The hockey tourney today with games in Fargo and Manchester, NH now underway. Boston U escaped with a 3-2 OT win against Yale earlier; as I type this, Michigan Tech leads St. Cloud 2-1 in the third and Minnesota-Duluth is wiping the floor with Minnesota, winning 3-0 after just one period. One-bid Big Ten is really showing up well so far.

Quinnipiac-NoDak is later tonight, tomorrow we have the first round games in Providence (BC vs. Denver, Miami vs. Providence) and South Bend (Minnesota State-Mankato vs. Rochester Tech, Harvard vs. Nebraska-Omaha). Here's to an all-NCHC Frozen Four.

(03-27-2015 06:09 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The hockey tourney today with games in Fargo and Manchester, NH now underway. Boston U escaped with a 3-2 OT win against Yale earlier; as I type this, Michigan Tech leads St. Cloud 2-1 in the third and Minnesota-Duluth is wiping the floor with Minnesota, winning 3-0 after just one period. One-bid Big Ten is really showing up well so far.

Quinnipiac-NoDak is later tonight, tomorrow we have the first round games in Providence (BC vs. Denver, Miami vs. Providence) and South Bend (Minnesota State-Mankato vs. Rochester Tech, Harvard vs. Nebraska-Omaha). Here's to an all-NCHC Frozen Four.

The NCHC is 3-0 so far, as Duluth wiped out the Big Ten, St. Cloud St won in overtime, and UND beat QU. Its either going to be an all-NCHC Frozen Four, or three Boston teams and one NCHC interloper.

The B1G has got to be really disappointed: they blew up college hockey to be on the outside looking in. Their conference tournament couldn't draw flies, while the NCHC and WCHA tournaments drew fans.

minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/03/23/can-attendance-issues-at-college-hockey-tournaments-be-fixed/

(03-27-2015 06:09 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The hockey tourney today with games in Fargo and Manchester, NH now underway. Boston U escaped with a 3-2 OT win against Yale earlier; as I type this, Michigan Tech leads St. Cloud 2-1 in the third and Minnesota-Duluth is wiping the floor with Minnesota, winning 3-0 after just one period. One-bid Big Ten is really showing up well so far.

Quinnipiac-NoDak is later tonight, tomorrow we have the first round games in Providence (BC vs. Denver, Miami vs. Providence) and South Bend (Minnesota State-Mankato vs. Rochester Tech, Harvard vs. Nebraska-Omaha). Here's to an all-NCHC Frozen Four.

Indeed, this is the REAL March Madness, as NOTHING screams "Big Time College Athletics" like Minnesota State - Mankato vs Rochester Tech.

NCHC goes 3-0 as St. Cloud comes back, UMD kills Minny, and NoDak handles Q.

You really got a hard on for Big Ten hockey eh? We get it, you hate us, no need for the bad sportsmanship considering I'm the only Big Ten fan around when it comes to hockey.

(03-28-2015 06:27 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-27-2015 06:09 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The hockey tourney today with games in Fargo and Manchester, NH now underway. Boston U escaped with a 3-2 OT win against Yale earlier; as I type this, Michigan Tech leads St. Cloud 2-1 in the third and Minnesota-Duluth is wiping the floor with Minnesota, winning 3-0 after just one period. One-bid Big Ten is really showing up well so far.

Quinnipiac-NoDak is later tonight, tomorrow we have the first round games in Providence (BC vs. Denver, Miami vs. Providence) and South Bend (Minnesota State-Mankato vs. Rochester Tech, Harvard vs. Nebraska-Omaha). Here's to an all-NCHC Frozen Four.

Indeed, this is the REAL March Madness, as NOTHING screams "Big Time College Athletics" like Minnesota State - Mankato vs Rochester Tech.

I guess you don't understand D1 hockey.

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Even after Saturday, the NCHC looking like it's the real deal.

(03-29-2015 10:13 AM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(03-28-2015 06:27 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-27-2015 06:09 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The hockey tourney today with games in Fargo and Manchester, NH now underway. Boston U escaped with a 3-2 OT win against Yale earlier; as I type this, Michigan Tech leads St. Cloud 2-1 in the third and Minnesota-Duluth is wiping the floor with Minnesota, winning 3-0 after just one period. One-bid Big Ten is really showing up well so far.

Quinnipiac-NoDak is later tonight, tomorrow we have the first round games in Providence (BC vs. Denver, Miami vs. Providence) and South Bend (Minnesota State-Mankato vs. Rochester Tech, Harvard vs. Nebraska-Omaha). Here's to an all-NCHC Frozen Four.

Indeed, this is the REAL March Madness, as NOTHING screams "Big Time College Athletics" like Minnesota State - Mankato vs Rochester Tech.

I guess you don't understand D1 hockey.

I think I do. How many teams are there, about 60? And probably all of them are within a 6-hour drive of a Great Lake.

I'm sure to hockey fans, the "Frozen 4" or whatever it is called provides real excitement. I bet the Louisiana 3A high school girls basketball tournament does, too.

(03-27-2015 11:11 PM)NoDak Wrote:  

(03-27-2015 06:09 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The hockey tourney today with games in Fargo and Manchester, NH now underway. Boston U escaped with a 3-2 OT win against Yale earlier; as I type this, Michigan Tech leads St. Cloud 2-1 in the third and Minnesota-Duluth is wiping the floor with Minnesota, winning 3-0 after just one period. One-bid Big Ten is really showing up well so far.

Quinnipiac-NoDak is later tonight, tomorrow we have the first round games in Providence (BC vs. Denver, Miami vs. Providence) and South Bend (Minnesota State-Mankato vs. Rochester Tech, Harvard vs. Nebraska-Omaha). Here's to an all-NCHC Frozen Four.

The NCHC is 3-0 so far, as Duluth wiped out the Big Ten, St. Cloud St won in overtime, and UND beat QU. Its either going to be an all-NCHC Frozen Four, or three Boston teams and one NCHC interloper.

The B1G has got to be really disappointed: they blew up college hockey to be on the outside looking in. Their conference tournament couldn't draw flies, while the NCHC and WCHA tournaments drew fans.

minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/03/23/can-attendance-issues-at-college-hockey-tournaments-be-fixed/

would be interesting if it was 2 hockey east and 2 NCHC

(03-29-2015 10:18 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 10:13 AM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(03-28-2015 06:27 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-27-2015 06:09 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The hockey tourney today with games in Fargo and Manchester, NH now underway. Boston U escaped with a 3-2 OT win against Yale earlier; as I type this, Michigan Tech leads St. Cloud 2-1 in the third and Minnesota-Duluth is wiping the floor with Minnesota, winning 3-0 after just one period. One-bid Big Ten is really showing up well so far.

Quinnipiac-NoDak is later tonight, tomorrow we have the first round games in Providence (BC vs. Denver, Miami vs. Providence) and South Bend (Minnesota State-Mankato vs. Rochester Tech, Harvard vs. Nebraska-Omaha). Here's to an all-NCHC Frozen Four.

Indeed, this is the REAL March Madness, as NOTHING screams "Big Time College Athletics" like Minnesota State - Mankato vs Rochester Tech.

I guess you don't understand D1 hockey.

I think I do. How many teams are there, about 60? And probably all of them are within a 6-hour drive of a Great Lake.

I'm sure to hockey fans, the "Frozen 4" or whatever it is called provides real excitement. I bet the Louisiana 3A high school girls basketball tournament does, too.

Yes there's about 60 teams and the majority are East. Didn't realize the size of a league had to do with the excitement. But all he is saying is he's more interested in the Frozen 4, as am I. College hockey, and the Frozen 4, is a huge deal. A boatload of NHL talent have played in it too. There's a lot of history in it. He, nor I, have ever said that it compares to the basketball March Madness Final 4 on a national popularity level. If you think a big name like Alabama, Oregon, or some other team ESPN tries to force down people's throats is needed to make it 'big-time', you can go ahead and cheer for Michigan/Notre Dame/Boston College/Wisconsin etc who didn't even qualify for the tournament this season or got their asses wiped by a city/directional school in the tournament. College hockey is unique in the fact that schools that are D2 in other sports can go head-to-head with P5 schools in other sports in D1 hockey and pull off W after W. There's a lot of rumors of expansion with Arizona St announcing it's joining D1 (next year I believe?), but I'm not sure I really buy into most of them.

Also, this might be a North/South thing. Apparently down south the College World Series (and college baseball too for that matter) is a big deal. Up in the north here, the only time I ever see anything about college baseball is when I'm flipping through the channels and the Big 10 network has it on and they're playing a rival.

(03-29-2015 04:15 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 10:18 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 10:13 AM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(03-28-2015 06:27 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-27-2015 06:09 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The hockey tourney today with games in Fargo and Manchester, NH now underway. Boston U escaped with a 3-2 OT win against Yale earlier; as I type this, Michigan Tech leads St. Cloud 2-1 in the third and Minnesota-Duluth is wiping the floor with Minnesota, winning 3-0 after just one period. One-bid Big Ten is really showing up well so far.

Quinnipiac-NoDak is later tonight, tomorrow we have the first round games in Providence (BC vs. Denver, Miami vs. Providence) and South Bend (Minnesota State-Mankato vs. Rochester Tech, Harvard vs. Nebraska-Omaha). Here's to an all-NCHC Frozen Four.

Indeed, this is the REAL March Madness, as NOTHING screams "Big Time College Athletics" like Minnesota State - Mankato vs Rochester Tech.

I guess you don't understand D1 hockey.

I think I do. How many teams are there, about 60? And probably all of them are within a 6-hour drive of a Great Lake.

I'm sure to hockey fans, the "Frozen 4" or whatever it is called provides real excitement. I bet the Louisiana 3A high school girls basketball tournament does, too.

Yes there's about 60 teams and the majority are East. Didn't realize the size of a league had to do with the excitement. But all he is saying is he's more interested in the Frozen 4, as am I. College hockey, and the Frozen 4, is a huge deal. A boatload of NHL talent have played in it too. There's a lot of history in it. He, nor I, have ever said that it compares to the basketball March Madness Final 4 on a national popularity level. If you think a big name like Alabama, Oregon, or some other team ESPN tries to force down people's throats is needed to make it 'big-time', you can go ahead and cheer for Michigan/Notre Dame/Boston College/Wisconsin etc who didn't even qualify for the tournament this season or got their asses wiped by a city/directional school in the tournament. College hockey is unique in the fact that schools that are D2 in other sports can go head-to-head with P5 schools in other sports in D1 hockey and pull off W after W. There's a lot of rumors of expansion with Arizona St announcing it's joining D1 (next year I believe?), but I'm not sure I really buy into most of them.

Also, this might be a North/South thing. Apparently down south the College World Series (and college baseball too for that matter) is a big deal. Up in the north here, the only time I ever see anything about college baseball is when I'm flipping through the channels and the Big 10 network has it on and they're playing a rival.

Yeah I'm not a fan of basketball whatsoever, I love hockey as well. College baseball isn't high on my list of watching interests.

one interesting point, traditionally northern sports like hockey and Lacrosse are growing in popularity while baseballs popularity is shrinking

You guys think the reason why College baseball in the south is so popular because of the lack of pro Baseball teams? I know of people from North Carolina to Arkansas to Kentucky who are all Atlanta fans with no actual ties to the city or even Georgia.

(03-29-2015 05:38 PM)DexterDevil Wrote:  You guys think the reason why College baseball in , the south is so popular because of the lack of pro Baseball teams? I know of people from North Carolina to Arkansas to Kentucky who are all Atlanta fans with no actual ties to the city or even Georgia.

I'm sure it helps. Nashville, Memphis, Charlotte, and Raleigh-Durham are relative latecomers to the professional sports world. New Orleans even got its AAA team from Denver when the Colorado Rockies were born, and would not be a suitable market for MLB even pre-Katrina (although there was a AAA team called the Pelicans in 1977, but it moved to Springfield the next year).

Kentucky is pretty much neutral ground for MLB between the Reds, Cardinals, Braves, and Cubs. It wouldn't surprise me if there were some Pirates fans near the West Virginia border as well.

Part of North Carolina is in the Atlanta DMA. Even Greenville-Spartanburg clips both North Carolina and Georgia. Washington being absent from MLB for decades also helped Atlanta.

TBS is also responsible for much of the Braves' fanbase growth back during the SuperStation era.

(03-29-2015 05:30 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  one interesting point, traditionally northern sports like hockey and Lacrosse are growing in popularity while baseballs popularity is shrinking

Lax facilities are available anywhere football and soccer fields are.

Hockey has special needs, that are frequently not available even in Northern States like Pa, OH, IN, IL, and IA. The cost to participate and the transportation time is out of most families budgets, except where outdoor ice is available for several months.

(03-28-2015 09:30 AM)DexterDevil Wrote:  You really got a hard on for Big Ten hockey eh? We get it, you hate us, no need for the bad sportsmanship considering I'm the only Big Ten fan around when it comes to hockey.

Yeah, no kidding. B1G Ice Hockey was terrible this year ..... but we don't need a Miami fan telling us that.

Speaking of Miami: 1-5 in their last 6 NCAA tourney games, and in all 5 of those losses, Miami was the better-seeded team. Perhaps we should start calling Enrico Blasi "the ANTI-Tom Izzo."

Frozen Four are set for Boston on April 9th:

Providence vs Nebr-Omaha

Boston U vs North Dakota

Championships:
UND -7
BU - 5
Prov - 0
UNO - 0

This is the first trip for UNO to a Frozen Four.

I was rooting for Denver a little. Have a soft spot for the Pios, as I would like to see them in the Big West someday.

(03-29-2015 09:45 PM)NoDak Wrote:  Frozen Four are set for Boston on April 9th:

Providence vs Nebr-Omaha

Boston U vs North Dakota

Championships:
UND -7
BU - 5
Prov - 0
UNO - 0

This is the first trip for UNO to a Frozen Four.

Has there been more funding for UNO hockey since they dropped football and wrestling a few years back?

(03-30-2015 04:29 AM)jdgaucho Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 09:45 PM)NoDak Wrote:  Frozen Four are set for Boston on April 9th:

Providence vs Nebr-Omaha

Boston U vs North Dakota

Championships:
UND -7
BU - 5
Prov - 0
UNO - 0

This is the first trip for UNO to a Frozen Four.

Has there been more funding for UNO hockey since they dropped football and wrestling a few years back?

When Omaha first started hockey in 1997, they played in the 9000 seat Municipal Auditorium, where its games were mostly sellouts. When it moved to the larger CenturyLink, more seats were always available, so season ticket holders were cannibalized during the next few years (avg 5500-6800 there) and there was a report that UNO hockey was in the red now. The CenturyLink had high rent, and people complained that it was too cavernous. Next year, UNO moves to its own newly built 7500 seat rink. With the smaller rink, tickets will again be at a premium and fans like the more intimate setting. I have no doubt the ice hockey paved the way for Omaha to move all sports to DI.

Omaha hired Dean Blais several years ago, who formerly coached UND to two titles before he left for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Most UND fans hold him in very high regard still. Dave Hakstol, our current coach, has been the the Frozen Four seven times in 11 years, but hasn't won a title. The fans are getting restless, as we haven't won with the new 11k seat arena.

(03-29-2015 10:18 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 10:13 AM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(03-28-2015 06:27 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-27-2015 06:09 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  The hockey tourney today with games in Fargo and Manchester, NH now underway. Boston U escaped with a 3-2 OT win against Yale earlier; as I type this, Michigan Tech leads St. Cloud 2-1 in the third and Minnesota-Duluth is wiping the floor with Minnesota, winning 3-0 after just one period. One-bid Big Ten is really showing up well so far.

Quinnipiac-NoDak is later tonight, tomorrow we have the first round games in Providence (BC vs. Denver, Miami vs. Providence) and South Bend (Minnesota State-Mankato vs. Rochester Tech, Harvard vs. Nebraska-Omaha). Here's to an all-NCHC Frozen Four.

Indeed, this is the REAL March Madness, as NOTHING screams "Big Time College Athletics" like Minnesota State - Mankato vs Rochester Tech.

I guess you don't understand D1 hockey.

I think I do. How many teams are there, about 60? And probably all of them are within a 6-hour drive of a Great Lake.

I'm sure to hockey fans, the "Frozen 4" or whatever it is called provides real excitement. I bet the Louisiana 3A high school girls basketball tournament does, too.

Denver U, Colorado College, Nebraska Omaha, Alabama Huntsville to name a few of the programs not in the Great Lakes & Northeast regions. Arizona is adding scholarship hockey starting next year. There are more College Hockey programs that draw over 1000 a game than College Baseball even though there are hundreds more baseball programs.

The NCAA College Hockey Tournament is one of less than a handful of NCAA Championship Tournaments that makes a profit (Hoops, Wrestling & Ice Hockey that's it)

Get out of your mom's basement and your stunted myopic view of college athletics already.