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 dilemma: Protect the overall No. 1 or keep top seeds close to home?
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 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...
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?
Bracketology Extra: Here is what we know right now
It's Tuesday morning, and here is what we know right this moment when it comes to teams' chances for the 2019 NCAA tournament (photo: Omar Phillips).
BRACKETOLOGY: With Selection Sunday one month away, teams starting to solidify spots in 2025 NCAA men’s hockey tournament
Welcome to Week 7 of Bracketology.
Each week from now until Selection Sunday on March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the...
Bracketology: Taking a look at how a different season across college hockey will impact the NCAA tournament
It certainly is a strange year in college hockey and thus this year’s Bracketology column regarding the selection and seeding of the men’s NCAA Division I ice hockey tournament will be a little bit different than in the past.
The first of hopefully many sighs of relief for some teams
With Bemidji State losing, that collective sigh of relief you heard came from Nebraska-Omaha, Rensselaer, Boston University and Maine.
One less chance of someone outside...
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).
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.
An example of how the PairWise changes could affect selection
We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's mind.
Will my team make the NCAA tournament?
Those of you who are...
Down to the wire
Quinnipiac is the overall number one seed.
A St. Cloud win sends it to St. Paul, else North Dakota is the in St. Paul as...
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.
A wild weekend
It was a crazy weekend for sure.
But, we're a little closer to finding out who may be moving on in the NCAA Tournament.
We'll keep...
Thoughts on how the committee came up with the 2018 NCAA men’s hockey tournament bracket
The two major themes here seemed to be attendance and proximity.
How are the 3 and 4 seeds placed in Manchester or Providence?
I had a pretty good question from Matt Wellens the other day. He asked me how are the 3 and 4 seeds placed...
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...
Never too early to start prognosticating the 2017 NCAA tournament
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...
After the results of March 8
How do I see it right now?
Providence
16 Wisconsin vs. 1 Quinnipiac
9 Boston College vs. 8 Denver
Grand Rapids
15 Notre Dame vs. 2 Minnesota
12 Western Michigan...
After the results of March 9
Alaska's win keeps it alive, Sunday's game will be interesting for Alaska. Colorado College's win makes it a TUC once more, helping Mass.-Lowell,...
