{"id":95752,"date":"2015-03-27T17:41:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T22:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/from-the-press-box\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2015-03-27T17:41:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T22:41:34","slug":"boston-university-north-dakota-the-favorites-in-college-hockey-pickem-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2015\/03\/27\/boston-university-north-dakota-the-favorites-in-college-hockey-pickem-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University, North Dakota the favorites in College Hockey Pickem 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over a quarter of the entries in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickemhockey.com\/bracket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College Hockey Pickem 2015<\/a> almost went splat in the first game.<\/p>\n<p>But Boston University beat Yale in overtime to advance to the second round, which was good news for the 27 percent of completed brackets that have the Terriers as the predicted champion.<\/p>\n<p>BU was the favorite according to the 11,658 completed brackets entered in the contest, with North Dakota in second. 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