BRACKETOLOGY: This week presents less of a headache in Springfield regional, but UMass as host still requires some effort when bracketing
If you read last week's Bracketology, you are familiar with the nightmare that was created when you had three Hockey East teams in the...
Bracketology: Time ticking down on which teams will qualify for 2020 NCAA hockey tournament
Tournament time is starting in college hockey and that means that the hopes and dreams of some teams will be dashed and some will continue on. Some are seemingly safe, while others know that it is win or go home time (photo: David Faulkner - SPX SPORTS).
Four weeks out, and either Michigan or North Dakota has to move East
This week's edition of Bracketology sees three intra-conference first-round games that need to be addressed.
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.
Two weeks out, and attendance, bracket integrity fall in line
It's time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It's our weekly look at how I believe the...
Explaining a subtle change to the PairWise
If you follow the PairWise Rankings, you probably know that it's based on the publicly published NCAA men's ice hockey committee's selection criteria.
That criteria,...
Computer rankings: no endorsement deal
We've gotten a few emails from readers who have asked us, "Why doesn't USCHO endorse KRACH?"
USCHO doesn't endorse KRACH or, for that matter, any...
One week out, and the No. 3 seeds pose some challenges
Three teams on the three band are from Hockey East, so some of the moves to avoid intraconference first-round matchups in this week's Bracketology are limited.
What I Believe: After Saturday afternoon
After this afternoon's games, it's boiled down to this:
Teams That Are Now In (14):
Quinnipiac
Minnesota
Massachusetts-Lowell
Miami
Notre Dame
Boston College
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Denver
Niagara
Minnesota State
Canisius/Mercyhurst
Brown/Union
Colorado College/Wisconsin
Teams That Must Win To...
CCHA: Minimum/maximum
So, play with the PairWise Predictor, and see what fun you can have.
For example, the CCHA can have a minimum of three teams in...
Bracketology: If NCAA tournament began today, Cornell-Arizona State would make intriguing matchup
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It's our weekly look at how I believe the NCAA tournament might look like come selection time, using what we know now (photo: Omar Phillips).
Bracketology – Final analysis of the selections
Well, the NCAA just announced this year's NCAA Tournament and I hit it on the button.
For an explanation as to how I came about...
Five weeks out, and the field remains the same
In this week's Bracketology, Jayson Moy has some cleaning up to do for attendance reasons, but it's the same 16 teams in the field for the third straight week.
Six weeks out, and there’s only so much room in the East for No. 3 seeds
Providence, Harvard and Boston College all surely would like to play in either Providence or Manchester, but only two can with the way the seedings shake out today.
The bubble and what I believe
Let's get on to the nitty gritty shall we?
Here is what I believe:
Yale, North Dakota, Boston College, Miami, Denver, Merrimack, Michigan, Union, Minnesota-Duluth, Notre...
Three weeks out, and an abundance of NCHC teams presents some competing priorities
With three No. 1 seeds and one No. 4 seed from the NCHC, would the committee favor protecting the 1-vs.-16 matchup or avoiding first-round intra-conference games?
The field is set
Union's win means that Western Michigan and Michigan State get the last two spots.
It's all over except for the seeding.
See you later with our...
Nine weeks out, and we’re just getting started
In Jayson Moy's first edition of Bracketology for 2016, there are a few teams that need to be moved around in the bracket.
The PairWise Predictor, and where we stand entering conference championship weekend
When the conference tournament quarterfinal round wrapped up Sunday night, we rolled out our PairWise Predictor, which lets you see how the rankings react based on results you enter for the final 21 games before selection Sunday.
With four NCAA tournament spots open, here’s what’s at stake in Saturday’s conference title games
Twelve teams are locked into the 2022 Division I men's NCAA tournament. Here's Saturday's conference championship schedule and what can happen to get the final four teams settled.
