PairWise history tells us what to extrapolate from the rankings at the start of February
In the 13 seasons since the NCAA tournament field expanded to 16 teams, no team that was ranked No. 1 through No. 4 in the PairWise Rankings at the start of February has failed to qualify.
BRACKETOLOGY: How does moving Minnesota, St. Cloud State out of same region potentially affect 2023 NCAA tournament?
Editor’s note: This was written prior to Wednesday’s Hockey East first-round playoff games and thus could be altered if individual teams move in the...
What this weekend’s games mean for the NCAA tournament
Let’s take a look at some of the teams left in the hunt for the NCAA tournament and what the implications of this coming weekend’s results might bring (photo: Candace Horgan).
BRACKETOLOGY: Conference championships complete, top 16 teams set for 2023 NCAA tournament with selection show Sunday
Here is our shot at a final bracketology in advance of Sunday’s NCAA selection show:
The field of 16, seeded 1-16 is:
1 Minnesota
8 Penn State
9...
Shuffling No. 3 seeds to keep them in their region
Welcome to the next installment of our Bracketology, and we'll keep bringing you a new one every week until we make our final picks...
BRACKETOLOGY: Augustana, Maine, Quinnipiac help cause for 2025 NCAA tournament with strong weekends
Welcome to Week 4 of Bracketology.
Each week from now until Selection Sunday, March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the men's...
Seven weeks out, and it’s all rather straightforward
One change for attendance reasons, and Jayson Moy has his projected bracket for this week.
Final predictions for the NCAA field of 16, and where each team will start
It's time for the final Bracketology of the season. Here I will predict how I think the NCAA Ice Hockey Committee will think and...
Bracketology: With Selection Sunday around the corner, taking one last stab at how the NCAA hockey tournament field will look
We’re inching ever so close to Selection Sunday so let’s take another look at Bracketology.
Right now, there are just nine college hockey games remaining after the NCHC (North Dakota) and Big Ten (Minnesota) crowned their champions. Hockey East has whittled their field to two teams, ECAC is down to three and WCHA and AHA still have their final four to be played.
Bracketology: Providence out, Harvard in if NCAA tournament started today
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
The bubble
As mentioned before, the bubble, in my eyes, comprises of the following teams:
Notre Dame
Nebraska-Omaha
Western Michigan
Dartmouth
Colorado College
Rensselaer
Boston University
Maine
That's a total of eight teams for a...
Three teams on the bubble ahead of Saturday’s games
As we await the final seven games before selection Sunday, here's where we stand.
BRACKETOLOGY: On the NCAA tournament bubble, a sweep this coming weekend could put Arizona State back in the fold
Welcome to Week 6 of Bracketology.
Each week from now until Selection Sunday on March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the...
Field of 16 Set
The field of 16 is set:
Atlantic Hockey - Air Force
Big Ten - Minnesota, Penn State, Ohio State
ECAC Hockey - Harvard, Union, Cornell
Hockey East -...
Simple Math?
Maybe it wasn't as complicated as we all made it out to be. It's as simple as that.
The committee laid it out, just as...
My bracket prediction, 3/12
WMU, Dartmouth and CC are all back in, thanks to wins by all those teams.
You see how volatile it is now. These three teams,...
What I Believe – Thursday Night Edition
The ramifications of Ohio State and Penn State's wins on Thursday night:
- Michigan and Michigan State being eliminated from a possible bid
- Air Force...
BRACKETOLOGY: A correction, and a look at movement as we move closer to season’s end for college hockey
Let me begin with an error correction, one of which was careless on my part:
North Dakota is not the host team this year in...
Just days out, and Hockey East teams pack the middle of the field
Hockey East has two teams in the second back and two in the third band, so there are few options to keep them from playing each other in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
BRACKETOLOGY: Taking one last shot at NCAA tournament seedings ahead of conference title games this weekend
Here we are with the final Bracketology prior to Saturday night’s championship games where the final field will be set. Jayson and I are...
