{"id":1238,"date":"2013-01-16T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/bracketology\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2013-01-16T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T20:00:05","slug":"nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine weeks out, and some teams can’t get closer to home"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone’s minds.<\/p>\n

Will my team make the NCAA tournament?<\/p>\n

Those of you that are veterans of the college hockey scene know that it is all about the PairWise Rankings. This is USCHO’s numerical approach that simulates the way the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey committee chooses the at-large teams that make the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n

The criteria are set by the committee. It is set in stone, so there is no objectivity in the selections of which schools are selected to play in the tournament.<\/p>\n

The only objectivity comes when deciding the brackets and where each team will play.<\/p>\n

For more on this please check out our FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since USCHO has begun the PairWise Rankings, we have correctly identified all of the teams that have been selected to the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n

For the past two years, I have correctly predicted the exact brackets for the NCAA tournament, meaning that I have predicted how the NCAA committee thought when putting together the brackets.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, 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 will wind up come selection time.<\/p>\n

It’s a look into what are the possible thought processes behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams.<\/p>\n

We’ll keep bringing you a new one every week until we make our final picks before the field is announced.<\/p>\n

If you want to skip the inner workings and get to the results of the analysis, then click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the facts:<\/p>\n

• Sixteen teams are selected to participate in the national tournament.<\/p>\n

• There are four regional sites (East — Providence, R.I.; Northeast — Manchester, N.H.; Midwest — Toledo, Ohio; West — Grand Rapids, Mich.).<\/p>\n

• A host institution which is invited to the tournament plays in the regional for which it is the host and cannot be moved. There are four host institutions this year: Brown in Providence, New Hampshire in Manchester, Bowling Green in Toledo and Michigan in Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n

• Seedings will not be switched, as opposed to years past. To avoid undesirable first-round matchups, including intra-conference games (see below), teams will be moved among regionals, not reseeded.<\/p>\n

Here are the NCAA’s guidelines on the matter, per a meeting of the championship committee:<\/p>\n

In setting up the tournament, the committee begins with a list of priorities to ensure a successful tournament on all fronts including competitive equity, financial success and likelihood of playoff-type atmosphere at each regional site. For the model, the following is a basic set of priorities:<\/p>\n

• The top four teams as ranked by the committee are the four No. 1 seeds and will be placed in the bracket so that if all four teams advance to the Men’s Frozen Four, the No. 1 seed will play the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed will play the No. 3 seed in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

• Host institutions that qualify will be placed at home.<\/p>\n

• No. 1 seeds are placed as close to home as possible in order of their ranking 1-4.<\/p>\n

• Conference matchups in first round are avoided, unless five or more teams from one conference are selected, then the integrity of the bracket will be preserved.<\/p>\n

• Once the five automatic qualifiers and 11 at-large teams are selected, the next step is to develop four groups from the committee’s ranking of 1-16. The top four teams are the No. 1 seeds. The next four are targeted as No. 2 seeds. The next four are No. 3 seeds and the last four are No. 4 seeds. These groupings will be referred to as “bands.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given these facts, here is the top 16 of the current PairWise Rankings (PWR)<\/a>, and the conference leaders (through all games of Jan. 15, 2013):<\/p>\n

1t New Hampshire
\n1t Boston College
\n1t Quinnipiac
\n4 Minnesota
\n5t Boston University
\n5t Notre Dame
\n7 North Dakota
\n8 Denver
\n9 Yale
\n10t Miami
\n10t Western Michigan
\n12 Dartmouth
\n13 Massachusetts-Lowell
\n14 Niagara
\n15t Minnesota State
\n15t Colgate<\/p>\n

Here are the current conference leaders based on winning percentage:<\/p>\n

Atlantic Hockey:<\/strong> Niagara
\nCCHA:<\/strong> Notre Dame
\nECAC Hockey:<\/strong> Quinnipiac
\nHockey East:<\/strong> Boston College
\nWCHA:<\/strong> Denver (by virtue of 1-0-1 head-to-head record versus Nebraska-Omaha)<\/p>\n

Notes<\/h4>\n

• Bracketology assumes that the season has ended and there are no more games to be played. i.e.<\/em>, the NCAA tournament starts tomorrow.<\/p>\n

• Because there are an uneven amount of games played inside each conference, I will be using winning percentage, not points accumulated, to determine who the current leader in each conference is. This team is my assumed conference tournament champion.<\/p>\n

Step one<\/h4>\n

From the committee’s report, choose the 16 teams in the tournament.<\/p>\n

We break ties in the PWR by looking at how the teams rank in the Ratings Percentage Index<\/a> and add in any current league leaders that are not currently in the top 16. There are none.<\/p>\n

From there, we can start looking at the ties and bubbles in a more detailed fashion.<\/p>\n

The ties and bubbles consist of New Hampshire, Boston College and Quinnipiac at 1, Boston University and Notre Dame at 5, Miami and Western Michigan at 10 and Minnesota State and Colgate at 16.<\/p>\n

We break all of our ties based upon the RPI.<\/p>\n

Therefore the 16 teams in the tournament, in rank order, are:<\/p>\n

1 New Hampshire
\n2 Boston College
\n3 Quinnipiac
\n4 Minnesota
\n5 Boston University
\n6 Notre Dame
\n7 North Dakota
\n8 Denver
\n9 Yale
\n10 Miami
\n11 Western Michigan
\n12 Dartmouth
\n13 Massachusetts-Lowell
\n14 Niagara
\n15 Minnesota State
\n16 Colgate<\/p>\n

Step two<\/h4>\n

Now it’s time to assign the seeds.<\/p>\n

No. 1 seeds — New Hampshire, Boston College, Quinnipiac, Minnesota
\nNo. 2 seeds — Boston University, Notre Dame, North Dakota, Denver
\nNo. 3 seeds — Yale, Miami, Western Michigan, Dartmouth
\nNo. 4 seeds — Massachusetts-Lowell, Niagara, Minnesota State, Colgate<\/p>\n

Step three<\/h4>\n

Place the No. 1 seeds in regionals.<\/p>\n

As a host, we must place New Hampshire first.<\/p>\n

No. 1 New Hampshire is placed in the Northeast Regional in Manchester.
\nNo. 2 Boston College is placed in the East Regional in Providence.
\nNo. 3 Quinnipiac is placed in the Midwest Regional in Toledo.
\nNo. 4 Minnesota is placed in the West Regional in Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n

Step four<\/h4>\n

Now we place the other 12 teams so as to avoid intra-conference matchups if possible.<\/p>\n

Begin by filling in each bracket by banding groups. Remember that teams are not<\/strong><\/em> assigned to the regional closest to their campus sites by ranking order within the banding (unless you are a host school, in which case you must be assigned to your home regional).<\/p>\n

If this is the case, as it was last year, then the committee should seed so that the quarterfinals are seeded such that the four regional championships are played by No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5.<\/p>\n

So therefore:<\/p>\n

No. 2 seeds<\/em><\/p>\n

No. 8 Denver is placed in No. 1 New Hampshire’s regional, the Northeast Regional.
\nNo. 7 North Dakota is placed in No. 2 Boston College’s regional, the East Regional.
\nNo. 6 Notre Dame is placed in No. 3 Quinnipiac’s regional, the Midwest Regional.
\nNo. 5 Boston University is placed in No. 4 Minnesota’s regional, the West Regional.<\/p>\n

No. 3 seeds<\/em><\/p>\n

Our bracketing system has one regional containing seeds 1, 8, 9 and 16; another with 2, 7, 10, 15; another with 3, 6, 11, 14; and another with 4, 5, 12 and 13.<\/p>\n

No. 9 Yale is placed in No. 8 Denver’s regional, the Northeast Regional.
\nNo. 10 Miami is placed in No. 7 North Dakota’s regional, the East Regional.
\nNo. 11 Western Michigan is placed in No. 6 Notre Dame’s regional, the Midwest Regional.
\nNo. 12 Dartmouth is placed in No. 5 Boston University’s regional, the West Regional.<\/p>\n

No. 4 seeds<\/em><\/p>\n

One more time, taking No. 16 vs. No. 1, No. 15 vs. No. 2, etc.<\/p>\n

No. 16 Colgate is sent to No. 1 New Hampshire’s regional, the Northeast Regional.
\nNo. 15 Minnesota State is sent to No. 2 Boston College’s regional, the East Regional.
\nNo. 14 Niagara is sent to No. 3 Quinnipiac’s regional, the Midwest Regional.
\nNo. 13 Massachusetts-Lowell is sent to No. 4 Minnesota’s regional, the West Regional.<\/p>\n

The brackets as we have set them up:<\/p>\n

West Regional:<\/strong>
\n13 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 4 Minnesota
\n12 Dartmouth vs. 5 Boston University<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional:<\/strong>
\n14 Niagara vs. 3 Quinnipiac
\n11 Western Michigan vs. 6 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional:<\/strong>
\n16 Colgate vs. 1 New Hampshire
\n9 Yale vs. 8 Denver<\/p>\n

East Regional:<\/strong>
\n15 Minnesota State vs. 2 Boston College
\n10 Miami vs. 7 North Dakota<\/p>\n

Our first concern is avoiding intra-conference matchups. We have one in Western Michigan vs. Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

To avoid this, we switch Western Michigan with Dartmouth.<\/p>\n

Our brackets are now:<\/p>\n

West Regional:<\/strong>
\n13 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 4 Minnesota
\n11 Western Michigan vs. 5 Boston University<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional:<\/strong>
\n14 Niagara vs. 3 Quinnipiac
\n12 Dartmouth vs. 6 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional:<\/strong>
\n16 Colgate vs. 1 New Hampshire
\n9 Yale vs. 8 Denver<\/p>\n

East Regional:<\/strong>
\n15 Minnesota State vs. 2 Boston College
\n10 Miami vs. 7 North Dakota<\/p>\n

We now have a bracket that does not have any intra-conference matchups.<\/p>\n

Can we make it better? Attendance is always a concern. Where can we get better attendance?<\/p>\n

We want to bring North Dakota back West and Boston University to the East. We would love to get Dartmouth in New Hampshire and Miami in Toledo. Can we accomplish any of this?<\/p>\n

An easy one is to swap North Dakota with Boston University. We have now accomplished task one.<\/p>\n

West Regional:<\/strong>
\n13 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 4 Minnesota
\n11 Western Michigan vs. 7 North Dakota<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional:<\/strong>
\n14 Niagara vs. 3 Quinnipiac
\n12 Dartmouth vs. 6 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional:<\/strong>
\n16 Colgate vs. 1 New Hampshire
\n9 Yale vs. 8 Denver<\/p>\n

East Regional:<\/strong>
\n15 Minnesota State vs. 2 Boston College
\n10 Miami vs. 5 Boston University<\/p>\n

Can we bring Miami west? We can’t put it in Toledo because Notre Dame is there, and that’s a good draw for Toledo. We can’t put it in Grand Rapids because Western Michigan is perfect there. So there’s not much we can do there.<\/p>\n

How about bringing Dartmouth to New Hampshire? We can swap Dartmouth with Yale, but that doesn’t really accomplish much and we mess up bracket integrity because of it. And we’re limited because we want to avoid the CCHA-CCHA matchup. Thus, we won’t make any move there.<\/p>\n

We can’t bring Massachusetts-Lowell east because that would create a Hockey East-Hockey East matchup. But we can bring Niagara east and send Minnesota State west. Let’s do that.<\/p>\n

West Regional:<\/strong>
\n13 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 4 Minnesota
\n11 Western Michigan vs. 7 North Dakota<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional:<\/strong>
\n15 Minnesota State vs. 3 Quinnipiac
\n12 Dartmouth vs. 6 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional:<\/strong>
\n16 Colgate vs. 1 New Hampshire
\n9 Yale vs. 8 Denver<\/p>\n

East Regional:<\/strong>
\n14 Niagara vs. 2 Boston College
\n10 Miami vs. 5 Boston University<\/p>\n

That is about all we can do with this bracket.<\/p>\n

So that is it. My bracket for the week.<\/p>\n

See you here next week for the next Bracketology.<\/p>\n

Here’s a summary of everything that we have covered.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

This week’s brackets<\/h4>\n

West Regional (Grand Rapids)<\/strong>
\n13 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 4 Minnesota
\n11 Western Michigan vs. 7 North Dakota<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional (Toledo)<\/strong>
\n15 Minnesota State vs. 3 Quinnipiac
\n12 Dartmouth vs. 6 Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional (Manchester)<\/strong>
\n16 Colgate vs. 1 New Hampshire
\n9 Yale vs. 8 Denver<\/p>\n

East Regional (Providence)<\/strong>
\n14 Niagara vs. 2 Boston College
\n10 Miami vs. 5 Boston University<\/p>\n

Conference breakdowns<\/h4>\n

Hockey East — 4
\nWCHA — 4
\nECAC Hockey — 4
\nCCHA — 3
\nAtlantic Hockey — 1<\/p>\n

On the move<\/h4>\n

In:<\/strong> New Hampshire, Quinnipiac, Notre Dame, Yale, Dartmouth, Minnesota State, Niagara, Colgate<\/p>\n

Out:<\/strong> Cornell, Michigan, Ferris State, Michigan State, Union, Air Force, Maine, Minnesota-Duluth<\/p>\n

Attendance woes?<\/h4>\n

Toledo has three Eastern teams and Notre Dame, but there’s nothing we can really do about that.<\/p>\n

Last week’s brackets<\/h4>\n

(Final brackets from 2012)<\/em><\/p>\n

West Regional (St. Paul)<\/strong>
\n14 Western Michigan vs. 4 North Dakota
\n9 Boston University vs. 8 Minnesota<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional (Green Bay)<\/strong>
\n13 Cornell vs. 2 Michigan
\n11 Denver vs. 6 Ferris State<\/p>\n

East Regional (Bridgeport)<\/strong>
\n15 Michigan State vs. 3 Union
\n12 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 5 Miami<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional (Worcester)<\/strong>
\n16 Air Force vs. 1 Boston College
\n10 Maine vs. 7 Minnesota-Duluth<\/p>\n

Interesting …<\/h4>\n

It’s nice to see some variety, or maybe it’s called parity? Eight new teams in thus far this year. And then there’s Miami. Why does it seem like the RedHawks come east every year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone’s minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Those of you that are veterans of the college hockey scene know that it is all about the PairWise Rankings. This is USCHO’s numerical approach that simulates the way the NCAA Division I men’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[947],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNine weeks out, and some teams can't get closer to home - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Those of you that are veterans of the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nine weeks out, and some teams can't get closer to home - College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Those of you that are veterans of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-16T20:00:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/uscho_featured-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jayson Moy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@USCHO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@USCHO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jayson Moy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/\",\"name\":\"Nine weeks out, and some teams can't get closer to home - College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-16T20:00:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-16T20:00:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c2cea64cc964ec8368242f6397de9d0\"},\"description\":\"We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Those of you that are veterans of the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg\",\"width\":1175,\"height\":763},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nine weeks out, and some teams can’t get closer to home\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/\",\"name\":\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"description\":\"Men's and Women's D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c2cea64cc964ec8368242f6397de9d0\",\"name\":\"Jayson Moy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/0844fd38a6823ecd776d66f78a8809cc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74ee8f7930ed5a3d4781a8ff3e4eb3f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74ee8f7930ed5a3d4781a8ff3e4eb3f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jayson Moy\"},\"description\":\"Senior Writer Jayson Moy is a senior writer and has been with USCHO since its inception. He covered the ECAC from 1996 to 2003 and is the 2001 recipient of the ECAC Media Recognition Award. He has been writing Bracketology since 2004 and has never missed predicting the NCAA field.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/author\/jayson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nine weeks out, and some teams can't get closer to home - College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Those of you that are veterans of the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nine weeks out, and some teams can't get closer to home - College Hockey | USCHO.com","og_description":"We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Those of you that are veterans of the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238","og_site_name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/","article_published_time":"2013-01-16T20:00:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/uscho_featured-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jayson Moy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@USCHO","twitter_site":"@USCHO","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jayson Moy","Est. reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/","name":"Nine weeks out, and some teams can't get closer to home - College Hockey | USCHO.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg","datePublished":"2013-01-16T20:00:05+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-16T20:00:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c2cea64cc964ec8368242f6397de9d0"},"description":"We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? Those of you that are veterans of the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg","width":1175,"height":763},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/01\/16\/nine-weeks-out-and-some-teams-cant-get-closer-to-home\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nine weeks out, and some teams can’t get closer to home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/","name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"Men's and Women's D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c2cea64cc964ec8368242f6397de9d0","name":"Jayson Moy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/0844fd38a6823ecd776d66f78a8809cc","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74ee8f7930ed5a3d4781a8ff3e4eb3f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74ee8f7930ed5a3d4781a8ff3e4eb3f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jayson Moy"},"description":"Senior Writer Jayson Moy is a senior writer and has been with USCHO since its inception. He covered the ECAC from 1996 to 2003 and is the 2001 recipient of the ECAC Media Recognition Award. He has been writing Bracketology since 2004 and has never missed predicting the NCAA field.","url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/author\/jayson\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1238"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}