Bracketology

We’re at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone’s minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Those of you that are veterans of the college hockey scene know that it is all about the PairWise Rankings. This is USCHO’s numerical approach that simulates the way the NCAA Division I men’s … Read more

Well, the NCAA just announced this year’s NCAA Tournament and I hit it on the button. For an explanation as to how I came about with the bracket please refer to last night’s Final Bracketology. Just to follow up on a few points that have been floating around in regards to why and some answers … Read more

Let’s put the bracket prediction down first, and then we’ll explain how we got there after that. My predicted NCAA tournament bracket is as follows: West Regional (St. Paul, Minn.): 14 Western Michigan vs. 4 North Dakota 9 Boston University vs. 8 Minnesota Midwest Regional (Green Bay, Wis.): 13 Cornell vs. 2 Michigan 11 Denver … Read more

Union’s win means that Western Michigan and Michigan State get the last two spots. It’s all over except for the seeding. See you later with our final predicted bracket. It’s going to be a difficult one this year.

We’re almost done with the games here’s the combinations. The WCHA and Hockey East Championships only matter for seeding at this time, and Air Force has won. Northern Michigan has now been eliminated. That leaves Harvard, Western Michigan and Michigan State for the final two spots. Harvard win, WMU win – Harvard and WMU in … Read more

So you’re a fan of a team on the bubble, who do you root for? The teams on the bubble at the moment are: Cornell Western Michigan Michigan State Northern Michigan Merrimack Who do you root for? Here are the simplest ways to root. Cornell No one but your own Big Red. A win or … Read more

After Friday night we can welcome four more teams into the tournament, and tell you that there are six teams battling for three spots in the NCAA Tournament. The Locks (13) 13 teams are now in. Boston College Michigan Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota Boston University Ferris State Miami North Dakota Union Massachusetts-Lowell Denver Maine RIT/Air Force The … Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welcome back 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 … Read more

In the first installment of Bracketology for 2012, Jayson Moy finds he has to move around some games between No. 1 seeds and No. 4 seeds.

An old friend of mine, a retired sports information director, beats everyone on his list to the punch by sending out his Christmas cards early. He beat his own record this year: I received his card yesterday. (Thanks, Roger!) We’ve sent out our Christmas card to statistical fanatics a bit early, too. It’s way too … Read more