Historically, PairWise’s top 3 entering league quarterfinals are solid bets to stay as No. 1 seeds
We're onto the quarterfinals in every conference except the Big Ten.
What I Believe: After Saturday afternoon
After this afternoon's games, it's boiled down to this:
Teams That Are Now In (14):
Quinnipiac
Minnesota
Massachusetts-Lowell
Miami
Notre Dame
Boston College
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Denver
Niagara
Minnesota State
Canisius/Mercyhurst
Brown/Union
Colorado College/Wisconsin
Teams That Must Win To...
Who’s in? Who needs help? Here’s what we know about NCAA men’s hockey tournament selections on Saturday
Eleven teams have clinched spots in the NCAA tournament. The last five will be decided by results of Saturday's conference championship games.
BRACKETOLOGY: Mapping out 2023 NCAA men’s hockey tournament with regular season winding down, conference playoffs starting
Let me first begin by welcoming back USCHO’s long-time bracketologist Jayson Moy and giving him a cap tip/apology as last week his bracket and...
Bracketology: Taking a look at how a different season across college hockey will impact the NCAA tournament
It certainly is a strange year in college hockey and thus this year’s Bracketology column regarding the selection and seeding of the men’s NCAA Division I ice hockey tournament will be a little bit different than in the past.
BRACKETOLOGY EXTRA: Defining the PairWise bubble and what would need to happen for bubble teams to make it
After this weekend's games, the PairWise bubble became very well defined. So much so that the three teams on the bubble know exactly what...
Teams in top 12 of PairWise on March 1 have history on their side
Since the field expanded to 16 teams in 2003, 93 percent of teams ranked in the top 12 of the PairWise Rankings on March 1 have made the NCAA tournament.
Historically, the PairWise on Jan. 1 has been a good predictor of the NCAA tournament field
People who have followed this thread in the Fan Forum for the past few years know the PairWise Rankings as of Jan. 1 are a solid indicator of the teams that qualify for the NCAA tournament in March.
One more look at NCAA tournament predictions heading into conference tournament finals
We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds.
Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Where does it sit...
What I Believe – Monday Edition
Here's what I believe after this weekend's action and by playing around with the PairWise Predictor.
In:
Big 10 - Minnesota
ECAC - Harvard, Union
Hockey East -...
Just days out, and we can keep most of the Eastern teams in the East
The final installment of Bracketology before the conference championship weekend starts shows an opportunity to keep five of the six Eastern teams in the bracket in their region for the tournament.
Bracketology: Providence out, Harvard in if NCAA tournament started today
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
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...
UNH still on the bubble
Thanks to Brass Bonanza, we have to take UNH out of the "in" column and put UNH on the bubble.
Here's what Brass Bonanza came...
Bracketology: Which bubble teams have a shot at playing for an NCAA hockey national championship?
The topsy-turvy world of college hockey is seeing the bubble change rapidly from week to week. There are so many games and results that are affecting what is happening at the moment (photo: Craig Houtz/Penn State Athletics).
Four weeks out, and a lot of teams are on the move
It's time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It's our weekly look at how I believe the...
Down to the wire
Quinnipiac is the overall number one seed.
A St. Cloud win sends it to St. Paul, else North Dakota is the in St. Paul as...
Simple Math?
Maybe it wasn't as complicated as we all made it out to be. It's as simple as that.
The committee laid it out, just as...
Bracketology: The first set of predictions on which college hockey teams crack the field of 16 for the 2022 NCAA tournament
It’s finally that time of year where everyone is wondering what teams will make the NCAA men’s Division I ice hockey tournament and, more...
BRACKETOLOGY: As calendar hits January, time for not-so-early predictions for 2025 NCAA men’s hockey tournament
The calendar has turned to 2025, which means we are in a good place to begin taking a deep dive into the PairWise Rankings...
