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 we always do when we try to analyze where each team will go. Then after seeing that there were no intraconference matchups, they made one switch – Cornell and Air … Read more

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 – Massachusetts-Lowell, Boston University, Notre Dame, Providence NCHC – Denver, Minnesota-Duluth, Western Michigan, North Dakota WCHA – Michigan Tech How will the brackets fall out? I’ll have a … Read more

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