NCAA Hockey Tournament Open Thread

Submitted by VCavman24 on
I don't know if anyone cares with Michigan not being in it but there are six games of the NCAA Hockey Tournament today. Denver beat BC 5-2 in a first round game, but there was a HUGE upset as #16 seed RIT of lowly Atlantic Hockey #1 overall seed Minnesota State 2-1. That is a HUUUGGGEEE upset. Right now Boston University is beating UMD 3-2 with 20 seconds left.

gwkrlghl

March 28th, 2015 at 8:18 PM ^

That RIT-Minnesota State game was awesome and Miami getting torched by Providence in Providence isn't terribly surprising. Miami's always been a soft tournament team and they got a rough draw this year.

acnumber1

March 28th, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^

Not only may you be drunk, but you may be in the wrong thread!

 

At least you didn't OP this:

 

but there was a HUGE upset as #16 seed of lowly Atlantic Hockey #1 overall seed Minnesota State 2-1....

 

...which I figured out after googling 'ncaa hocky tournament upset'.  Nice work RPI!

cheesheadwolverine

March 28th, 2015 at 10:04 PM ^

Harvard (down 2-1 to UNO) is one of the stranger teams I can remeber. Ranked either 1 or 2 in the country at new years, absolute trash for two months running themselves all the way out of the tournament, go on a run and win the ECAC tournament.

Edit: Harvard took an idiotic offensive zone boarding with 2:30 left, so without a shortie, it's all but over.

bacon1431

March 28th, 2015 at 10:28 PM ^

This has been a great weekend. If people love the raw excitment and upsets of the basketball tourney, they should be all over the NCAA hockey tournament. And I think there would be even more casual college hockey fans if they tuned in and saw a loaded arena because teams were allowed to host regionals instead of a quarter filled arena where no home teams are playing. There have been two well-attended regionals - Providence and Fargo. There have been two awful regionals in attendance - Manchester and South Bend. Not a surprise considering two had a "home" team in their regional and the others didn't. Easy fix.

RITWolverine

March 28th, 2015 at 11:22 PM ^

So proud of my alma mater, which has had another great appearance in the NCAA tournament. I was a freshman when RIT made the Frozen Four in 2010 and the atmosphere on campus and in Rochester was electric.

Hockey is the only Division I sport at RIT and in Rochester, so there is a strong following of current students and alumni. It was great watching the game today and hearing the band and Corner Crew.

I think Atlantic Hockey has been steadily improving over the years. It's not on par with the other conferences by any means, but the teams are becoming more competitive.