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30 Nov 18: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers host the Ohio State University Buckeyes in a B1G conference matchup at 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis, MN. Photo: Jim Rosvold (Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota)

Bracketology Extra: With the benefit of downtime before the announcement, some overanalyzing

Now that there is so much time until the actual bracket is announced, we start to do what we all do best -- overanalyze our bracket prediction (photo: Jim Rosvold).

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.

BRACKETOLOGY: Mapping out 2023 NCAA men’s hockey tournament with regular season winding down, conference playoffs starting

Let me first begin by welcoming back USCHO’s long-time bracketologist Jayson Moy and giving him a cap tip/apology as last week his bracket and...

Bracketology: With more games played, what teams are in, out of the upcoming NCAA men’s hockey tournament?

Last week, in the inaugural edition of Bracketology for the 2020-21 season, Jim and Jayson attempted to layout their potential field for this year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey tournament. Let’s see how these two approach this week:

The field is set

Union's win means that Western Michigan and Michigan State get the last two spots. It's all over except for the seeding. See you later with our...

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...

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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Five weeks out, and we can make some geographical swaps with regional attendance in mind

The final result is a West Regional with intriguing first-round matchups between former conference rivals.
The Quinnipiac University Bobcats and University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks play for the 2016 D1 National Championship on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. (Melissa Wade)

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...

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...

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...

Here are the 16 teams who’ll be in the 2022 NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament

Our final Bracketology will be posted soon but until then here are the 16 teams that have earned spots in the 2022 NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament, broken down by seed.

Our final prediction for the 2012 NCAA tournament

Let's put the bracket prediction down first, and then we'll explain how we got there after that. My predicted NCAA tournament bracket is as follows: West...
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Five weeks out, and the field remains the same

In this week's Bracketology, Jayson Moy has some cleaning up to do for attendance reasons, but it's the same 16 teams in the field for the third straight week.

BRACKETOLOGY: This week presents less of a headache in Springfield regional, but UMass as host still requires some effort when bracketing

If you read last week's Bracketology, you are familiar with the nightmare that was created when you had three Hockey East teams in the...

Five weeks out, and a lot of moves make for good story lines

Putting two Minnesota teams and Wisconsin in the regional in St. Paul could make that an attractive tournament.

My bracket prediction, 3/12

WMU, Dartmouth and CC are all back in, thanks to wins by all those teams. You see how volatile it is now.  These three teams,...

The bubble and what I believe

Let's get on to the nitty gritty shall we? Here is what I believe: Yale, North Dakota, Boston College, Miami, Denver, Merrimack, Michigan, Union, Minnesota-Duluth, Notre...

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...

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...

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