In reply to: The 06/07 and 08/09 teams posted by Tex Francisco
main years in the Big East in hoops were my favorite years of conference affiliation in any sports. We had great natural rivals in the CCHA and there was so much talent. Same for hoops facing Cuse, Pitt, UCONN, Nova, GTown, Seton Hall, Marquette, Louisville, West Virginia, etc. It was a fantastic brand of competition! I was in heaven those years.
I have sworn to never see ND play at Van Andel ever again
than Mr. Wednesday...
He jinxed BOTH his teams.
They were rooting for Cornell so that I wouldn't be rooting for NU against ND.
the 07-08 team that got us to our first FF. As you point out, odd tings happen in the Tournament.
That team couldn't score a goal to save their lives half the time and we were the last at-large team in (and then JUST barely -- we got in over Minnesota State on the basis of a better record against our 5 common opponents), and then we went and potted 15 goals in our 3 NCAA wins on the way to that first FF.
Other than the heartburn of watching your own team play, the NCAA hockey tournament is my favorite playoff, college or pro.
amazing how the one-and-done is far more entertaining if the Irish aren't involved. Of course, I'd much rather have the pain and the laser focus on every face-off.