With Notre Dame’s win, here’s our final prediction for the 2013 NCAA tournament
Notre Dame's win over Michigan in the CCHA championship game gives Yale an at-large bid and keeps the Wolverines out of the tournament for...
Bracketology: The first set of predictions on which college hockey teams crack the field of 16 for the 2022 NCAA tournament
It’s finally that time of year where everyone is wondering what teams will make the NCAA men’s Division I ice hockey tournament and, more...
BRACKETOLOGY FINAL: After plenty of stress and two hosts qualifying for the field, seeding this tournament is easier than you’d believe
For two months now, I bemoaned what would happen if two hosts - Omaha and Massachusetts - qualified for the field.
The thought of having...
With March here, where does your team stand in the PairWise?
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...
BRACKETOLOGY: Three Hockey East No. 1 seeds, UMass falling to a No. 4 seed complicate this week’s pairings beyond belief
A conundrum is defined as a confusing and difficult problem or question.
This week, as we approach how to seed the NCAA men's Division I...
BRACKETOLOGY FINAL: In the end, it should be easy for the committee to assemble a fair, successful bracket for NCAA tournament
Every week for the last two and a half months, I've been making my best attempt to tell you what teams would be in...
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...
Seven weeks out, and the bracket is intriguing
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...
Historically, PairWise’s top 3 entering league quarterfinals are solid bets to stay as No. 1 seeds
We're onto the quarterfinals in every conference except the Big Ten.
Finally
Finally we have a bracket and finally I nailed the bracket on the money.
But, this one was relatively easy to gather from all the...
If NCAA tournament started today, who’s in and who’s out?
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...
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...
Two spots left, who gets them?
We're almost done with the games here's the combinations. The WCHA and Hockey East Championships only matter for seeding at this time, 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).
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...
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 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).
After the Beanpot, the top six historically have been NCAA locks
In 13 years of the 16-team NCAA tournament, no team in the top six of the PairWise Rankings at the end of the Beanpot has missed being in the field.
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,...
Three weeks out, and wholesale changes could help attendance
The matchups in the second and third bands don't line up well for geography purposes, so Jayson Moy makes some tweaks.
