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All Things Denver XXX

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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
Could very well happen. Anything can happen in the NCAA Tournament. Both of our teams should worry about winning a game in the NCAA Tournament before anything else. We don't even know if we'll be in the same regional, but we'll find out tomorrow.
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It will be interesting to see tomorrow what the committee does with the brackets. If they go by the straight PWR we'll be in the same bracket.
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
That doesn't make much sense. Wouldn't the best team statistically be the favorite? The chances of any one team running the table is slim. The best teams have the best odds at doing that. I'm not saying that North Dakota will definitely run the table, but to say that they won't because they've won so much is rediculous.
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I hear ya on both of our teams being worried about winning one game in the tourney. What I was talking about is as a long winning streak runs into the teens the odds of keeping it alive are slim. In order for you guys to do it you'd have to run it to 18. The odds of doing that are slim just from a math perspective.
 
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du78 said:
It will be interesting to see tomorrow what the committee does with the brackets. If they go by the straight PWR we'll be in the same bracket.
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And that's the most likely option for them. We'll find out tomorrow if bracket integrity means anything.
 
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ecbrevik said:
Congrats to your guys on a great game tonight, instant classic! It's one of those games where it was too bad someone had to lose.

Bingo! This is what I keep telling UND fans who want to avoid BC in the brackets.

We do travel well! I was at a game in Mankato a couple years ago, and I swear there were more Sioux sweaters in the stands than MSU-M! Walking out after the game that night I overheard a Sioux fan shouting out "It's like being at REA, I love it!" :D
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A former SID at Nebraska called their traveling fans Chinamen. Because they're all wearing red, and there's so many of them.
 
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MagnessMan said:
I hear ya on both of our teams being worried about winning one game in the tourney. What I was talking about is as a long winning streak runs into the teens the odds of keeping it alive are slim. In order for you guys to do it you'd have to run it to 18. The odds of doing that are slim just from a math perspective.
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I don't put too much stock into streaks. Would North Dakota have a better chance to win it all if they lost tonight? No.

At this point, all that matters is that you win 4 in a row. It doesn't matter if you won 13 of the previous 14, or if you only won 2 of your last 9.
 
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WingDynasty said:
DU, CC, and AFA all going dancing...and the Avalanche actually got 2 points tonight!

Dogs and cats, living together...
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I have to say that I think it's pretty **** cool for our state that all three D1 programs will be in the tourney together for the first time. One thing most, if not all of us agree on is that we ALL love Air Force and will be cheering them on. Love or hate CC and DU, I think this is great for our sport. Of course it will be on page 15 of the sports section, but WE as fans, can take pride in this.
 
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JS Tigers said:
I have to say that I think it's pretty **** cool for our state that all three D1 programs will be in the tourney together for the first time. One thing most, if not all of us agree on is that we ALL love Air Force and will be cheering them on. Love or hate CC and DU, I think this is great for our sport. Of course it will be on page 15 of the sports section, but WE as fans, can take pride in this.
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I know it was an extremely long time ago, but DU, CC and Air Force all made the tourney back in 2008. They went 0-3 and lost by a combined 5-12.
 
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du78 said:
It will be interesting to see tomorrow what the committee does with the brackets. If they go by the straight PWR we'll be in the same bracket.
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Yeah, really interesting. They can keep complete bracket integrity and avoid all first round conference match ups by sending BC and their associated seeds to St. Louis.

If they maintain complete bracket integrity, we will also have a WCHA school in every regional.


Bridgeport
1. Yale vs. 16. Air Force
8. Union vs. 9. Minnesota-Duluth

St. Louis
3. Boston College vs. 14. Colorado College
6. Merrimack vs. 11. Notre Dame

Manchester
4. Miami vs. 13. New Hampshire
5. Michigan vs. 12. Nebraska-Omaha

Green Bay
2. North Dakota vs. 15. Rensselaer
7. Denver vs. 10. Western Michigan

I don't expect an all WCHA Frozen Four again (assuming the above even comes to fruition), CC for example would have to get past BC in the first round to give that any chance. But I would like the chances of either UND or DU coming out of our bracket and I think UMD would have the best bracket for a #3 seed hoping to get to the Frozen Four. UNO's chances would depend very much on which UNO team shows up, but they have shown through a season of WCHA play that they can go toe to toe with the best in our league.
 
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JS Tigers said:
I have to say that I think it's pretty **** cool for our state that all three D1 programs will be in the tourney together for the first time. One thing most, if not all of us agree on is that we ALL love Air Force and will be cheering them on. Love or hate CC and DU, I think this is great for our sport. Of course it will be on page 15 of the sports section, but WE as fans, can take pride in this.
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Every D-I team in my state makes the tourny on a pretty regular basis! ;) :D
 
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ecbrevik said:
Yeah, really interesting. They can keep complete bracket integrity and avoid all first round conference match ups by sending BC and their associated seeds to St. Louis.

If they maintain complete bracket integrity, we will also have a WCHA school in every regional.


Bridgeport
1. Yale vs. 16. RIT
8. Union vs. 9. Minnesota-Duluth

St. Louis
3. Boston College vs. 14. Colorado College
6. Merrimack vs. 11. Notre Dame

Manchester
4. Miami vs. 13. New Hampshire
5. Michigan vs. 12. Nebraska-Omaha

Green Bay
2. North Dakota vs. 15. Rensselaer
7. Denver vs. 10. Western Michigan

I don't expect an all WCHA Frozen Four again (assuming the above even comes to fruition), CC for example would have to get past BC in the first round to give that any chance. But I would like the chances of either UND or DU coming out of our bracket and I think UMD would have the best bracket for a #3 seed hoping to get to the Frozen Four. UNO's chances would depend very much on which UNO team shows up, but they have shown through a season of WCHA play that they can go toe to toe with the best in our league.
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Switch out RIT for Air Force and that looks about right.
 
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ecbrevik said:
Oh yeah, I forgot to fix that. I copied Woden's brackets because he used complete bracket integrity, but forgot to fix his RIT mistake. I'll go back and fix my post.
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:p no worries.

That will be the biggest thing tomorrow, and we should find out when they announce the first bracket if they've gone with integrity or not.
 
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I think it's going to be a great tourney this year. The field is awesome. Three teams from CO. Two strong new comers from the east (Union and Merrimack). Five WCHA teams including new comer UNO. Hurry up and announce the brackets already!
 
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MagnessMan said:
I think it's going to be a great tourney this year. The field is awesome. Three teams from CO. Two strong new comers from the east (Union and Merrimack). Five WCHA teams including new comer UNO. Hurry up and announce the brackets already!
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I missed the show, anybody have the real brackets?
 
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Denver hockey is ignorant and arrogant if they thought they should have won the WCHA title game.

There were at least 3 terrible calls against the Sioux (maybe one for Denver) during regular play, and horse**** reffing in OT.

Sioux missed two open nets and played mediocre hockey for most the game and still Denver couldn't get a win.
 
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Bridgeport
1. Yale vs. 16. Air Force
8. Union vs. 9. Minnesota-Duluth

St. Louis
3. Boston College vs. 14. Colorado College
5. Michigan vs. 12. Nebraska-Omaha

Manchester
4. Miami vs. 13. New Hampshire
6. Merrimack vs. 11. Notre Dame

Green Bay
2. North Dakota vs. 15. Rensselaer
7. Denver vs. 10. Western Michigan
 
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