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Four weeks out, and this is beginning to be a trend

With no movement in and out of the tournament field in the last four weeks, Jayson Moy sees some familiar discussions in this week's Bracketology.
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Five weeks out, and we can make some geographical swaps with regional attendance in mind

The final result is a West Regional with intriguing first-round matchups between former conference rivals.

BRACKETOLOGY: Some movement in the PairWise makes this week’s Bracketology that much more difficult to handle

Last week was the Bracketologist's dream. All of the 16 teams fit nicely in a perfect bracket without any sort of conference matchups in the...

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...

Eight weeks out, and intraconference matchups cause a headache

With five teams from both ECAC Hockey and Hockey East in the NCAA tournament bracket and host teams locked into a regional, things get tough this week.

One spot left

With Michigan and Dartmouth's wins in the third-place games, the picture becomes very clear. There's one spot left, as UNO and CC have now clinched...

Seven weeks out, and there’s a path to a good bracket for geography

St. Cloud State can get moved to St. Paul, and Northeastern can stay in Massachusetts.
Blake Hillman of Denver. Miami at Denver at Magness Arena, March 3, 2018. (Candace Horgan)

What this weekend’s games mean for the NCAA tournament

Let’s take a look at some of the teams left in the hunt for the NCAA tournament and what the implications of this coming weekend’s results might bring (photo: Candace Horgan).
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Five weeks out, and the field remains the same

In this week's Bracketology, Jayson Moy has some cleaning up to do for attendance reasons, but it's the same 16 teams in the field for the third straight week.
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Looking at the PairWise as 2017 rolls out

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...

Bracketology: Time ticking down on which teams will qualify for 2020 NCAA hockey tournament

Tournament time is starting in college hockey and that means that the hopes and dreams of some teams will be dashed and some will continue on. Some are seemingly safe, while others know that it is win or go home time (photo: David Faulkner - SPX SPORTS).
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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.
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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.

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.

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.
Zack Mirageas (74 - Air Force) (2018 Omar Phillips)

Bracketology: If the NCAA tournament began today, who’s in, who’s out?

It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style (photo: Omar Phillips).

Field of 16 Set

The field of 16 is set: Atlantic Hockey - Air Force Big Ten - Minnesota, Penn State, Ohio State ECAC Hockey - Harvard, Union, Cornell Hockey East -...

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...
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Bracketology: Our first shot at predicting the 2019 NCAA tournament

We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? (photo: Melissa Wade).

Two gone, one in: What I Believe, Thursday night edition

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...

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