{"id":97977,"date":"2014-03-21T08:59:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T13:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/hockey-east-blog\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2014-03-21T08:59:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T13:59:50","slug":"seven-hockey-east-teams-in-the-ncaa-tournament-thats-not-so-far-fetched-whatsoever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2014\/03\/21\/seven-hockey-east-teams-in-the-ncaa-tournament-thats-not-so-far-fetched-whatsoever\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Hockey East teams in the NCAA tournament? That&#8217;s not-so-far-fetched whatsoever."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of the New Year, I&#8217;ve been talking about&#160;a seemingly unlikely scenario that six Hockey East teams could reach the NCAA tournament. Well, in the sense of being greedy,&#160;it&#8217;s not out of the&#160;questions that seven &#8211; yes, <em>seven<\/em>&#160;- Hockey East&#160;teams could&#160;punch their NCAA tickets.<\/p>\n<p>For a couple of teams &#8211; namely Northeastern and, to a lesser extent, Vermont &#8211; there needs to be few or no upsets today and tomorrow to help their chances. But one upset that&#160;won&#8217;t crush either team&#8217;s hopes is New Hampshire coming away from the Hockey East tournament with the Lamoriello Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Should the Wildcats win and the&#160;highest team in the PairWise win&#160;all of the remaining games, Hockey East would get seven teams into the tournament.&#160;Here is what I plugged into the PairWise Predictor&#160;to get that result:<\/p>\n<h4>Atlantic Hockey<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Semifinal #2: <strong>Niagara<\/strong> defeats Robert Morris<\/li>\n<li>Semifinal #1: <strong>Mercyhurst<\/strong> defeats Canisius<\/li>\n<li>Championship game: <strong>Mercyhurst<\/strong> defeats Niagara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Big Ten<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Semifinal #2: <strong>Wisconsin<\/strong> defeats Penn State<\/li>\n<li>Semifinal #1: <strong>Minnesota<\/strong> defeats Ohio State<\/li>\n<li>Championship game: <strong>Minnesota<\/strong> defeats Wisconsin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>ECAC<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Semifinal #2: <strong>Quinnipiac<\/strong> defeats Colgate<\/li>\n<li>Semifinal #1: <strong>Union<\/strong> defeats Cornell<\/li>\n<li>Championship game: <strong>Union<\/strong> defeats Quinnipiac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Hockey East<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Semifinal #2: <strong>New Hampshire<\/strong> defeats Providence<\/li>\n<li>Semifinal #1: <strong>Massachusetts-Lowell<\/strong> defeats Notre Dame<\/li>\n<li>Championship game: <strong>New Hampshire<\/strong> defeats Massachusetts-Lowell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>NCHC<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Semifinal #2: <strong>Western Michigan<\/strong> defeats Denver<\/li>\n<li>Semifinal #1: <strong>North Dakota<\/strong> defeats Miami<\/li>\n<li>Consolation game: <strong>Denver<\/strong> defeats Miami<\/li>\n<li>Championship game: <strong>North Dakota<\/strong> defeats Western Michigan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>WCHA<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Semifinal #2: <strong>Bowling Green<\/strong> defeats Minnesota State<\/li>\n<li>Semifinal #1: <strong>Ferris State<\/strong> defeats Alaska-Anchorage<\/li>\n<li>Championship game: <strong>Ferris State<\/strong> defeats Bowling Green<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more:&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/rankings\/pairwise-predictor\/#ixzz2wbZgFo7W\">http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/rankings\/pairwise-predictor\/#ixzz2wbZgFo7W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you click on the above link, you can see the actual PWR for that scenario. There may be additional scenarios that produce this same result. Regardless, such a crazy potential for this league.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of the New Year, I&#8217;ve been talking about&#160;a seemingly unlikely scenario that six Hockey East teams could reach the NCAA tournament. Well, in the sense of being greedy,&#160;it&#8217;s not out of the&#160;questions that seven &#8211; yes, seven&#160;- Hockey East&#160;teams could&#160;punch their NCAA tickets. 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