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The cheapest seats aren't that cheap compared to a lot of the competition they face from other college programs, pro sports like the Wild, the various other entertainment options in the cities, or even just watching it at a bar or at home. I say this as someone who used to have season tickets in the end section and dropped them after the 14-15 season I think it was after it became quite clear that things were getting worse (in terms of the overall entertainment level of going to a game) and the U didn't really show any signs that the trend would reverse anytime soon.
Yep, comes through perfectly now.
You are obviously a math guy - which I am not - so it would be best if I leave any comments I might have to the game being played on the ice!
The exact regression type they used is largely irrelevant to this particular argument though, the Gophers clearly aren't that talented, there are very few players on this team that would be playing on the 2012-13 team that had at least 6 guys go to the NHL and was a #1 team for most of the year, just for an easy comparison to what a good Gopher team looks like. The verdict is still out but this team likely won't make the playoffs and the only guys on this team that seem like a reasonable bet to crack the NHL are the freshmen D.SteveO said:
I've taken econometrics and multivariate stat courses, these concepts are not foreign to me and your condescending schtick isn't fooling anyone other than yourself. If the study is arguing that the gophers are more talented than Duluth over the last 3 years then there are likely some serious issues with the methodology of star ratings or their algorithm which uses star ratings and various weights for age/league (young players from the NTPD get a huge boost whether they're Casey Mittlestadt or Jack Glover). The study may disagree with me but what actually happens in reality also doesn't "agree" with this study. That's not subjective lol, we can see how each team performed during that time and compare as well as how many guys played at higher levels etc.
That site is trying to predict future NHL talent so if team A is loaded with young guys with potential and team B is loaded with older guys who are better currently but won't be NHL bound, I can kinda see how a site might rank team A as more "talented" because they're more concerned with predicting the future than examining the present. So team A could be more "talented" even if they lose straight up to team B. I don't think that even applies in this comparison but theoretically it could.
