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...

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).
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Four weeks out, and this is beginning to be a trend

With no movement in and out of the tournament field in the last four weeks, Jayson Moy sees some familiar discussions in this week's Bracketology.

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...
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Just days out, and we can keep most of the Eastern teams in the East

The final installment of Bracketology before the conference championship weekend starts shows an opportunity to keep five of the six Eastern teams in the bracket in their region for the tournament.

Some location switches make sense for boosting attendance

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...
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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: 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...
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Checking out the latest PairWise Rankings, Jan. 11

We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Where does it sit...
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Six weeks out, and an intraconference first-round game can’t be avoided

Jayson Moy breaks down how the brackets might shake out this week in Bracketology.

BRACKETOLOGY EXTRA: Friday’s results bounce Michigan, clinch spots for Quinnipiac, Penn State as field of 16 set heading to Saturday

Penn State and Quinnipiac now know they'll be part of the 2025 NCAA Tournament field, but Michigan is out (File photo: Jim Rosvold)

Who’s in? Who needs help? Here’s what we know about NCAA men’s hockey tournament selections on Saturday

Eleven teams have clinched spots in the NCAA tournament. The last five will be decided by results of Saturday's conference championship games.
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One week out, and some new at-large teams appear in the field

Minnesota-Duluth and Michigan Tech moved into the top 14 of the PairWise Rankings after last weekend.

After the results of March 15

First things is first. For those of you looking at the PWR and the RPI, you will see that Colorado College is at...

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...

Volatility on the edge of TUC

Robert Morris' loss Thursday night to Canisius had a big effect on North Dakota's PairWise ranking. The Colonials dropped as a Team Under Consideration...

The field of 16 is set; now we work on the brackets

All the games are in, and here are the 16 teams that the PairWise Rankings show will be in the 2015 NCAA tournament, grouped...

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 -...
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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).

Teams in top 12 of PairWise on March 1 have history on their side

Since the field expanded to 16 teams in 2003, 93 percent of teams ranked in the top 12 of the PairWise Rankings on March 1 have made the NCAA tournament.

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