After the Beanpot, the top six historically have been NCAA locks
In 13 years of the 16-team NCAA tournament, no team in the top six of the PairWise Rankings at the end of the Beanpot has missed being in the field.
BRACKETOLOGY EXTRA: Friday’s results bounce Michigan, clinch spots for Quinnipiac, Penn State as field of 16 set heading to Saturday
Penn State and Quinnipiac now know they'll be part of the 2025 NCAA Tournament field, but Michigan is out (File photo: Jim Rosvold)
Four weeks out, and a lot of teams are on the move
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...
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...
What a difference a game makes
Friday afternoon, we were discussing among the USCHO staff what one game that evening would have the greatest impact on the PairWise Rankings. We...
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.
PairWise, RPI and KRACH: Sorting things out
Yale's No. 1 ranking in last Monday's USCHO.com Division I poll certainly generated a lot of controversy, at least judging by the comments left...
The PairWise Predictor, and where we stand entering conference championship weekend
When the conference tournament quarterfinal round wrapped up Sunday night, we rolled out our PairWise Predictor, which lets you see how the rankings react based on results you enter for the final 21 games before selection Sunday.
Start of February sees more tweaks to 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...
My Updated Bracket Prediction, March 11
The biggest winner of the night? Rensselaer. A team that played its last game this past Sunday.
The Engineers move into the Top 15 of...
Nine weeks out, and some teams can’t get closer to home
We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds.
Will my team make the NCAA tournament?
Those of you that are...
Six weeks out, and this bracket doesn’t need much work
As the brackets naturally shake out, Jayson Moy doesn't see a need to make any moves.
PairWise Predictor: What are 2014’s NCAA playoff permutations?
With the weekend's games now (finally) in the books, USCHO.com's PairWise Predictor is live.
What's the PairWise Predictor? It's your opportunity to test out your...
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...
Nine weeks out, and conferences, geography come into play
The brackets show three intra-conference matchups that need to be addressed.
Eight weeks out, and attendance again forces some changes
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...
BRACKETOLOGY: First edition proves that there might be some extreme difficulties in seeding this season
Welcome back to Bracketology, where we try to simulate the process that the NCAA Men's Division I Hockey Championship committee will go through on...
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...
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).
With two weekends left, here’s how the NCAA tournament brackets could look
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...
