 While Minnesota licked its wounds with a week off, NMU faced MTU for their second home-and-home.The Huskies were no match for the Wildcats, and with the two wins, NMU won the MacNaughton Cup with two games to spare.The conference title all but guaranteed Northern Michigan a spot in the NCAA Tournament but, when they headed to Wisconsin and won both games against the defending national champion Badgers, Northern Michigan showed they weren't going to rest on their laurels.