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jpfalcon09 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:06 am Going to be another tough series. Might be a good thing BG lost to them a couple weeks ago as there should be some extra motivation to get a sweep.

BG seems a little banged up at the moment too. Gavin Gould was in a sling after the game Saturday and Craggs also left with what looked like a potential knee/lower body injury.

pdt1081 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:05 pm A repeat series that really means nothing in the grand scheme of things this season (first one counted for points). It will be interesting to see how each team responds.

jpfalcon09 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:15 pm

pdt1081 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:05 pm A repeat series that really means nothing in the grand scheme of things this season (first one counted for points). It will be interesting to see how each team responds.

Means more to BG than Bemidji given BG is in the driver's seat for an at-large bid if they don't win the league tournament.

pdt1081 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:59 pmUnfortunately, I can see a WCHA or Atlantic team with an .800 winning percentage being passed over for a .600 winning percentage B10 or Nacho. There's also 10ish teams not playing. Wouldn't be a stretch to see the tournament knocked back to 12 teams this year. Closest to a guarantee is the auto bid.

pdt1081 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:59 pm

jpfalcon09 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:15 pm

pdt1081 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:05 pm A repeat series that really means nothing in the grand scheme of things this season (first one counted for points). It will be interesting to see how each team responds.

Means more to BG than Bemidji given BG is in the driver's seat for an at-large bid if they don't win the league tournament.

If there are at-large bids available. There hasn't really been an announcement of what the tournament will look like this year. And it's the WCHA. With the pairwise non-existent this season, anything can happen. Unfortunately, I can see a WCHA or Atlantic team with an .800 winning percentage being passed over for a .600 winning percentage B10 or Nacho. There's also 10ish teams not playing. Wouldn't be a stretch to see the tournament knocked back to 12 teams this year. Closest to a guarantee is the auto bid.

mbenecke wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:23 am Really, we don't even know what the format of the WCHA tournament is yet this year, let alone the national tournament. We really only know that it's over 2 weekends instead of 3, and that there are only 8 teams fighting to make the postseason instead of 10 for 8 spots.

I could see a couple of scenarios here:

#1 - Just the top 4 teams make it, and we start with a semifinal series and then a championship game the following weekend. Those could either be at campus sites, or we could see everything take place in the same, neutral location (perhaps even hosted by the highest seed, on campus?) over 2 weekends.

#2 - All 8 teams competing this year make it. We start with a quarterfinal series (likely at campus sites), then the semifinal and final are played in a neutral location, back to back days, kind of akin back to what things were before the campus tournaments with the "Final Five."

#3 - We don't crown a tournament champion, and the regular season champ gets the automatic bid. This feels like a possibility due to all of the games that have been postponed and still need to be made up.

As far as potential neutral sites go: I know Detroit is already busy at home on championship weekend, but the Minnesota Wild are on the road that weekend, so the XCel Center would theoretically be available based on my very limited research.

Anyone have other ideas?

mbenecke wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:23 am Really, we don't even know what the format of the WCHA tournament is yet this year, let alone the national tournament. We really only know that it's over 2 weekends instead of 3, and that there are only 8 teams fighting to make the postseason instead of 10 for 8 spots.

I could see a couple of scenarios here:

#1 - Just the top 4 teams make it, and we start with a semifinal series and then a championship game the following weekend. Those could either be at campus sites, or we could see everything take place in the same, neutral location (perhaps even hosted by the highest seed, on campus?) over 2 weekends.

#2 - All 8 teams competing this year make it. We start with a quarterfinal series (likely at campus sites), then the semifinal and final are played in a neutral location, back to back days, kind of akin back to what things were before the campus tournaments with the "Final Five."

#3 - We don't crown a tournament champion, and the regular season champ gets the automatic bid. This feels like a possibility due to all of the games that have been postponed and still need to be made up.

As far as potential neutral sites go: I know Detroit is already busy at home on championship weekend, but the Minnesota Wild are on the road that weekend, so the XCel Center would theoretically be available based on my very limited research.

Anyone have other ideas?