szavodnik Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Being a SIOUX fan, I would LOVE to say that North Dakota has a FOR SURE shoe in to the second round playoffs, but I think we all can remember what happened around this time of year....Anyways...I posted the UMD vs. Union a little while ago to see what people thought about Union taking advantage of a disoriented UMD team at the moment. I know my motives for choosing Union as the team that comes out on top, but lets look at the rest of the field.....Merrimack vs. Notre Dame. I think Merrimack will proceed to the second round playoffs for various reasons....What do you all think? Miami Ohio vs. UNH..Im confident to say that Ohio will come out on top as well...BC vs CC....Originally thinking that BC would have thier way of it, now thinking that CC could really post problems for last years Champions. These are just a few of the contemplations I've had since this bracket came out!! I'd love to hear everyone's two cents on what they think may be possible upsets in this years playoffs! Quote
JackedUp Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Being a SIOUX fan, I would LOVE to say that North Dakota has a FOR SURE shoe in to the second round playoffs, but I think we all can remember what happened around this time of year....Anyways...I posted the UMD vs. Union a little while ago to see what people thought about Union taking advantage of a disoriented UMD team at the moment. I know my motives for choosing Union as the team that comes out on top, but lets look at the rest of the field.....Merrimack vs. Notre Dame. I think Merrimack will proceed to the second round playoffs for various reasons....What do you all think? Miami Ohio vs. UNH..Im confident to say that Ohio will come out on top as well...BC vs CC....Originally thinking that BC would have thier way of it, now thinking that CC could really post problems for last years Champions. These are just a few of the contemplations I've had since this bracket came out!! I'd love to hear everyone's two cents on what they think may be possible upsets in this years playoffs! I like Nebraska Omaha over Michigan Quote
MattC Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 I've got Duluth over Union, Notre Dame over Merrimack, and Omaha over Michigan for the first games this weekend. Then for the second games, I have Duluth over Yale. I think Duluth is good team in a slump and will come back to show how good they are. Quote
90siouxfan Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 I am refusing to fill in brackets, similisr in nature to the team not touching the McNaughton & Broadmoor Trophies. Bad Karma Quote
LeftyZL Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 I've got Duluth over Union, Notre Dame over Merrimack, and Omaha over Michigan for the first games this weekend. Then for the second games, I have Duluth over Yale. I think Duluth is good team in a slump and will come back to show how good they are. With Duluth dropping to a #3 seed after losing to Bemidji St., they don't get to ever match up their top line with who they want. To me, that's a big deal for a team that relies so heavily on their top line for scoring. I picked them to get out of their region, only because of the teams they would have to beat is favorable to them. Quote
siouxforce19 Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Being a SIOUX fan, I would LOVE to say that North Dakota has a FOR SURE shoe in to the second round playoffs, but I think we all can remember what happened around this time of year....Anyways...I posted the UMD vs. Union a little while ago to see what people thought about Union taking advantage of a disoriented UMD team at the moment. I know my motives for choosing Union as the team that comes out on top, but lets look at the rest of the field.....Merrimack vs. Notre Dame. I think Merrimack will proceed to the second round playoffs for various reasons....What do you all think? Miami Ohio vs. UNH..Im confident to say that Ohio will come out on top as well...BC vs CC....Originally thinking that BC would have thier way of it, now thinking that CC could really post problems for last years Champions. These are just a few of the contemplations I've had since this bracket came out!! I'd love to hear everyone's two cents on what they think may be possible upsets in this years playoffs! I picked UNO over Michigan and UNO over Boston College. (the first is more likely). That's probably my heart talking. That and I saw Cam Atkinson's tweet about basically already putting BC in the national championship game and I found that arrogant. Aside from that, I picked Western Michigan over Denver (Heart talking again). I picked UMD over both Union and Yale. Those were my picks. That said, I wouldn't be all that surprised if none of that happens. I also won't be disappointed if UMD doesn't get out their regional, if CC beats BC,or if UNH beats Miami in the first round. Quote
brianvf Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 With Duluth dropping to a #3 seed after losing to Bemidji St., they don't get to ever match up their top line with who they want. To me, that's a big deal for a team that relies so heavily on their top line for scoring. I picked them to get out of their region, only because of the teams they would have to beat is favorable to them. It doesn't matter for UMD though, since that line is on the ice every other shift anyway. Quote
UMDDogz Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 With Duluth dropping to a #3 seed after losing to Bemidji St., they don't get to ever match up their top line with who they want. To me, that's a big deal for a team that relies so heavily on their top line for scoring. I picked them to get out of their region, only because of the teams they would have to beat is favorable to them. Brown and Oleksuk provide solid numbers on the second line, so I don't think the Dogs need to worry about not having last change. As far as other upsets go, I like UNH over Miami, and UNO over Michigan. Quote
farce poobah Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Lot of upsets in the making. This looks to be a wild and crazy tournament. The ones I think have the highest probability of upsets: * UNO over Michigan * UMD over Yale * UNH over Merrimack * CC over BC Quote
richthorpe Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 screw it, i took Air Force over Yale... Call me an AF homer, but i think Yale is going to Underestimate AF like every 1 or 2 seed tries to over look the 15 or 16 seed. IMO, Yale isn't a true #1 seed anyways. Lets Go AF!!! Quote
go miami boys Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Duluth over Union Notre over 'Mack Thats it for 1st round. Quote
fargosioux Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Duluth over Union Notre over 'Mack Thats it for 1st round. I'm picking UNH to come out of Manchester as a #4 seed, and Union to come out of Bridgeport. No other upsets, which means we get our standard Frozen Four semifinal matchup with BC. Quote
Predator Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Here's how I picked em. First round winners: Yale Duluth Notre dame Miami BC UNO DU UND Going to frozen 4: Duluth Miami UNO UND Semi finals: Miami UND Champion: UND!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Stinger_UND Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Here's how I picked em. First round winners: Yale Duluth Notre dame Miami BC UNO DU UND Going to frozen 4: Duluth Miami UNO UND Semi finals: Miami UND Champion: UND!!!!!!!!!! Mine is almost the exact same, but I picked Merrimack over Notre Dame in the first round. Quote
GoalieMask Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 New Hampshire has a good chance to beat Miami....I just hope they can score at the pace Miami does. Notre Dame's goaltending is suspect. Whoever makes it out of the Northeast will have a tough time in St. Paul. Miami is due for an early exit one of these years. (Now I sit back and watch someone copy this post into a forum on April 10th after somebody like Merrimack wins it all). UM-DULUTH NOTRE DAME (luke-warm pick) NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA-OMAHA Quote
go miami boys Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 UNH has about as much likelihood to beat us as you guys do losing to Denver. Both our sets of boys are on absolute rolls right now, and I don't see any team in our regional getting in either of our ways this weekend. Reichard has been a stud in goal and we haven't lost in over 2 months. You guys get BC in the semis. We get the tourneys best team in Yale Quote
28noel60 Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 UNH has about as much likelihood to beat us as you guys do losing to Denver. Both our sets of boys are on absolute rolls right now, and I don't see any team in our regional getting in either of our ways this weekend. Reichard has been a stud in goal and we haven't lost in over 2 months. You guys get BC in the semis. We get the tourneys best team in Yale What makes this tourney hard to pick upsets over top seeds this year is all number one seeds are coming in hot having won there conference tourneys. I still believe in hindsight that DU should have been a higher seed than number 7 overall. I think they should have been a five and Michigan a 7. But it is what it is and UND has to beat DU again. Quote
remington_270 Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 first round winners: Yale UMD Irish Miami Sioux Western Michigan UNO BC Second Round winners: Yale Irish Sioux UNO Semis: Irish Sioux Champions: SIOUX Quote
RedFrog Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 first round winners: Yale UMD Irish Miami Sioux Western Michigan UNO BC Second Round winners: Yale Irish Sioux UNO Semis: Irish Sioux Champions: SIOUX Good call....considering game is in 2nd intermission and UMD is winning. Even though it's only 1-0 Quote
remington_270 Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Good call....considering game is in 2nd intermission and UMD is winning. Even though it's only 1-0 My bracket was filled out monday morning Quote
go miami boys Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 What makes this tourney hard to pick upsets over top seeds this year is all number one seeds are coming in hot having won there conference tourneys. I still believe in hindsight that DU should have been a higher seed than number 7 overall. I think they should have been a five and Michigan a 7. But it is what it is and UND has to beat DU again. I still doubt that Yale will make it out of the East, even though that is by far the weakest regional. Then again, I figured Duluth would put up more than 2 on Union. Find out tomorrow. Quote
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