  Motivated by the success of the Bianchi VII_h model in addressing many of the
anomalies observed in the WMAP data (Jaffe et al.), we present calculations in
real and in wavelet space of the Higher Criticism statistic of the Bianchi
corrected Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) first year data. At the
wavelet scale of 5 degrees the Higher Criticism of the WMAP map drops from a
value above the 99% c.l. to a value below the 68% c.l. when corrected by the
Bianchi template. An important property of the Higher Criticism statistic is
its ability to locate the pixels that account for the deviation from
Gaussianity. The analysis of the uncorrected WMAP data pointed to a cold spot
in the southern hemisphere centered at (l,b)~ (209, -57). The Higher Criticism
of the Bianchi corrected map indicates that this spot remains prominent, albeit
at a level completely consistent with Gaussian statistics. Consequently, it is
debatable how much emphasis should be placed on this residual feature, but we
consider the effect of modestly increasing the scaling of the template. A
factor of only 1.2 renders the spot indistinguishable from the background
level, with no noticeable impact on the results published in Jaffe et al. for
the low-l anomalies, large-scale power asymmetry or wavelet kurtosis. A trivial
interpretation would be that the Bianchi template may require a small
enhancement of power on scales corresponding to the wavelet scale of 5 degrees.
