Our final prediction for the 2012 NCAA tournament

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

The field is set

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.

Two spots left, who gets them?

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

The bubble: Who to root for?

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

Four more in, three spots left – What I Believe Friday Night Edition

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

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

Too early to mean anything, but here it is

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