Actually I was going to say Wisconsin 1991.  They weren't even picked as
one of the top teams in the WCHA that year.  Plus that was the year of
the Great Eastern Massacre with all the Eastern teams going out in the
semis.  The Frozen Four in Albany consisted of three Michigan teams plus
Wisconsin.  However, Wisconsin lost in the final in a very controversial
game.  That was the beginning of that great run of LSSU teams through
the 90's.

Brian Morris
On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 04:29 PM, Lethert, Patrick wrote:

> Wisconsin 1981!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Griebel [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 3:26 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: odds correction, plus
>
>
> It would be interesting (to everyone but the poor bloke struggling with
> the impossible task) to look at the equivalent pre-tournament odds for
> all past NCAA champions.  If I recall correctly, some of the Michigan
> teams
> that contributed to the championship blitzkrieg of the first decade
> didn't have particularly good finishes during the season.  Any opinions
> out there about who was the most unlikely champ since '48?
>
> Bob Griebel
>
>
> John T Whelan wrote:
>
>> Something to keep in mind is that the odds of Mercyhurst winning the
>> entire tournament are not the odds of them pulling off a shocking
>> upset, but the odds of them pulling off four shocking upsets in a row.
>> So if they have one chance in 40 of beating any big four teams, that
>> gives them one chance in 40^4 = 2,560,000 of doing it four times in a
>> row.
>