Two gone, one in: What I Believe, Thursday night edition

Two games on Thursday and now I can update “What I Believe”. The nitty gritty here is that Michigan Tech and St. Cloud are now eliminated from the NCAA tournament and North Dakota is in with at least an at-large bid. And with the winner of the WCHA now looking like it will be in … Read more

Working things out before conference championship weekend

Welcome to the next installment of our Bracketology, and this is the last one until our final predictions for the bracket late Saturday night. If you want to skip the inner workings and get to the results of the analysis, then click here. Here are the facts: • Sixteen teams are selected to participate in … Read more

What I Believe

Let’s play “What I Believe” again. Before we play, I need to put out a disclaimer. There are a lot of scenarios out there and I don’t have an algorithm, or computer program to look at it (though someone should write one for me), so “What I Believe” is only what I have taken a … Read more

What I Believe

Let’s play “What I Believe” again. Before we play, I need to put out a disclaimer. There are a lot of scenarios out there and I don’t have an algorithm, or computer program to look at it (though someone should write one for me), so “What I Believe” is only what I have taken a … Read more

CCHA: Minimum/maximum

So, play with the PairWise Predictor, and see what fun you can have. For example, the CCHA can have a minimum of three teams in the tournament, but what is the maximum? I have not been able to find a way to get seven CCHA teams into the tournament. Six, yes, but seven? Not yet. … Read more

CCHA: Minimum/maximum

So, play with the PairWise Predictor, and see what fun you can have. For example, the CCHA can have a minimum of three teams in the tournament, but what is the maximum? I have not been able to find a way to get seven CCHA teams into the tournament. Six, yes, but seven? Not yet. … Read more

Shuffling No. 3 seeds to keep them in their region

Welcome to the next installment of our Bracketology, and we’ll keep bringing you a new one every week until we make our final picks before the field is announced. If you want to skip the inner workings and get to the results of the analysis, then click here. Here are the facts: • Sixteen teams … Read more

Debating the site for the overall No. 1 seed

Welcome to the next installment of our Bracketology, and we’ll keep bringing you a new one every week until we make our final picks before the field is announced. If you want to skip the inner workings and get to the results of the analysis, then click here. Here are the facts: • Sixteen teams … Read more

Making a case for attendance-based switches

Welcome to the next installment of our Bracketology, and we’ll keep bringing you a new one every week until we make our final picks before the field is announced. If you want to skip the inner workings and get to the results of the analysis, then click here. Here are the facts: • Sixteen teams … Read more