{"id":1369,"date":"2014-02-19T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/bracketology\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2020-08-24T19:49:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T00:49:21","slug":"four-weeks-out-and-either-michigan-or-north-dakota-has-to-move-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2014\/02\/19\/four-weeks-out-and-either-michigan-or-north-dakota-has-to-move-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Four weeks out, and either Michigan or North Dakota has to move East"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michigan lost twice at Minnesota last weekend but is still in line for a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament (photo: Michelle Bishop).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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

Those of you that are veterans of the college hockey scene know that it is all about the PairWise Rankings<\/a>. This is USCHO’s numerical approach that simulates the way the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee chooses the teams that make the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n

The criteria are tweaked every so often — every so often being every year lately — in order to give what the committee believes will be the best tournament.<\/p>\n

There were some major changes this year to the selection criteria. In short:<\/p>\n

\u2022 PairWise comparisons are now done against all teams. There is no cutoff for the amount of teams, so the most PWR comparison wins that a team can have is 58 since there are 59 teams.<\/p>\n

\u2022 There is now a home and away wins weighting applied to the Ratings Percentage Index<\/a>. In calculation of the index, wins on the road and losses at home have a weighting factor of 1.2. Wins at home and losses on the road have a weighting factor of 0.8. All neutral-site games have a weighting factor of 1.0. A tie is one-half of a win and one-half of a loss, so home\/road ties are treated accordingly for the teams involved.<\/p>\n

\u2022 There is a quality wins bonus for wins against teams in the top 20 of the RPI. A win against the No. 1 team in the RPI is worth 0.05 points, and is scaled down by 0.0025 points for each place until you reach No. 20, where a bonus of 0.0025 points will be given.<\/p>\n

The changes are a little complicated, so it is best to 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 three years, I am the only prognosticator to have correctly predicted the exact brackets for the NCAA tournament, meaning that I have predicted how the committee thought when putting together the brackets.<\/p>\n

This is the next installment of our Bracketology, and we’ll be bringing you a new one every week until we make our final picks before the field is announced on March 23.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022 Sixteen teams are selected to participate in the national tournament.<\/p>\n

\u2022 There are four regional sites<\/a> (East — Bridgeport, Conn.; Northeast — Worcester, Mass.; Midwest — Cincinnati; West — St. Paul, Minn.)<\/p>\n

\u2022 A host institution that 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: Yale in Bridgeport, Holy Cross in Worcester, Miami in Cincinnati and Minnesota in St. Paul.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Seedings will not be switched. 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, from the 2014 pre-championship manual<\/a>:<\/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 the likelihood of a playoff-type atmosphere at each regional site. For this model, the following is a basic set of priorities:<\/p>\n

1. Once the six automatic qualifiers and 10 at-large teams are selected, the next step is to develop four groups from the committee’s rankings of 1-16. The top four teams are 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. The next four are targeted as No. 2 seeds. The next four are No. 3 seeds and the last four are No. 4 seeds.<\/p>\n

2. Step two is to place the home teams. Host institutions that qualify will be placed at home.<\/p>\n

3. Step three is to fill in the bracket so that first-round conference matchups are avoided, unless it corrupts the integrity of the bracket. If five or more teams from one conference are selected to the championship, then the integrity of the bracket will be protected (i.e., maintaining the pairing process according to seed will take priority over avoidance of first-round conference matchups). To complete each regional, the committee assigns one team from each of the remaining seeded groups so there is a No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 seed at each regional site.<\/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 Feb. 18:<\/p>\n

1 Boston College
\n2 Minnesota
\n3t Union
\n3t St. Cloud State
\n5 Ferris State
\n6 Quinnipiac
\n7 Wisconsin
\n8 Massachusetts-Lowell
\n9 Northeastern
\n10 Michigan
\n11t Maine
\n11t North Dakota
\n11t Vermont
\n14 Cornell
\n15 Notre Dame
\n16t Minnesota-Duluth
\n16t Colgate
\n— Mercyhurst<\/p>\n

Current conference leaders based on winning percentage:<\/p>\n

Atlantic Hockey:<\/b> Mercyhurst
\nBig Ten:<\/b> Minnesota
\nECAC Hockey:<\/b> Union
\nHockey East:<\/b> Boston College
\nNCHC:<\/b> St. Cloud State
\nWCHA:<\/b> Ferris State<\/p>\n

Notes<\/h4>\n

\u2022 Bracketology assumes that the season has ended and there are no more games to be played — i.e.<\/i>, the NCAA tournament starts tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Because there are an uneven amount of games played inside each conference, I will be using winning percentage, not points accumulated, to determine the current leader in each conference. 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 the individual comparisons among the tied teams, and add in any current league leaders that are not currently in the top 16. The only team that is not is Mercyhurst.<\/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 Union and St. Cloud State at 3, and Maine, North Dakota and Vermont at 11.<\/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 Boston College
\n2 Minnesota
\n3 Union
\n4 St. Cloud State
\n5 Ferris State
\n6 Quinnipiac
\n7 Wisconsin
\n8 Massachusetts-Lowell
\n9 Northeastern
\n10 Michigan
\n11 Maine
\n12 North Dakota
\n13 Vermont
\n14 Cornell
\n15 Notre Dame
\n16 Mercyhurst<\/p>\n

Step two<\/h4>\n

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

No. 1 seeds:<\/b> Boston College, Minnesota, Union, St. Cloud State<\/p>\n

No. 2 seeds:<\/b> Ferris State, Quinnipiac, Wisconsin, Massachusetts-Lowell<\/p>\n

No. 3 seeds:<\/b> Northeastern, Michigan, Maine, North Dakota<\/p>\n

No. 4 seeds:<\/b> Vermont, Cornell, Notre Dame, Mercyhurst<\/p>\n

Step three<\/h4>\n

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

Minnesota, as a host school, is placed first.<\/p>\n

No. 2 Minnesota is placed in the West Regional in St. Paul.
\nNo. 1 Boston College is placed in the Northeast Regional in Worcester.
\nNo. 3 Union is placed in the East Regional in Bridgeport.
\nNo. 4 St. Cloud State is placed in the Midwest Regional in Cincinnati.<\/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<\/b><\/i> 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 would be 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<\/i><\/p>\n

No. 8 Massachusetts-Lowell is placed in No. 1 Boston College’s regional, the Northeast Regional.
\nNo. 7 Wisconsin is placed in No. 2 Minnesota’s regional, the West Regional.
\nNo. 6 Quinnipiac is placed in No. 3 Union’s regional, the East Regional.
\nNo. 5 Ferris State is placed in No. 4 Ferris State’s regional, the Midwest Regional.<\/p>\n

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

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

No. 9 Northeastern is placed in No. 8 Massachusetts-Lowell’s regional, the Northeast Regional.
\nNo. 10 Michigan is placed in No. 7 Wisconsin’s regional, the West Regional.
\nNo. 11 Maine is placed in No. 6 Quinnipiac’s regional, the East Regional.
\nNo. 12 North Dakota is placed in No. 5 Ferris State’s regional, the Midwest Regional.<\/p>\n

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

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

No. 16 Mercyhurst is sent to No. 1 Boston College’s regional, the Northeast Regional.
\nNo. 15 Notre Dame is sent to No. 2 Minnesota’s regional, the West Regional.
\nNo. 14 Cornell is sent to No. 3 Union’s regional, the East Regional.
\nNo. 13 Vermont is sent to No. 4 St. Cloud State’s regional, the Midwest Regional.<\/p>\n

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

West Regional (St. Paul):<\/b>
\n15 Notre Dame vs. 2 Minnesota
\n10 Michigan vs. 7 Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):<\/b>
\n13 Vermont vs. 4 St. Cloud State
\n12 North Dakota vs. 5 Ferris State<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional (Worcester):<\/b>
\n16 Mercyhurst vs. 1 Boston College
\n9 Northeastern vs. 8 Massachusetts-Lowell<\/p>\n

East Regional (Bridgeport):<\/b>
\n14 Cornell vs. 3 Union
\n11 Maine vs. 6 Quinnipiac<\/p>\n

Our first concern is avoiding intraconference matchups. We have a few in Michigan vs. Wisconsin, Cornell vs. Union and Northeastern vs. Massachusetts-Lowell.<\/p>\n

Swapping Cornell with Vermont will solve that matchup.<\/p>\n

West Regional (St. Paul):<\/b>
\n15 Notre Dame vs. 2 Minnesota
\n10 Michigan vs. 7 Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):<\/b>
\n14 Cornell vs. 4 St. Cloud State
\n12 North Dakota vs. 5 Ferris State<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional (Worcester):<\/b>
\n16 Mercyhurst vs. 1 Boston College
\n9 Northeastern vs. 8 Massachusetts-Lowell<\/p>\n

East Regional (Bridgeport):<\/b>
\n13 Vermont vs. 3 Union
\n11 Maine vs. 6 Quinnipiac<\/p>\n

Now we can make a straight switch of Michigan and Northeastern to fix that matchup.<\/p>\n

West Regional (St. Paul):<\/b>
\n15 Notre Dame vs. 2 Minnesota
\n9 Northeastern vs. 7 Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):<\/b>
\n14 Cornell vs. 4 St. Cloud State
\n12 North Dakota vs. 5 Ferris State<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional (Worcester):<\/b>
\n16 Mercyhurst vs. 1 Boston College
\n10 Michigan vs. 8 Massachusetts-Lowell<\/p>\n

East Regional (Bridgeport):<\/b>
\n13 Vermont vs. 3 Union
\n11 Maine vs. 6 Quinnipiac<\/p>\n

Looking at this, I really don’t want to take Michigan away from a western regional.<\/p>\n

But I also don’t want to take North Dakota away from a western regional.<\/p>\n

What to do?<\/p>\n

It’s one or the other. So I will preserve bracket integrity and go this way.<\/p>\n

Now to address attendance issues. What can I do?<\/p>\n

I would like a little more attendance in Cincinnati, so I think I can swap Cornell and Notre Dame, just to bring some more people to Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

West Regional (St. Paul):<\/b>
\n14 Cornell vs. 2 Minnesota
\n9 Northeastern vs. 7 Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):<\/b>
\n15 Notre Dame vs. 4 St. Cloud State
\n12 North Dakota vs. 5 Ferris State<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional (Worcester):<\/b>
\n16 Mercyhurst vs. 1 Boston College
\n10 Michigan vs. 8 Massachusetts-Lowell<\/p>\n

East Regional (Bridgeport):<\/b>
\n13 Vermont vs. 3 Union
\n11 Maine vs. 6 Quinnipiac<\/p>\n

I like that. So that is it.<\/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 (St. Paul):<\/b>
\n14 Cornell vs. 2 Minnesota
\n9 Northeastern vs. 7 Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):<\/b>
\n15 Notre Dame vs. 4 St. Cloud State
\n12 North Dakota vs. 8 Ferris State<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional (Worcester):<\/b>
\n16 Mercyhurst vs. 1 Boston College
\n10 Michigan vs. 8 Massachusetts-Lowell<\/p>\n

East Regional (Bridgeport):<\/b>
\n13 Vermont vs. 3 Union
\n11 Maine vs. 6 Quinnipiac<\/p>\n

Conference breakdowns<\/h4>\n

Hockey East — 6
\nECAC Hockey — 3
\nBig Ten — 3
\nNCHC — 2
\nAtlantic Hockey — 1
\nWCHA — 1<\/p>\n

On the move<\/h4>\n

In:<\/b> North Dakota, Notre Dame, Maine<\/p>\n

Out:<\/b> Minnesota-Duluth, Colgate, Providence<\/p>\n

Attendance woes?<\/h4>\n

No issues for me.<\/p>\n

Last week’s brackets<\/h4>\n

West Regional (St. Paul):<\/b>
\n13 Minnesota-Duluth vs. 2 Minnesota
\n12 Vermont vs. 7 Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):<\/b>
\n14 Colgate vs. 4 Ferris State
\n10 Michigan vs. 8 St. Cloud State<\/p>\n

Northeast Regional (Worcester):<\/b>
\n16 Mercyhurst vs. 1 Boston College
\n9 Cornell vs. 6 Massachusetts-Lowell<\/p>\n

East Regional (Bridgeport):<\/b>
\n15 Providence vs. 3 Union
\n11 Northeastern vs. 5 Quinnipiac<\/p>\n

Interesting …<\/h4>\n

Hockey East is ruling the roost with six teams, but down the stretch here, as teams play each other, what is going to happen? There are other teams on the bubble, and some just need to get hot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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