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Well, a wild weekend of conference tournament hockey is finally behind us and the resultant is this year’s 16-team NCAA tournament field. Once again, the PairWise Rankings correctly predicted the tournament field. Over the years, I’ve noticed that the general public’s knowledge and understanding of the PairWise has certainly cut down on the griping after … Read more
For more women’s hockey coverage from around the nation. Chu wins the Kazmaier: Boston Globe Capital Times New England Hockey Journal Adirondack Daily Enterprise NCAA final game previews: Capital Times Wisconsin State Journal Duluth News Tribune
Here are some other views of the NCAA semifinals from around the nation: Boston Globe — Wisconsin-SLU Recap Boston Globe — Schaus and Stack Feature Duluth News Tribune Wisconsin State Journal New England Hockey Journal — Wisconsin-SLU New England Hockey Journal — BC-Wisconsin
I’ve only missed one D-III Frozen Four in the past 10 years (back to when they weren’t even called “Frozen Fours”) but I unfortunately not be in Superior this weekend. Duty calls as the Atlantic Hockey Finals are taking place, and I am covering them for USCHO as well as providing analysis for the B2 … Read more
I just wanted to make a short post here to correct an inconsistency in what I’ve reported over the past few days about Maine’s bonus points. The Black Bears indeed will have bonus points tacked onto their RPI for two road wins at North Dakota, but Maine’s season opening win against Minnesota will not accrue … Read more
Is it realistic that the WCHA could have only three NCAA tournament bids this year? That despite the fact that the conference itself has the best overall RPI of the six conferences and has two of the top three teams in the PairWise Rankings? As scary as it may seem, the answer to that question … Read more
USCHO will have a recap of Wisconsin’s epic quadruple overtime win over Harvard sometime today. Here are some other links in the meantime: Recapand Quotes from Wisconsin Athletics Recap from Harvard Athletics Wisconsin State Journal Wisconsin Journal Sentinel A few other thoughts: There seems to be plenty of confusion about save records out there, due … Read more
I’m definitely a writer who is happy to give the ol’ mea culpa when I screw something up. So I’m here to tip my hat to the UMass Minutemen. On Thursday, I said that I expected Maine to pretty much walk all over them in their best-of-three quarterfinal series. Instead, the Minutemen played in a … Read more
Okay, so the second Thursday in March is pretty much my Christmas every year. No, it’s not because St. Patrick’s Day is nearing (as a true Irishman, I consider St. Patty’s to be amateur night for drinking). I get jazzed this time of year for college hockey’s post-season to hit it’s stride. This weekend, every … Read more
Here’s the latest on the UMass-Dartmouth saga. Interesting comments from Louise Goodrum, Athletic Director at UMD: “It’s an oversight on my part,” Goodrum said, “We went through the bid process and it covered the first round. I didn’t put down for the quarterfinals, because I didn’t suspect we’d be in position to host at the … Read more
I talked with Vincent Eurizone, chair of the NCAA Division III Selection Committee today, and he took me though the process. Interesting stuff: Read it here.
I’ve updated this blog entry three times now as the story develops – see below. ORIGINAL POST: According to sources, if Middlebury defeats Fredonia on Wednesday, the Panthers will HOST Mass-Dartmouth, the top seed, this weekend. However, if Fredonia wins, the Corsairs will be allowed to host. This is beyond dumb – it’s not about … Read more
So who could see it coming? I bet more than a few Norwich fans went to bed last night with no clue that their Cadets would be lacing up the skates again after bowing out in the ECAC East semifinals. I had them out of the running as well, thinking Neumann and UW-Stout had a … Read more
I’ve been doing a pre-NCAA selection version of Bracketlolgy for several years now. I have more uncertainty this season than any other about what the committee will do. A few years back, when USCHO created the Pairwise Rankings, they did an accurate job of predicting the NCAA field, because the committee basically did the same … Read more
So the pairings are up: Harvard at (1) Wisconsin St. Lawrence at (4) New Hampshire Boston College at (3) Dartmouth Minnesota-Duluth at (2) Mercyhurst As mentioned in previous editions, this was the best bracket in terms of avoiding intraconference matchups, but not the best in terms of bracket integrity. This is the first time the NCAA had to … Read more
In the end, all the drama between the BC-UMD selection turned out to be irrelevant, as all the top seeds won their conference tournaments. As discussed in earlier posts, given the closeness of BC-UMD and Wisconsin-Mercyhurst, I see no reason why the NCAA committee would not swap the two teams, leaving a bracket as follows: … Read more
For anyone looking for recaps of the Hockey East Semifinals and CHA Final: From Foster’s: UNH 2, UConn 0 Providence 3, BC 2 From Erie Times-News: Mercyhurst 4, Wayne State 1 USCHO will have writers at the Hockey East and WCHA finals on Sunday.
It may seem counterintuitive that Boston College jumped Minnesota-Duluth in the Pairwise Rankings for the No. 7 spot after BC lost to a Providence and UMD lost to Minnesota, given that Minnesota is a higher-ranked team than Providence. But UMD’s lead over BC was really an aberration — a result of an advantage in Records … Read more
In this fourth edition of Bracketology, we’ll look at percentages and possibilities. In what has become a chicken and egg scenario, one needs not only to speculate on the teams that will make the NCAA Division III tournament, but on the balance of teams in the East and West regions. Because Division III looks at … Read more