Just days out, and moving around the third band could solve some attendance issues
The NCAA tournament field of 16 will be announced on Sunday.
Bracketology
Bracketology
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 choices for winners in next weekend’s six Division I conference tournaments to see how they affect the PairWise Rankings. Discuss your results with other fans on the USCHO.com Fan Forum … Read more
One week out, and the No. 3 seeds pose some challenges
Three teams on the three band are from Hockey East, so some of the moves to avoid intraconference first-round matchups in this week’s Bracketology are limited.
Two weeks out, and one swap creates a regional of familiar foes
The way Jayson Moy breaks it down this week, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota all would be in the West Regional in St. Paul, Minn.
Three weeks out, and we can build a better West Regional
In this week’s edition of Bracketology, Jayson Moy sees Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota playing in St. Paul.
Four weeks out, and either Michigan or North Dakota has to move East
This week’s edition of Bracketology sees three intra-conference first-round games that need to be addressed.
Five weeks out, and a lot of moves make for good story lines
Putting two Minnesota teams and Wisconsin in the regional in St. Paul could make that an attractive tournament.
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.
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.
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.
Nine weeks out, and we can get a good regional bracket
The way Jayson Moy works out the bracket, there are four ECAC Hockey-Hockey East matchups in the first round.
10 weeks out, and Hockey East has a strong presence in the bracket
The first Bracketology for 2014 shows six Hockey East teams in the NCAA tournament field of 16.
The bracket and analysis
The bracket was announced tonight and as predicted, it fell this way: West Regional (Grand Rapids, Mich.): 15 Yale vs. 2 Minnesota 10 Niagara vs. 8 North Dakota Midwest Regional (Toledo, Ohio): 13 St. Cloud State vs. 4 Notre Dame 11 Minnesota State vs. 5 Miami East Regional (Providence, R.I.): 16 Canisius vs. 1 Quinnipiac … Read more
With Notre Dame’s win, here’s our final prediction for the 2013 NCAA tournament
Notre Dame’s win over Michigan in the CCHA championship game gives Yale an at-large bid and keeps the Wolverines out of the tournament for the first time in 23 years. Let’s put down our bracket prediction first, and then we’ll explain how we got there. My predicted NCAA tournament bracket is as follows: West Regional … Read more
One game left, two scenarios, two brackets
There’s one more game left to be played and it will decide which team will be the last to make it into the NCAA tournament. Let’s put the bracket prediction down first, and then we’ll explain how we got there after that. Since we have two different scenarios, let’s lay out two different brackets depending … Read more
What I Believe: After Saturday afternoon
After this afternoon’s games, it’s boiled down to this: Teams That Are Now In (14): Quinnipiac Minnesota Massachusetts-Lowell Miami Notre Dame Boston College New Hampshire North Dakota Denver Niagara Minnesota State Canisius/Mercyhurst Brown/Union Colorado College/Wisconsin Teams That Must Win To Get In (2): Boston University Michigan The Bubble (2): St. Cloud State Yale Teams Eliminated … Read more
What I Believe: Saturday morning
Here is What I Believe after Friday’s games. Group A Teams that are in (11): Canisius/Mercyhurst winner Brown/Union winner Colorado College/Wisconsin winner Quinnipiac Minnesota Miami Boston College Massachusetts-Lowell North Dakota New Hampshire Denver Group B Teams that need to win the tournament to get in (9): Ohio State Michigan Boston University Canisius/Mercyhurst Brown/Union Colorado College/Wisconsin … Read more
It’s now 15 – Atlantic Hockey and Niagara
What does Niagara’s loss mean? It means that the cutoff line now becomes 15. i.e., if you are in position 16 in the PWR, you are out of luck. That’s bad news for bubble teams like Union, Wisconsin, Boston University and Rensselaer. So the 16th position will go to either Canisius, Connecticut or Mercyhurst. This … Read more
After the WCHA Quarterfinals
So how do I see it now? It shakes out quite well… Providence 16 Wisconsin vs. 1 Quinnipiac 12 Minnesota State vs. 6 Massachusetts-Lowell Grand Rapids 14 Western Michigan vs. 2 Minnesota 10 Notre Dame vs. 8 St. Cloud State Toledo 13 Denver vs. 3 Miami 11 North Dakota vs. 7 Niagara Manchester 15 Union … Read more
Just days out, and there’s quite a pack on the bubble
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 NCAA tournament will wind up come selection time. It’s a look into what are the possible thought processes behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. This will be the last … Read more