What I Believe – Thursday Night Edition

The ramifications of Ohio State and Penn State’s wins on Thursday night: – Michigan and Michigan State being eliminated from a possible bid – Air Force can now no longer be an at-large team and Atlantic Hockey will only get one team into the tournament. Let’s summarize after Thursday’s games. In: Atlantic Hockey – Winner … Read more

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 – Lowell, BU NCHC – Denver, UMD, Western Michigan WCHA – Winner of Bowling Green/Michigan Tech That makes nine teams in, leaving seven spots left. There are 15 … Read more

Looking at the PairWise as 2017 rolls out

Robert Morris wins the 2016 Three Rivers Classic (Omar Phillips)

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 in the PairWise Rankings (PWR)? 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 … Read more

Here are the teams projected to make the 2016 NCAA tournament

With all games played, here are the teams projected to be in the 2016 NCAA Division I men’s tournament, grouped by seed: Quinnipiac St. Cloud State North Dakota Providence Boston College Denver Michigan UMass-Lowell Boston University Yale Harvard Notre Dame Northeastern Minnesota-Duluth Rochester Institute of Technology Ferris State The PairWise Rankings mimic the selection process … Read more

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 the overall number 2. Providence is overall No. 4 Minnesota needs a win to get in, else out. UMD needs a win or Minnesota loss to get in. Yale needs … Read more