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PairWise Predictor fun: share your crazy D-I college hockey playoff scenarios

By Ed Trefzger • Senior Writer • March 13, 2011

Here at USCHO.com, we always have fun finding weird hypothetical Division I college hockey conference playoff scenarios that put teams in or out of the NCAAs. We know that some of you do the same.

Can you get your team in the 2011 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament? Show us how the Atlantic Hockey, CCHA, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East and WCHA playoff outcomes this week will affect things on selection Sunday.

Share your PairWise Predictor results in the comments section below.

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http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?92167-Too-early-for-the-PWR-Princeton-and-Brown-say-no! Priceless
Maine gets in
Your Picks
Atlantic Hockey
Semifinal #2: Air Force defeats Holy Cross
Semifinal #1: RIT defeats Connecticut
Championship game: RIT defeats Air Force
CCHA
Semifinal #2: Miami defeats Notre Dame
Semifinal #1: Michigan defeats Western Michigan
Championship game: Michigan defeats Miami
Consolation game: Notre Dame defeats Western Michigan
ECAC
Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Dartmouth
Semifinal #1: Yale defeats Colgate
Championship game: Yale defeats Cornell
Consolation game: Colgate defeats Dartmouth
Hockey East
Semifinal #2: Merrimack defeats New Hampshire
Semifinal #1: Northeastern defeats Boston College
Championship game: Merrimack defeats Northeastern
WCHA
Play-in #2: Bemidji State defeats Minnesota-Duluth
Play-in #1: Alaska-Anchorage defeats Colorado College
Semifinal #2: Denver defeats Bemidji State
Semifinal #1: North Dakota defeats Alaska-Anchorage
Championship game: North Dakota defeats Denver
- Guest
  What would it take for RPI not to get in? So I know who I am cheering for so they do get in.
lugnut92
No upsets gets RPI in!
- http://twitter.com/blackbear93 John Forsyth
  RPI can still be a #3 seed.
- Css228
  Too bad Cornell is hoping to ruin your season (again)
buster
WMU will beat Michigan – book it.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I4GL6FQA4THUGNA6SDCGGHXSRE Anonymous
  That’s a bold statement. Yes its a new Bronco team with a ton of confidence with a great coach, but you can’t help but see they’re 1-9-0 record against Michigan in their last ten games. However I could see them pull it if they play well.
  - Cis
    Previous year stats mean nothing. Jim Culhane was a terrible coach. Blashill has this team playing at 100%, and he has some standout underclassmen.
    Western basically gave UM the last game at Yost. They are a young team learning to close games out. They learned from that (and want revenge). They also closed the regular season against Miami, Michigan and Notre Dame; that is some huge experience. Michigan had better be ready.
http://twitter.com/blackbear93 John Forsyth
UNO and Notre Dame out, RPI a #3 seed
Your Picks
Atlantic Hockey
Semifinal #2: Air Force defeats Holy Cross
Semifinal #1: RIT defeats Connecticut
Championship game: RIT defeats Air Force
CCHA
Semifinal #2: Miami defeats Notre Dame
Semifinal #1: Western Michigan defeats Michigan
Championship game: Western Michigan defeats Miami
Consolation game: Michigan defeats Notre Dame
ECAC
Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Dartmouth
Semifinal #1: Yale defeats Colgate
Championship game: Cornell defeats Yale
Consolation game: Dartmouth defeats Colgate
Hockey East
Semifinal #2: Merrimack defeats New Hampshire
Semifinal #1: Northeastern defeats Boston College
Championship game: Northeastern defeats Merrimack
WCHA
Play-in #2: Bemidji State defeats Minnesota-Duluth
Play-in #1: Alaska-Anchorage defeats Colorado College
Semifinal #2: Bemidji State defeats Denver
Semifinal #1: Alaska-Anchorage defeats North Dakota
Championship game: Bemidji State defeats Alaska-Anchorage
Check out the PWR thread in the Fan Forum. Lots of people are posting crazy scenarios there. Burgie12 got UNH out…
Bulldog07
I might be wrong, but I don’t think I am. The #1 overall seed is Yale’s so long as they beat Colgate. But if they lose to ‘Gate, then they will not be #1 and could drop as low as #3. Yale, BC, and NoDak are all still in contention; Yale has a slightly lower RPI than both other schools, but has 2-1 leads in the PWC because they win both Common Opponents and TUC Records.
Yale is only going to play one TUC next weekend, and so cannot drop that category to either NoDak or BC (even if BC were to punt against Northeastern, getting it on the right side of the TUC cliff). But since Colgate played both Yale and BC, and their common opponent records are 3-0-1 and 3-1-0, respectively, if Yale loses to ‘Gate then BC wins Common Opponents, flipping the comparison and tying BC and Yale. I ran at least one simulation with this put in and under that simulation NoDak also tied Yale and BC, with NoDak getting #1 overall by virtue of RPI.
Long story short, all three teams are alive to get the #1 overall, and both NoDak and BC fans should be rooting hard for Colgate to continue the cinderalla story.
Sheps20
Scary team is Colorado College–they struggled a bit, got the youngest team in the nation, and the best freshmen player in the country Jaden Shwartz–he was out for 6 weeks and back now–watch out for the young guns from Colorado Springs
lgr03
Five ECAC teams: Yale, RPI, Dartmouth, Union, Cornell:
# WCHA Play-in #2: Minnesota-Duluth defeats Bemidji State.
# WCHA Play-in #1: Alaska-Anchorage defeats Colorado College.
# WCHA Semifinal #2: Denver defeats Minnesota-Duluth.
# WCHA Semifinal #1: North Dakota defeats Alaska-Anchorage.
# WCHA Championship game: North Dakota defeats Denver.
# Hockey East Semifinal #2: New Hampshire defeats Merrimack.
# Hockey East Semifinal #1: Boston College defeats Northeastern.
# Hockey East Championship game: Boston College defeats New Hampshire.
# ECAC Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Dartmouth.
# ECAC Semifinal #1: Colgate defeats Yale.
# ECAC Championship game: Cornell defeats Colgate.
# ECAC Consolation game: Dartmouth defeats Yale.
# CCHA Semifinal #2: Notre Dame defeats Miami.
# CCHA Semifinal #1: Western Michigan defeats Michigan.
# CCHA Championship game: Western Michigan defeats Notre Dame.
# CCHA Consolation game: Michigan defeats Miami.
# Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: Holy Cross defeats Air Force.
# Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: RIT defeats Connecticut.
# Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Holy Cross defeats RIT.
- JC
  I was just going to post the same thing! Alternatively, Colgate could beat Cornell and get in as the 5th ECAC team as well. But nobody cares about them! LETS GO RED!
http://twitter.com/topherbaron Topher Baron
Should be interesting!! I picked these as my actual picks…Some of you are stretching hard to get your teams in, but I suppose that’s what the fun is all about! Good luck to all this weekend. My heart belongs to UMD and WMU, but wouldn’t mind seeing Northeastern beat BC again!
Atlantic Hockey
Semifinal #2: Holy Cross defeats Air Force
Semifinal #1: RIT defeats Connecticut
Championship game: RIT defeats Holy Cross
CCHA
Semifinal #2: Miami defeats Notre Dame
Semifinal #1: Michigan defeats Western Michigan
Championship game: Miami defeats Michigan
Consolation game: Western Michigan defeats Notre Dame
ECAC
Semifinal #2: Dartmouth defeats Cornell
Semifinal #1: Yale defeats Colgate
Championship game: Yale defeats Dartmouth
Consolation game: Colgate defeats Cornell
Hockey East
Semifinal #2: Merrimack defeats New Hampshire
Semifinal #1: Northeastern defeats Boston College
Championship game: Merrimack defeats Northeastern
WCHA
Play-in #2: Minnesota-Duluth defeats Bemidji State
Play-in #1: Alaska-Anchorage defeats Colorado College
Semifinal #2: Minnesota-Duluth defeats Denver
Semifinal #1: North Dakota defeats Alaska-Anchorage
Championship game: North Dakota defeats Minnesota-Duluth
Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/#ixzz1GbsZSJKX
Justin
6 WCHA teams in:
Atlantic Hockey
Semifinal #2: Air Force defeats Holy Cross
Semifinal #1: RIT defeats Connecticut
Championship game: RIT defeats Air Force
CCHA
Semifinal #2: Miami defeats Notre Dame
Semifinal #1: Michigan defeats Western Michigan
Championship game: Miami defeats Michigan
Consolation game: Notre Dame defeats Western Michigan
ECAC
Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Dartmouth
Semifinal #1: Yale defeats Colgate
Championship game: Yale defeats Cornell
Consolation game: Dartmouth defeats Colgate
Hockey East
Semifinal #2: New Hampshire defeats Merrimack
Semifinal #1: Northeastern defeats Boston College
Championship game: New Hampshire defeats Northeastern
WCHA
Play-in #2: Bemidji State defeats Minnesota-Duluth
Play-in #1: Colorado College defeats Alaska-Anchorage
Semifinal #2: Bemidji State defeats Denver
Semifinal #1: Colorado College defeats North Dakota
Championship game: Bemidji State defeats Colorado College
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DSJDUCMVBHXPISUVSJ4O2Z4HAM Nick
AIR FORCE WILL BEAT RIT!!!