jimdahl Posted March 26, 2014 Author Posted March 26, 2014 This would be an interesting wager if one was prone to that sort of thing: Minnesota/Boston College/Wisconsin/Quinnipiac vs. the field. On one side: the #1 seeds from the West, Midwest, and Northeast, plus the #2 seed from the East On the other side: the other 12 teams in the tournament KRACH suggests that Minnesota, BC, UW, and Quinnipiac will win the tourney a combined 50.35 percent of the time. Which side would you take? I would think that wagers on both sides of this equation would be fairly even, considering some big names are still in the field: Union, UMass-Lowell, Denver, North Dakota, St. Cloud State, Notre Dame, Ferris State, etc. Those are nicely matched. That's an important point about the way to interpret the odds... one might think that because so many championships have gone to teams predicted at 2% and 7% teams means the predictions were wrong. But, teams with under a 7% chance add up to 44%, which means its almost even odds the winner will have had an under 7% chance. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Rnd 1 Robert Morris over Minnesota SCSU over Notre Dame Sioux over Wisconsin Ferris State over Colgate BC over Denver Mass Lowell over Mankato Union over Vermont Quinnipiac over Providence Rnd 2 SCSU over Robert Morris UND over Ferris State BC over Denver Union over Quinnipiac Frozen Four UND over SCSU BC over Denver Championship UND over BC I pick UND every year ... eventually I will get this right! Quote
iluvdebbies Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 BC sure had a hard time eliminating Denver 2 Quote
Wilbur Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Alright, here we go: West Minnesota over Robert Morris Notre Dame over SCSU Notre Dame over Minnesota Midwest Wisconsin over North Dakota Ferris over Colgate Wisconsin over Ferris Northeast BC over Denver Lowell over Mankato Lowell over BC East Union over Vermont Providence over Quinnipiac Union over Providence. Stone cold lock picks for this weekend. Quote
Blackheart Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 DU gonna shock the world and take down BC as Great Brittain stands on his head! Quote
Hayduke Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 I hope you are wrong too since that would be a bracket buster for me.... I agree. I hope you win. Quote
Emerald joker Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Minnesota will win the national championship. You heard it here first. Just like Canada wouldn't get a gold medal in either men's or women's hockey......BU would win Hockey East.....Miami would win the NCHC......And the Green Bay Packers would win the super bowl. Trying to think who else's season I screwed up by picking good things for them..... That is AWESOME lmfao!! Quote
scpa0305 Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 Rnd 1 Robert Morris over Minnesota SCSU over Notre Dame Sioux over Wisconsin Ferris State over Colgate BC over Denver Mass Lowell over Mankato Union over Vermont Quinnipiac over Providence Rnd 2 SCSU over Robert Morris UND over Ferris State BC over Denver Union over Quinnipiac Frozen Four UND over SCSU BC over Denver Championship UND over BC I pick UND every year ... eventually I will get this right! I like this one 1 Quote
aaronmanderson3 Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 Rnd 1 Robert Morris over Minnesota SCSU over Notre Dame Sioux over Wisconsin Ferris State over Colgate BC over Denver Mass Lowell over Mankato Union over Vermont Quinnipiac over Providence Rnd 2 SCSU over Robert Morris UND over Ferris State BC over Denver Union over Quinnipiac Frozen Four UND over SCSU BC over Denver Championship UND over BC I pick UND every year ... eventually I will get this right! You have BC over Denver twice. I believe it should be BC over UML the second time around Quote
UNDBIZ Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 You have BC over Denver twice. I believe it should be BC over UML the second time around THRICE!! Quote
UNDBIZ Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 My picks are very similar. I've got Quinnipiac over Vermont to reach the FF and UMass-Lowell beating Denver and Wisco. Felt I had to pick a couple 4>1 upsets, but just couldn't pick UND.... Quote
MafiaMan Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 Alright, here we go: West Minnesota over Robert Morris Notre Dame over SCSU Notre Dame over Minnesota Midwest Wisconsin over North Dakota Ferris over Colgate Wisconsin over Ferris Northeast BC over Denver Lowell over Mankato Lowell over BC East Union over Vermont Providence over Quinnipiac Union over Providence. Stone cold lock picks for this weekend. Dude...every single one of those picks except for the bolded one is what I have picked. Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 *SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT* DDC is back with his picks on the NCAA tourney. Follow him on twitter for more blogs! @stoneysioux http://daddydumpandchase.blogspot.com/2014/03/wholl-be-king-of-queen-city-ncaa-hockey.html Quote
Wilbur Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 Dude...every single one of those picks except for the bolded one is what I have picked. Ferris loses either way.... Quote
Blackheart Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Umass Lowell is a force to be reckoned with! You heard it here! Quote
MafiaMan Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Umass Lowell is a force to be reckoned with! You heard it here! I thought that last year...Yale completely dominated Lowell in every phase of the game and still only won in OT. Quote
RedFrog Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 I think it will be interesting to see how low the percentage of picks having UND winning it all is this year compared to previous years. I think the majority of the fan base is glad we made the tournament and have a chance, but they don't believe that to be a very big chance. Add in all those who are superstitious and have picked UND every year in the past decade and now feel that they are jinxing them by doing that. I am going to set the over/under at 67% pick the Sioux to win it all. I am taking the under. Edit: I created a group on USCHO's bracket challenge. Group Name: SiouxSports Password: UND Join up!! Quote
jimdahl Posted March 28, 2014 Author Posted March 28, 2014 I am going to set the over/under at 67% pick the Sioux to win it all. Edit: I created a group on USCHO's bracket challenge. Group Name: SiouxSports Password: UND Join up!! I'll take 50, and the under Speaking of the USCHO bracket challenge -- when I started making brackets here 11 years ago, no one else did yet. Now that other people have big contests where you can make private groups but still participate in the pool at large, should we just migrate over there in future years? Quote
gfhockey Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 No I like this one Too much history and prestige and namdwagoness Quote
Ray77 Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 No I like this one Too much history and prestige and namdwagoness I think this is the first time I've agreed with gfhockey. I like having one here on SS.com. Although I have no idea what 'namdwagoness' means. 1 Quote
UNDBIZ Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 I think this is the first time I've agreed with gfhockey. I like having one here on SS.com. Although I have no idea what 'namdwagoness' means. It means "good times with good friends, all gathering in support of Sioux hockey!!" .... or perhaps he meant "Too much history and prestige and named dragons." Quote
Fetch Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Keep it here winning here would mean something Quote
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