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...
Some location switches make sense for boosting attendance
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...
PairWise history tells us what to extrapolate from the rankings at the start of February
In the 13 seasons since the NCAA tournament field expanded to 16 teams, no team that was ranked No. 1 through No. 4 in the PairWise Rankings at the start of February has failed to qualify.
One week out, and the bracket hasn’t changed much
A change to bring Providence back East causes some dominoes to fall in other regionals.
Bracketology: If NCAA tournament started today, top seeds would be St. Cloud State, UMass, Minnesota State, Minnesota Duluth
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 NCAA tournament might look like come selection time, using what we know now (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Maine
I think it will be difficult, if not impossible to get Maine into the tournament.
After the afternoon games, Maine sits at number 18 in...
11 teams have NCAA tournament spots locked up; 11 others still have a shot
Here's a look at the 22 teams still alive for the NCAA Division I men's hockey championship and their chances of making the tournament.
Bracketology: Will top-end balance continue in NCAA hockey up until Selection Sunday?
For the first time since Bracketology premiered about a month ago, there is balance among the top four teams in the PairWise. We have two teams from the west in North Dakota and Minnesota State and two from the east in Cornell and Boston College (photo: Rich Gagnon).
After Thursday
After two WCHA games on Thursday night, here is basically what happened. Colorado College bolstered its chances of getting into the tournament, in turn...
Penn State takes over top spot in PairWise Rankings
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...
It’s now 15 – Atlantic Hockey and Niagara
What does Niagara's loss mean? It means that the cutoff line now becomes 15. i.e., if you are in position 16 in...
BRACKETOLOGY: Three Hockey East No. 1 seeds, UMass falling to a No. 4 seed complicate this week’s pairings beyond belief
A conundrum is defined as a confusing and difficult problem or question.
This week, as we approach how to seed the NCAA men's Division I...
Four weeks out, and a geography question affects where a No. 1 seed goes
Boston University is almost equidistant from Manchester and Providence, so its placement probably will come down to where attendance could use more of a boost.
Bracketology: If NCAA tourney began today, St. Cloud State, UMass, Ohio State, Quinnipiac would be top four seeds
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It's our weekly look at how we believe the NCAA tournament might look like come selection time, using what we know now (photo: Thom Kendall).
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).
Final Bracketology: Our pick for the 2022 NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament
Only one small tweak was needed once we put together the full bracket with bracket integrity.
One week out, and the No. 3 seeds pose some challenges
Three teams on the three band are from Hockey East, so some of the moves to avoid intraconference first-round matchups in this week's Bracketology are limited.
What I Believe – Monday, 3/16
One week until the selections and it's time to summarize things in the segment I like to call "What I Believe."
This segment gives a...
Bracketology: As college hockey playoffs kick into high gear, which teams are on the bubble, and which teams are locks for NCAA tournament bids?
We’re three weeks into Braceketology and we’re already seeing some conference tournament results that are having lasting impact.
Last weekend, it was Ohio State losing...
Bracketology: Taking a look at how the NCAA tournament would be seeded if ’19-20 season ended today
For years, you have read as Jayson Moy has provided you with breakdowns on the PairWise Rankings and how, from week-to-week, that might impact how the NCAA tournament is seeded. His bracketology has become famous, often duplicated, though rarely ever matched. Jayson and Jim Connelly have decided that this season, we’re taking it to a new level (photo: Rich Gagnon).
