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Quinnipiac goalie Yaniv Perets has been dominant between the pipes this season for the Bobcats (photo: Rob Rasmussen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let me first begin by welcoming back USCHO\u2019s long-time bracketologist Jayson Moy and giving him a cap tip\/apology as last week his bracket and reasoning were missing because I didn\u2019t check the spam folder in my email and thus never found what he had sent.<\/p>\n

This week, without incident, Jayson is back and ready to give you his rationale to accompany mine.<\/p>\n

Last week, we had some issues with bracket integrity that were unavoidable because of both the need to avoid conference matchups in the opening round and the desire to protect attendance in Bridgeport by moving Quinnipiac from Allentown and a potential second-round matchup with host Penn State and allowing the Bobcats to play less than 30 miles from campus.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s see how this week plays out.<\/p>\n

First, here is Jayson\u2019s rationale and his bracket.<\/p>\n

Let me start out by putting everyone into bracket integrity.<\/p>\n

That means:<\/p>\n

1 Minnesota
\n8 Penn State
\n9 Ohio State
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n10 Western Michigan
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

3 Denver
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

4 Michigan
\n5 St Cloud
\n12 Alaska
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

Looking at the brackets, let\u2019s start this time by placing teams in regional sites first, without regards to host schools \u2013 it will become clear later why I do this.<\/p>\n

Fargo<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Minnesota
\n8 Penn State
\n9 Ohio State
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

Bridgeport<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n10 Western Michigan
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

Manchester<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Denver
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Allentown<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 Michigan
\n5 St Cloud
\n12 Alaska
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

Now we can take into consideration all of our rules.<\/p>\n

Penn State is a host school, and at the same time is in an intra-conference matchup with Ohio State.<\/p>\n

We can do one of two things here \u2013 move the entire bracket to Allentown and swap, or just move Penn State to the Allentown regional.<\/p>\n

As Minnesota is the number one seed, I prefer to move Penn State to Allentown, so I will swap with St Cloud.<\/p>\n

Fargo<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Minnesota
\n5 St Cloud
\n9 Ohio State
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

Bridgeport<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n10 Western Michigan
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

Manchester<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Denver
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Allentown<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 Michigan
\n8 Penn State
\n12 Alaska
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

There are two things which I might consider doing and that is not having two ECAC teams in Bridgeport and two Big Ten teams in Allentown.<\/p>\n

But I don\u2019t want to swap Quinnipiac and Michigan, because Quinnipiac is closest to Bridgeport. I could swap Michigan and Denver though, but that would give me a Michigan-Notre Dame matchup, so I would have to swap the entire matchup of Denver-Notre Dame and Michigan-Cornell. But that gives me two Big Ten teams in Allentown again.<\/p>\n

So I don\u2019t make the move.<\/p>\n

I could swap Harvard and Boston University. But, do I take the only Hockey East team away from a regional hosted by a Hockey East team?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I make the move.<\/p>\n

Thus, my bracket this week is:<\/p>\n

Fargo, N.D.<\/strong>
\n1 Minnesota
\n5 St Cloud
\n9 Ohio State
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

Bridgeport, Conn.<\/strong>
\n2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n10 Western Michigan
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

Manchester, N.H.<\/strong>
\n3 Denver
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Allentown, Pa.<\/strong>
\n4 Michigan
\n8 Penn State
\n12 Alaska
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s is Jim\u2019s version of his bracket:<\/p>\n

Like Jayson\u2019s I\u2019ll duplicate the first step and simply seed the field based on bracket integrity:<\/p>\n

1 Minnesota
\n8 Penn State
\n9 Ohio State
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n10 Western Michigan
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

3 Denver
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

4 Michigan
\n5 St Cloud
\n12 Alaska
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

Before assigning regions to each bracket, I\u2019m going to eliminate conference matchups in the opening round. We have Penn State vs. Ohio State as the only issues. Penn State is an 8 seed, so it would be ideal to switch them with the 7 seed, Harvard. But that will likely move an eastern team west in a tournament where there aren\u2019t a ton of eastern teams to begin.<\/p>\n

So my first switch will be to swap the 9 seed Ohio State and 10 seed Western Michigan.<\/p>\n

That gives us the following:<\/p>\n

1 Minnesota
\n8 Penn State
\n10 Western Michigan
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n9 Penn State
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

3 Denver
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

4 Michigan
\n5 St Cloud
\n12 Alaska
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s assign the regions based on, first, if any hosts are participating, which is the case for Penn State in Allentown, and then using geographic proximity for the highest seeds.<\/p>\n

That would leave us with the following:<\/p>\n

Allentown, Pa.<\/strong>
\n1 Minnesota
\n8 Penn State
\n10 Western Michigan
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

Bridgeport, Conn.<\/strong>
\n2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n9 Ohio State
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

Fargo, N.D.<\/strong>
\n3 Denver
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Manchester, N.H.<\/strong>
\n4 Michigan
\n5 St Cloud
\n12 Alaska
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

With that, I\u2019ve found too many things I don\u2019t like. I don\u2019t want Minnesota, the top seed, so far away from campus. I don\u2019t want Boston University, the only Hockey East team, so far away from Manchester. So how can we get Minnesota to Fargo and get BU to Manchester? Well, I like the thought of switch entire first-round matchup locations. Move Minnesota and RIT to Fargo, swapping with Denver and Notre Dame. Then do the same for the BU-Michigan Tech matchup swapping with St. Cloud and Alaska<\/p>\n

Allentown, Pa.<\/strong>
\n3 Denver
\n8 Penn State
\n10 Western Michigan
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Bridgeport, Conn.<\/strong>
\n2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n9 Ohio State
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

Fargo, N.D.<\/strong>
\n1 Minnesota
\n5 St Cloud
\n12 Alaska
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

Manchester, N.H.<\/strong>
\n4 Michigan
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

What we\u2019ve done is maintain as much bracket integrity in the opening round while also making sure that all four regions will have the strongest attendance possible. That\u2019s my bracket for the week.<\/p>\n

So, in summary:<\/p>\n

Jayson\u2019s bracket<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fargo, N.D.<\/strong>
\n1 Minnesota
\n5 St Cloud
\n9 Ohio State
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

Bridgeport, Conn.<\/strong>
\n2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n10 Western Michigan
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

Manchester, N.H.<\/strong>
\n3 Denver
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Allentown, Pa.<\/strong>
\n4 Michigan
\n8 Penn State
\n12 Alaska
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

Jim\u2019s Bracket<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allentown, Pa.<\/strong>
\n3 Denver
\n8 Penn State
\n10 Western Michigan
\n14 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Bridgeport, Conn.<\/strong>
\n2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n9 Ohio State
\n15 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

Fargo, N.D.<\/strong>
\n1 Minnesota
\n5 St Cloud
\n12 Alaska
\n16 RIT<\/p>\n

Manchester, N.H.<\/strong>
\n4 Michigan
\n6 Boston University
\n11 Michigan Tech
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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