> > i was at the last two ccha championships, and in my opinion, michigan has > > not played up to their potential in either of them. last year, they were > > decimating league opponents throughout march, but got to the playoffs and > > 'played a bad game'? i think michigan state and lssu both have a mystique > > that michigan may not yet be confident that they can beat these teams. > > hopefully this year will prove different. > > I don't know about the mystique, or that they played that poorly, I just > give a lot of credit to LSSU. I think the "mystique" that U-M might have > had with MSU disappeared last year at the Joe in that 11-1 game. I'd > love to see Ron Mason have that score tattooed on his head in exchange > for those goon tactics in the 1990? game at the Joe that included the > brawl. But that's another story. oops. i meant to add that msu and lssu both step it up when it comes tournament time, and that lssu does deserve a lot of credit for what they've accomplished over the last few years. michigan state is still a good team, but they've been having some off years (for michigan state). i didn't get to see the game at yost this year, but i'm sure it wasn't a fluke. ron mason runs a quality program over there in east lansing. scott