NCAA Tournament

[Josh '99]

I was just realizing (though I guess I probably should have days ago) that this year's tournament is not only lacking in many of the usual suspects (Michigan, BU, Maine, Michigan State), but it's also pretty heavily loaded with teams that have never won the tournament before (which I will generally find myself rooting for unless it's Clarkson).  Today's regional semis each matched a previous champion (in fact, a previous multiple-time champion) against a team that's never won the tournament before, with Minnesota already out, and tomorrow's regional semifinals actually feature seven teams that have never won the tournament before and just one that has.  So, go Lowell, go Niagara, go UNH, and go (yuck) Union!  Then this year's Frozen Four will really be a novel experience.

[ugarte]

So, go Lowell, go Niagara, go UNH, and go (yuck) Union!  Then this year's Frozen Four will really be a novel experience.

Nope, nope, nope.

[Josh '99]

So, go Lowell, go Niagara, go UNH, and go (yuck) Union!  Then this year's Frozen Four will really be a novel experience.

Nope, nope, nope.

I will allow that, of the five tournament entrants that are previous champions, Denver are probably tied with Wisconsin as the least intolerable.  Still, I think my grudge against UNH has faded to the point where I will root for them at least in the regional semifinal in support of the goal I mentioned in my previous post.  (I would root for Lowell over them at that point, if that were to be the matchup in the regional final.)  It's not like they were particularly goonish in beating us in prior tournaments, and it was the ref who disallowed that goal in 2003, not the UNH players or coach; their fans also aren't particularly intolerable, no doubt because of the tournament futility that led to this discussion in the first place.

[Trotsky]

Wisco was the WCHA member who wasn't a pox, and next year they'll be the Big 10 member who isn't a pox.  I really like that program and its fans.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Wisco was the WCHA member who wasn't a pox, and next year they'll be the Big 10 member who isn't a pox.  I really like that program and its fans.

I agree.  Their fans were respoectful and complimentary after that amazing regional in Green Bay.  The goofers at Mariucci?  Not so much.

And I have no hard feelings against UNH, other than the fact that they get what's essentially a home game at the regionals every couple years.

[profudge]

UMass-Lowell  6 vs  Wisc.  1   -   great game for  UMass!

[jkahn]

For those who were at the 2009 Grand Rapid regional, what was the name of that bar where we drowned our sorrows after that BSU game? Just curious. I remember the carbombs, and have since found (and made) cake verisons of carbombs.

I didn't do the Sunday postgame, as I decided that rather than drown my sorrows, I'd go to sleep, get up at 4 and get to work on time.  However, the Saturday postgame and the Sunday pregame were at the Ottawa Tavern.

[French Rage]

Wisco was the WCHA member who wasn't a pox, and next year they'll be the Big 10 member who isn't a pox.  I really like that program and its fans.

I agree.  Their fans were respoectful and complimentary after that amazing regional in Green Bay.  The goofers at Mariucci?  Not so much.

And I have no hard feelings against UNH, other than the fact that they get what's essentially a home game at the regionals every couple years.

And it seems to be the same for all of their sports.  At the Rose Bowl this year their fans were nice and just seemed happy to be there, and didn't feel the need to be jerks.  (Yes this is just a cheap ploy to bring up Stanford winning the Rose Bowl.)

[ugarte]

UMass-Lowell  6 vs  Wisc.  1   -   great game for  UMass!

I don't read a lot of non-eLF coverage, but ... nobody calls Lowell "UMass", right? I mean, there's a UMass and they play in Amherst.

[Swampy]

Yale has forgotten about last week. Don't tell Ken Schott. It's 2-0 Eli.

And given they aren't Harvard they might actually hold the lead.

The Minny player interviewed between periods looked dazed.  I'm not sure the WCHA expected this kind of a fight from the EZAC.

They have the look of a team that prepared to play North Dakota tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flpVa3a2fhQ&feature=player_embedded

+1

[Swampy]

Overtime goal by Jesse Root  -  9 seconds into OT !

I just quoting profudge here because it's the last of a series congratulating Yale and expressing shear joy at (a) an ECAC/Ivy team winning and (b) the Goofers going home. (I expect the latter carries more weight, although there's a obvious interaction effect.)

Did it occur to any of you that there's probably more jubilation here than on Yale's board on USCHO? Since the win, there have been quite a few posts. But it seems the vast majority of them have come from fans of other teams congratulating the bulldogs.

Maybe all the Yale fans are still at the games. Even if you live in California, it's not that hard to attend the regional semi's when you have a private jet.

[judy]

UMass-Lowell  6 vs  Wisc.  1   -   great game for  UMass!

I don't read a lot of non-eLF coverage, but ... nobody calls Lowell "UMass", right? I mean, there's a UMass and they play in Amherst.

Agree

[judy]

I was just realizing (though I guess I probably should have days ago) that this year's tournament is not only lacking in many of the usual suspects (Michigan, BU, Maine, Michigan State), but it's also pretty heavily loaded with teams that have never won the tournament before (which I will generally find myself rooting for unless it's Clarkson).  Today's regional semis each matched a previous champion (in fact, a previous multiple-time champion) against a team that's never won the tournament before, with Minnesota already out, and tomorrow's regional semifinals actually feature seven teams that have never won the tournament before and just one that has.  So, go Lowell, go Niagara, go UNH, and go (yuck) Union!  Then this year's Frozen Four will really be a novel experience.

At this rate, I'm just very happy for someone that is NOT BC to win it all this year. Although, it will hurt if it's one of the ECAC teams. But I really don't want to sit through another BC victory. I've seen too many in person as it is.

[Scersk '97]

WZHA:  UNH 5 – DU 2

[Josh '99]

I was just realizing (though I guess I probably should have days ago) that this year's tournament is not only lacking in many of the usual suspects (Michigan, BU, Maine, Michigan State), but it's also pretty heavily loaded with teams that have never won the tournament before (which I will generally find myself rooting for unless it's Clarkson).  Today's regional semis each matched a previous champion (in fact, a previous multiple-time champion) against a team that's never won the tournament before, with Minnesota already out, and tomorrow's regional semifinals actually feature seven teams that have never won the tournament before and just one that has.  So, go Lowell, go Niagara, go UNH, and go (yuck) Union!  Then this year's Frozen Four will really be a novel experience.

At this rate, I'm just very happy for someone that is NOT BC to win it all this year. Although, it will hurt if it's one of the ECAC teams. But I really don't want to sit through another BC victory. I've seen too many in person as it is.

Don't bother.  They're going to win.  It's inevitable.