (ND, UML) Miami vs HE - 0-1-1 (Providence) Omaha vs HE - 2-0-0 (Vermont) WMU vs HE - 0-1-0 (ND) CC vs HE - 0-6-0 (UMass, UML, BC) Cumulative - 5-11-6 Cumulative without CC - 5-5-6 Other than HE feasting on CC, they're fairly even matched. Poor showing by Denver though.

If the NCHC brass is even remotely considering adding Bemidji and Mankato, I hope someone reminds them they're the NATIONAL Collegiate Hockey Conference, not the Regional Collegiate Hockey Conference. It should not be watered down with a majority membership of mediocre D2 schools.

We haven't been able to leverage the NCHC into getting bball games against Denver, WMU, or Miami. I wouldn't expect that to change with the B1G. As for the rest, yes, being in a conference with Minnesota and Wisconsin is good for UND.