10 weeks out, and we start with trouble bringing a team back East
Bracketology’s first edition of 2015 has four teams in the NCAA tournament from both Hockey East and the NCHC.
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Here’s our final prediction for the NCAA tournament brackets
Jayson Moy gives his picks for the field of 16 and where they’ll play in the regional round.
What I believe on Saturday morning
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
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.
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