Michigan Advances To East Semifinals; Wisconsin Killed And Eaten By Davidson

Michigan won 5-1 on the back of a Kevin Porter hat trick + empty net goal. Pacioretty scored first followed by Porter in the second period after a scoreless first; then Porter scored another THREE goals in the third. Niagara scored one after Michigan had already taken a 4-0 lead and secured the outcome of the game. Now Michigan must defeat the 3-seed from the ECAC, Clarkson.

Notre Dame scored seven (7) goals today against New Hampshire to advance to the West semifinals in Colorado Springs. Just to put this in perspective, Notre Dame's scoring is very poor this year and their best player was out. Yikes. UND will go on to play the winner of Colorado College vs. Spartina for the chance to play in the Frozen Four in Denver; it was 0-0 about halfway through the first period last I heard.

But the big basketball news: Stephen Curry and his teammates today beat Wisconsin today by a lot. No specific numbers, just a lot, like when people forget to keep score in a pickup game because the teams are so uneven. So Davidson will proceed to (almost assuredly) play Kansas in the Elite Eight; Kansas's potential road to the Final Four will now include no one higher than an 8-seed, as tenth-seeded Davidson awaits them after twelfth-seeded Villanova.