Now, these points are reset back to 0 for the 2nd round of the tournament. In this round, the remaining 4 teams must fill out and return a bracket for the remaining WCHA Red Baron Final Five.
Here are the contests for the bracket:
March 21st:
(1) Wisconsin [4] vs [6] MN-State Mankato
(2) North Dakota [3] vs [8] Colorado College
March 22nd:
(3) St. Cloud State [1] vs Winner of (1)
(4) Minnesota [2] vs Winner of (2)
March 23rd:
(5) Winner of (3) vs Winner of (4)
E-mail me your picks for those 5 contests (and please label those picks according to the bolded numbers listed above) by 2:07pm Central Time on THURSDAY, March 21st!
If the above formatting makes it hard to visualize the tournament you can also check out the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_WCHA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament
CLARIFICATION: Here are the points values awarded for correct picks:
1 point is awarded for every correct pick for the contests on March 21st (contests 1&2).
2 points are awarded for every correct pick for the contests on March 22nd (contests 3&4).
4 points are awarded for a correct pick for the contest on March 23rd (contest 5).
Only the best 2 brackets will move on to the final round of the tournament, ultimately the tournament seed will be the tie-breaker.