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With the expansion of the NCAA tournament to 16 teams this year, even knowledgeable people around college hockey have been thrown into confusion about the new seeding process. And since the NCAA has publicized its new guidelines for seeding, here is a second peek — “bracketology”-style — at what the NCAA tournament would look like … Read more
A forensic investigation into how the teams were chosen.
Numbers don’t lie, but they may not tell the whole story, either.
Answers to your nagging selection criteria questions.
With the games done in D-III, it’s time for the NCAA selection committee to do its work, and for us to project the results.
As a tragedy unfolds before your eyes, keeping focused on the game is hard for everyone.
With the Division III women’s season over, it’s time to take a look at who will make the NCAA Tournament and who won’t. Let’s call it Bracketology, Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Style. Russell Jaslow went through all the iterations Thursday in his preview article, but now that the games are done with, has anything … Read more
Starting The Process As the 2002-03 Division III women’s hockey season winds down, fans around the country wonder whether their favorite team is going to make the NCAA playoffs and if so, where they will be playing. The good news is that there will be a few more happy fans and players this year, as … Read more
St. Norbert and St. John’s know they’re in the NCAAs. A few other teams have a pretty good feeling, but for the rest it’ll be a nailbiting weekend.
With the expansion of the NCAA tournament to 16 teams this year, even knowledgeable people around college hockey have been thrown into confusion about the new seeding process. And since the NCAA has publicized its new guidelines for seeding, here is a first peek — “bracketology”-style — at what the NCAA tournament would look like … Read more
West is West and East is East, and never the twain shall meet — well, until finishing conference postseason play.
Instead of jimmying the numbers to “fix” problems, it’s time for hockey to use a rating system that really works.
Can an old rinkrat ever really quit? That, the school cheer follow up, and quite a Top 10 list, in Joe Bertagna’s latest.
Several top teams get an unaccustomed break; two more leagues open postseason play; and the last weekend in the ECAC East and NESCAC is required to settle a lot of questions.
Is the time ripe for the ECAC’s 12 schools to form a hockey-only conference?
With the postseason lurking — and in some places, already starting — Chris Lerch outlines playoff scenarios across the nation.
A determined Chris Lerch shrugs off a bout of pneumonia to bring you the playoff picture across Division III, not to mention an update on his television viewing.
Joe Bertagna is back, with a call to arms for creative fans everywhere, and in search of, as always, great arena food.
Division III will see some changes, thanks to the recently-concluded NCAA Convention; and Middlebury battles without Bill Beaney.
By The Numbers Since I’m a stats geek, I love USCHO’s PairWise Rankings (PWR) and Rating Percentage Index (RPI). The PWR attempts to mimic the Division III selection committee’s criteria for picking at-large teams and seeding the field, while the RPI is used by many Division I sports as a key indicator of a team’s … Read more