Should Jamestown be accepted into the NSIC?

[WSUWarriorFan]

My son and I are going to the Moorhead/Elk River game tonight in Alexandria (my son has played a lot of spring/summer/fall hockey with some of the Moorhead kids). Moorhead should win easily.

Have you made it to the tourney yet? I've been on the wait list for yearly AA passes for 15 years now.

[WSUWarriorFan]

There have been a few upsets in the Sections.

Class A:
Cloquet knocked off Hermantown in Section 7 semifinals (3 over 2)
Minneapolis Co-op beat Breck in the Section 2 quarterfinals (6 over 3)
Willmar beat Fergus Falls in the Section 6 quarterfinals (6 over 3)
Detroit Lakes over defending Class A champ East Grand Forks in the Section 8 semifinals (3 over 2)

Class AA
Chanhassen over Shakopee in the Section 2 semifinals (3 over 2)
Rosemount over St. Thomas Academy in the Section 3 championship (even though this was 1 over 2, the seed was settled by an online random generator as the two teams tied in voting, most pundits felt St. Thomas would still walk away with the Section)
Andover over Maple Grove in the Section 5 semifinals (5 over 1)
Centennial over Blane in the Section 5 semifinals (3 over 2)
Wayzata over Rogers in the Section 6 semifinals (4 over 1, Rogers has just beat Moorhead and Minnetonka the week before sections)
Elk River over St. Michael in the Section 8 semifinals in 2 OTs (3 over 2)

Its crazy how a bunch of sections have their title game tonight meanwhile section 4AA hasn't had their semi-finals yet.

[Millsy]

National Tournament Time for ACHA Men's Teams. Women's Brackets have not been announced yet.

Men's ACHA D-I, 24 teams make the National Tournament
#1 seed Minot State 30-1-1 and a bye in the first round
#8 Jamestown 23-13-1 and a bye in the first round
#10 UMary 26-13-0 will play #23 Lawrence Tech in the first round

Men's ACHA D-II (Rankings are Central Division only)
NO ONE MADE IT OUT OF THE CENTRAL REGIONAL TO NATIONALS
#5 Crookston 22-5-1
#14 Jamestown 21-6-2
#20 Mankato 11-9-3
Augustana 11-9-2
Bemidji 3-5-2
Duluth 7-17-1
Moorhead 3-7-0

Men's ACHA D-III
No Teams

Women's ACHA D-I (Rankings are National)
#4 Minot 16-6-1
#10 Jamestown 9-16-1

Women's ACHA D-II (Rankings are West Division only)
#4 Jamestown 11-9-1
#6 Augustana 15-8-1
#8 Duluth 6-10-1

[Millsy]

Luverne vs. Mankato West for the 3A title. That should be a fun one.

Marshall got obliterated by Mankato East holy moly

My son and I are going to the Moorhead/Elk River game tonight in Alexandria (my son has played a lot of spring/summer/fall hockey with some of the Moorhead kids). Moorhead should win easily.

[SW_Mustang]

Luverne vs. Mankato West for the 3A title. That should be a fun one.

Marshall got obliterated by Mankato East holy moly

[Millsy]

Speaking of hockey, I couldn't help but notice Hermantown lost in the section semi-finals. I will miss hate watching them.

There have been a few upsets in the Sections.

Class A:
Cloquet knocked off Hermantown in Section 7 semifinals (3 over 2)
Minneapolis Co-op beat Breck in the Section 2 quarterfinals (6 over 3)
Willmar beat Fergus Falls in the Section 6 quarterfinals (6 over 3)
Detroit Lakes over defending Class A champ East Grand Forks in the Section 8 semifinals (3 over 2)

Class AA
Chanhassen over Shakopee in the Section 2 semifinals (3 over 2)
Rosemount over St. Thomas Academy in the Section 3 championship (even though this was 1 over 2, the seed was settled by an online random generator as the two teams tied in voting, most pundits felt St. Thomas would still walk away with the Section)
Andover over Maple Grove in the Section 5 semifinals (5 over 1)
Centennial over Blane in the Section 5 semifinals (3 over 2)
Wayzata over Rogers in the Section 6 semifinals (4 over 1, Rogers has just beat Moorhead and Minnetonka the week before sections)
Elk River over St. Michael in the Section 8 semifinals in 2 OTs (3 over 2)

[Stanger86]

Congratulations. And those years were about as bad as D2 gets. So, it’s unlikely Jamestown was going to be that bad.

That's what I've been trying to tell people for the last 240 pages....and yet, here we are.

[WSUWarriorFan]

Club Hockey Nationals are coming up, so I will have a couple of more posts to add.

Of course, to help anyone that may still be on the fence.

Speaking of hockey, I couldn't help but notice Hermantown lost in the section semi-finals. I will miss hate watching them.

[Millsy]

2.5 years and almost 3600 posts. Have you guys decided yet?

Club Hockey Nationals are coming up, so I will have a couple of more posts to add.

Of course, to help anyone that may still be on the fence.

[SW_Mustang]

They play again today - maybe the Jims will turn the tables.

Or maybe they won't.

Welcome to the NSIC - Jimmy Baseballers.

[Purple Mav Man]

2.5 years and almost 3600 posts. Have you guys decided yet?

Board says no 33-28
NSIC schools said yes 15-0

Apparently their vote matters more…who knew??! 🙂

[Purple Mav Man]

MrMustang and I sat through the Allison Kruger years in Marshall.....what the Jimmies did this year in WBB in Year 1 was not terrible. Turn off your championship level purple homer glasses and maybe you'll understand that there are more levels to Division II athletics than just championship caliber or terrible.

Congratulations. And those years were about as bad as D2 gets. So, it’s unlikely Jamestown was going to be that bad. Also, it wasn’t like they were starting a brand new program from scratch. Year 1 of D2, yes. They finished at the bottom of the conference, only better than (surprisingly bottoming out) Wayne. They were blown out of quite a few games. Maybe terrible isn’t fair. Very bad is maybe more accurate.

I have high expectations for MSU, sure. But not for other schools. Glasses off, only an SMSU fan would find a positive from 2nd to last. I even acknowledged that the Jimmie men outperformed expectations, so it’s definitely not all or nothing for me 🤷🏼♂️

[WSUWarriorFan]

2.5 years and almost 3600 posts. Have you guys decided yet?

I haven't seen an official statement from our noble leaders. I'm just a mere court jester.

[Stanger86]

I’ll grant you the Jimmie men exceeded expectations in basketball. But the women’s team is/was not good at all, borderline terrible.

MrMustang and I sat through the Allison Kruger years in Marshall.....what the Jimmies did this year in WBB in Year 1 was not terrible. Turn off your championship level purple homer glasses and maybe you'll understand that there are more levels to Division II athletics than just championship caliber or terrible.

[Predatory Primates]

2.5 years and almost 3600 posts. Have you guys decided yet?