{"id":98681,"date":"2016-03-10T19:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/nchc-blog\/?p=491"},"modified":"2016-03-10T19:00:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T01:00:54","slug":"weekend-picks-march-11-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2016\/03\/10\/weekend-picks-march-11-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Picks: March 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew and I did pretty well last week, going 7-1 (.875). On the year, I finished the regular season 114-50-14, while Matthew went 109-55-14. I won our picks race, so I&#8217;ll be sure to enjoy some tasty IPAs courtesy of Matt.<\/p>\n<p>For the first round of the playoffs, we just pick the winners in the number of games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday-Saturday, March 11-12; Sunday, March 13 (if necessary)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Omaha at Denver<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> I was at last Saturday&#8217;s game between these two, and while Omaha played well, Denver looks like the strong team overall. <strong>Denver 3-2, 3-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> UNO will try and shake off its poor recent form, but I&#8217;d be surprised if they move on past this weekend. <strong>Denver in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Western Michigan at St. Cloud State<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> St. Cloud has too much offense for the inconsistent Broncos to pull the upset. <strong>St. Cloud 4-1, 3-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Difficult to see anything other than a Huskies sweep here.<strong> St. Cloud State in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miami at Minnesota-Duluth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace<\/strong>: Duluth swept this one last weekend and took swept 10 of 12 points in the season series. It will get harder to sweep from here out, so I see the Bulldogs in three. <strong>Minnesota-Duluth 3-1, Miami 3-2, Minnesota-Duluth 3-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Duluth has taken three of four games against the RedHawks so far this season, but I have a sneaking suspicion Miami will steal this series. <strong>Miami in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colorado College at North Dakota<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> CC surprised the Fighting Hawks in Grand Forks back in January; I don&#8217;t see it happening again.<strong> North Dakota 4-1, 4-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> UND&#8217;s trying to lock up a geographically favorable regional, and a sweep this weekend would certainly help there. <strong>North Dakota in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew and I did pretty well last week, going 7-1 (.875). On the year, I finished the regular season 114-50-14, while Matthew went 109-55-14. 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