Bracketology
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.
A couple quick thoughts after seeing how the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey committee set the brackets for the 2015 tournament.
Jayson Moy picks how he thinks the field will be arranged.
All the games are in, and here are the 16 teams that the PairWise Rankings show will be in the 2015 NCAA tournament, grouped by seeding: 1. Minnesota State 2. North Dakota 3. Boston University 4. Miami 5. Denver 6. Minnesota-Duluth 7. Michigan Tech 8. Omaha 9. Harvard 10. Minnesota 11. Boston College 12. St. … Read more
After Friday’s games, here is What I Believe. Fourteen spots are taken, leaving two at-large spots. These are the teams that are in: Minnesota State North Dakota Boston University Minnesota-Duluth Denver Miami Omaha Michigan Tech Boston College Quinnipiac St. Cloud State Atlantic Hockey champion ECAC Hockey champion Big Ten champion These teams must win their … Read more
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.
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 quick summary of “What I Believe” to be the status of each school’s chances on making the NCAA tournament are and other items that I believe are true at the … Read more
I had a pretty good question from Matt Wellens the other day. He asked me how are the 3 and 4 seeds placed in either Manchester or Providence? He had asked this in reference to Minnesota-Duluth and why it was placed in either Manchester or Providence, since there is no geographic preference to UMD or … Read more
A change to bring Providence back East causes some dominoes to fall in other regionals.
With playoffs starting this weekend in three leagues, some teams could have their seasons end, allowing others to move up.
With three No. 1 seeds and one No. 4 seed from the NCHC, would the committee favor protecting the 1-vs.-16 matchup or avoiding first-round intra-conference games?
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.
The final result is a West Regional with intriguing first-round matchups between former conference rivals.
Providence, Harvard and Boston College all surely would like to play in either Providence or Manchester, but only two can with the way the seedings shake out today.
The league likely would have five of its eight teams in the NCAA tournament if its field was selected today.
North Dakota moved into the final No. 1 seed, and as the host in Fargo it must be kept there.
The brackets show three intra-conference matchups that need to be addressed.
Bracketology’s first edition of 2015 has four teams in the NCAA tournament from both Hockey East and the NCHC.
Jayson Moy gives his picks for the field of 16 and where they’ll play in the regional round.
Based upon everything that we know, and how we’ve transcribed it to our PWR calculator, this is what I believe as of Saturday going into the championship games. Teams In (10): Minnesota Boston College Union Ferris State Wisconsin Quinnipiac Massachusetts-Lowell Notre Dame St. Cloud State Colgate Autobids In (2): AHA: Canisius/Robert Morris NCHC: Miami/Denver Must … Read more