Minnesota Hockey: PairWise Based Rooting Interests For This Weekend

Minnesota's split last weekend with Michigan may have kept them in the driver's seat for a third consecutive Big Ten title, but it also put a big dent in the chances for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the end of the season draws near, we'll try to give Gophers fans some idea of who they should be rooting for heading into the weekend. Before we get to that though, some important information about where Minnesota stands.

Here's the Top 20 in the current PairWise Rankings:

If we go by straight PairWise rankings, Minnesota is currently in the NCAA Tournament as an at-large bid. Unfortunately, there are two current conference leaders (i.e. likely bid stealers) lurking below the 16 team…