We have to say that the Gophers/MSU series got us back into college hockey enough that we watched Sunday’s NCAA selection show on ESPN2. Two things stand out (the first one courtesy of the irascible Mr. Patrick Reusse): 1) The Gophers are playing in Worcester, Mass. — where none other than Holy Cross is located. In terms of inspirational visits, Don Lucia might want to skip a trip past that old haunt on the way to play Boston College. 2) The lads in Mankato were robbed when it comes to the selection process. Yes, we understand the Pairwise Rankings are the gospel. We also have to say the methodology is completely flawed when Wisconsin, a sub.-.500 team that was swept in the WCHA playoffs, gets a No. 3 seed (in Madison, no less) while Mankato, which was within an eyelash of advancing to the Final Five on numerous occasions, has a much better record and, for good measure, went 2-1-1 against Wisconsin this year, is left out. We don’t get worked up about the hoc-key very often, and we have no particular leaning toward or away from either squad (except Wisconsin on general principle), but this is a complete and utter joke and we would feel the same way if the roles were reversed. There needs to be some sort of subjectivity in picking these teams. And there needs to be a way that a team with a losing record doesn’t have a chance to play its way into the Frozen Four in front of a home crowd. Ridiculous.

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