What I Believe – Monday Edition
Here's what I believe after this weekend's action and by playing around with the PairWise Predictor.
In:
Big 10 - Minnesota
ECAC - Harvard, Union
Hockey East -...
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: If NCAA tourney began today, St. Cloud State, UMass, Ohio State, Quinnipiac would be top four seeds
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It's our weekly look at how we believe the NCAA tournament might look like come selection time, using what we know now (photo: Thom Kendall).
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...
Two weeks out, and one swap creates a regional of familiar foes
The way Jayson Moy breaks it down this week, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota all would be in the West Regional in St. Paul, Minn.
Here are the teams projected to make the 2016 NCAA tournament
With all games played, here are the teams projected to be in the 2016 NCAA Division I men's tournament, grouped by seed:
Quinnipiac
St. Cloud State
North...
Two weeks out, and it’s time to watch for teams falling off the bubble
With playoffs starting this weekend in three leagues, some teams could have their seasons end, allowing others to move up.
UNH still on the bubble
Thanks to Brass Bonanza, we have to take UNH out of the "in" column and put UNH on the bubble.
Here's what Brass Bonanza came...
BRACKETOLOGY: Some movement in the PairWise makes this week’s Bracketology that much more difficult to handle
Last week was the Bracketologist's dream.
All of the 16 teams fit nicely in a perfect bracket without any sort of conference matchups in the...
Bracketology: Figuring out problems on how to best seed the 2020 NCAA hockey national tournament
We’re down to five and a half weeks until selection Sunday, and as things begin to shape up in terms of what teams are getting closer to punching their NCAA tickets, we are also running into some problems on how to best seed the tournament (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
Bracketology Extra: Looking at the chances of teams making the NCAA tournament
Let’s take a look at the chances to make the NCAA tournament for all teams. I don’t have the math to back me up right now, because I haven’t run the scenarios yet, so it’s a quick, estimated look (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Bracketology: If NCAA tournament started today, UMass Lowell out, Bowling Green in
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style (photo: Harvard Athletics).
Bracketology: Taking a look at how the NCAA tournament would be seeded if ’19-20 season ended today
For years, you have read as Jayson Moy has provided you with breakdowns on the PairWise Rankings and how, from week-to-week, that might impact how the NCAA tournament is seeded. His bracketology has become famous, often duplicated, though rarely ever matched. Jayson and Jim Connelly have decided that this season, we’re taking it to a new level (photo: Rich Gagnon).
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.
Our final prediction for the 2012 NCAA tournament
Let's put the bracket prediction down first, and then we'll explain how we got there after that.
My predicted NCAA tournament bracket is as follows:
West...
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.
Listen: USCHO’s Jim Connelly discusses the PairWise on The Pipeline Show
USCHO's Jim Connelly joined on TSN 1260's The Pipeline Show on Saturday to dissect the PairWise Rankings.
Final Bracketology: One last look figuring out which 16 teams will play for the 2021 national college hockey championship
We’ve seen all six conference tournaments completed and here are both Jayson's and Jim’s fields, as well as how they place them into regionals.
It’s...
The field is set, bracket prediction to come
Our field is set. Air Force and Rensselaer get the final two spots.
The teams in the field:
Yale
North Dakota
Boston College
Miami
Michigan
Merrimack
Denver
Union
Minnesota-Duluth
Western Michigan
Notre Dame
Nebraska-Omaha
New Hampshire
Colorado College
Rensselaer
Air Force
There...
Bracketology Extra: The 16 spots are filled
With Boston College's loss in the Hockey East championship game, the 16 spots are all taken (photo: Melissa Wade).
