SJHovey Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 He hasn't thought highly of UND all season. He's in the camp that we didn't belong in the NCAA tournament last year and since most of that team returned that "didn't deserve to be in the tournament" he thought we would struggle to make the tournament again. That's what I read into in seeing his preseason rankings. He's probably struggling with the fact that he as of now has been wrong about how our season has gone. That's not quite what he wrote. http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/nchc/2014/10/2/6886557/north-dakota-2014-2015-season-preview I actually thought his preseason assessment was pretty spot on. He did have us in the 3-4 seed range for the tournament, but candidly I think most people (including me) underestimated the success the NCHC would have out of conference, and that has been a primary reason why we've risen to fight for a #1 seed. I also think he was right regarding our schedule. The team has done what needed to be done by basically running the table on the OOC games since Bemidji. One or two losses in the mix and I suspect we'd have been back on the bubble like last year. I guess I really don't care whether he likes our program or not, but sometimes I feel a few in our fanbase are too critical of what Dilks or others write about us. Personally I like to support anyone who is writing regularly about college hockey because so few do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray77 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 No, you're confusing the WCHA with the Big 10. IALTO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Someone please complete this sentence for me: Chris Dilks' opinion matters because ________. The only "poll" that matters is the "pole" you raise a championship banner on. This ^ And why is it such an injustice for one guy to vote us #2 when the KRACH and PWR currently agree with him? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 No, Lowell would be dropped because Quinnipiac leads the ECAC, so Mankato would get Robert Morris and UND would get Vermont. If Quinnipiac wasn't leading the ECAC and Lowell was in, the selection committee could have two Hockey East teams play each other the first round. That's if they protect the #1 seed which it looks like they have done every year. you're assuming that Quinnipiac will win the ECAC tournament...I think Red Sox and I are both probably thinking Harvard will win it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 This ^ And why is it such an injustice for one guy to vote us #2 when the KRACH and PWR currently agree with him? I don't a loss or two will do that much damage to UND. They've only had five so far this season. I am sure that Jim Dahl will post something about the PWR soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND-RedSox fan Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I decided to checkout an old USCHO bracketology post and this is what it said about intraconference 1st round match ups... "• Conference matchups in first round are avoided, unless five or more teams from one conference are selected, then the integrity of the bracket will be preserved." So with that being the case I would agree with what yzerman said right away. And I was basing my field of 16 on there being as few teams outside the pairwise top 16 as possible. So that would assume Harvard winning the ECAC and Michigan winning that crappy conference they're in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 This week’s brackets. Here's the latest. East Regional (Providence): 15 Quinnipiac vs. 2 Omaha 9 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 7 Harvard Northeast Regional (Manchester): 13 Merrimack vs. 3 Bowling Green 10 Yale vs. 8 Boston University Midwest Regional (South Bend): 16 Robert Morris vs. 1 Minnesota State 11 Michigan Tech vs. 6 Miami West Regional (Fargo): 14 Michigan vs. 4 North Dakota 12 Vermont vs. 5 Minnesota-Duluth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneksioux Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 This week’s brackets. Here's the latest.East Regional (Providence): 15 Quinnipiac vs. 2 Omaha 9 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 7 HarvardNortheast Regional (Manchester): 13 Merrimack vs. 3 Bowling Green 10 Yale vs. 8 Boston UniversityMidwest Regional (South Bend): 16 Robert Morris vs. 1 Minnesota State 11 Michigan Tech vs. 6 MiamiWest Regional (Fargo): 14 Michigan vs. 4 North Dakota 12 Vermont vs. 5 Minnesota-Duluth What point do these simulated brackets make when the pwr rankings aren't even up to date or correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 What point do these simulated brackets make when the pwr rankings aren't even up to date or correct? Huh? The Pairwise is up-to-date and correct. Now if you mean, why do we even have these if they're just going to change 100 times by the end of March, I completely agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneksioux Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Huh? The Pairwise is up-to-date and correct. Now if you mean, why do we even have these if they're just going to change 100 times by the end of March, I completely agree. Und isn't at number 4 right now and omaha isn't at number 2 right now. Now that I think of it I think this might be last week's numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Und isn't at number 4 right now and omaha isn't at number 2 right now. Now that I think of it I think this might be last week's numbers. That was last weeks bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Huh? The Pairwise is up-to-date and correct. Now if you mean, why do we even have these if they're just going to change 100 times by the end of March, I completely agree. I pulled them from the Bracketology blog, I said, "Here's the latest." That mean's the last one posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 That was last weeks bracket. Yup, Goon linked last week's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I pulled them from the Bracketology blog, I said, "Here's the latest." That mean's the last one posted. I understand the latest means the most recent one haha the real question is, why did you post last week's bracket? I think that's what threw people off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 That was last weeks bracket. Hence, the latest.. They haven't done one yet. I am interested in seeing how much it changes this week. It's going to be funny listening to the teams complain about how loud Fargo is going to be. Yup, Goon linked last week's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I understand the latest means the most recent one. The real question is, why did last week's this week? I think that's what threw people off. The goon apologizes.. That wasn't my intent... Sorry guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InHeavenThereIsNoBeer Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The goon apologizes.. That wasn't my intent... Sorry guys. I figured that, just wanted to hear you say it No worries, happens to the best of us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 That was last weeks bracket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I also think it is very ECAC friendly to assume that both Quinnipiac and Harvard get in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 That was last weeks bracket Thanks for keeping up genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 firre ggoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 firre ggoon fRIE Oxxboooowb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND-RedSox fan Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I also think it is very ECAC friendly to assume that both Quinnipiac and Harvard get in... I don't know. While the ECAC isn't great this year they have three teams in Quinnipiac, Yale, and Colgate each barely outside the top 15 in pairwise right now. I wouldn't be too surprised if they got 2 teams in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND-RedSox fan Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 http://www.uscho.com/2015/02/13/ammerman-hickel-macmillan-murray-scott-named-finalists-for-2015-hockey-humanitarian-award/ Congrats to Mac on the nomination. The North Dakota Strong thing he set up last year was pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Congrats to Hakstol on 11 straight 20 win seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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