Bracketology
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
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
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
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
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
Once again, 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 five conference tournaments to see how they affect the PairWise Rankings. You can find out which teams are in no matter what, which ones are definitely out, and which ones need … Read more
An interesting Saturday of games saw some teams make a nice move. Notre Dame made a nice move, but mainly based on RPI because of winning, not because of Michigan moving into TUC range. The Irish, though, did pick up comparison wins over Rensselaer and Boston University because of adding four wins against Michigan. Colorado … Read more
First things is first. For those of you looking at the PWR and the RPI, you will see that Colorado College is at .5000 in the RPI, but it is not a TUC. Why? The actual RPI is .49996, so rounding up, it’s .5000. It’s important, why? Ask Wisconsin, you’ll see later. It’s real simple … Read more
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. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more
Alaska’s win keeps it alive, Sunday’s game will be interesting for Alaska. Colorado College’s win makes it a TUC once more, helping Mass.-Lowell, St. Cloud, Denver and Yale. At the same time hurting Wisconsin. Here we go, here’s how I see it after Saturday’s games. Providence 16 Notre Dame vs. 1 Quinnipiac 12 St. Cloud … Read more
How do I see it right now? Providence 16 Wisconsin vs. 1 Quinnipiac 9 Boston College vs. 8 Denver Grand Rapids 15 Notre Dame vs. 2 Minnesota 12 Western Michigan vs. 6 St. Cloud State Toledo 13 Niagara vs. 3 Miami 11 Minnesota State vs. 7 Massachusetts-Lowell Manchester 14 Rensselaer vs. 4 North Dakota 10 … Read more
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. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more
Headed into one game on Sunday, here’s how I see it after Saturday’s games. Providence 16 Alaska vs. 1 Quinnipiac 12 Yale vs. 8 Minnesota State Grand Rapids 14 Notre Dame vs. 2 Minnesota 10 Western Michigan vs. 7 North Dakota Toledo 13 Niagara vs. 3 Miami 9 Denver vs. 6 Massachusetts-Lowell Manchester 15 Rensselaer … Read more
It’s time to add to the weekly Bracketology with a quick hitting edition of what I think the bracket would look like should the season have ended after Friday, March 1, 2013. Here goes: Providence 15 Minnesota State vs. 1 Quinnipiac 9 Denver vs. 7 Massachusetts-Lowell Grand Rapids 16 Dartmouth vs. 2 Minnesota 10 Western … Read more
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. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more
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. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more
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. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more
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. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more
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. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more
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. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more