Nathan Eric Hampton writes:
 
> #5 Duluth over #4 St. Cloud State
> Only big game of the tournament, because the winner makes the NCAA final
> 12 and the loser doesn't.
 
I'm not sure that's right.  If you use John Whelan's excellent
speculation tool at ...
 
http://www.slack.net/~whelan/cgi-bin/tbrw.cgi?hypo
 
... it appears that either UMD or SCSU would need at least two wins at
the WCHA Final Five, plus some fortuitous circumstances.  It is clear
that the loser of the Thursday game will go no further.  Thursday's game
should be interesting, indeed.
 
-- Erik
 
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