Bracket Analysis: Success against best teams in your league guided NCAA Selection Committee; travel wasn’t major consideration
With Selection Sunday now in the rear-view mirror and the tourney a few days away from beginning, Jayson Moy and Jim Connelly analyze the bracket.
Three teams on the bubble ahead of Saturday’s games
As we await the final seven games before selection Sunday, here's where we stand.
One more look at NCAA tournament predictions heading into conference tournament finals
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...
Where do teams stand with last weekend of January on tap?
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...
Nine weeks out, and some teams can’t get closer to home
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...
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:
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).
Weighing bracket integrity against a possible attendance boost
Welcome back to the next installment of our Bracketology, and we'll keep bringing you a new one every week until we make our final...
Maine
I think it will be difficult, if not impossible to get Maine into the tournament.
After the afternoon games, Maine sits at number 18 in...
Bracketology: What we know entering conference championship Saturday
Three teams are vying for two spots in the NCAA tournament on the day before selection Sunday (photo: Melissa Wade).
PairWise, RPI and KRACH: Sorting things out
Yale's No. 1 ranking in last Monday's USCHO.com Division I poll certainly generated a lot of controversy, at least judging by the comments left...
Two gone, one in: What I Believe, Thursday night edition
Two games on Thursday and now I can update "What I Believe".
The nitty gritty here is that Michigan Tech and St. Cloud are now...
My Updated Bracket Prediction, March 11
The biggest winner of the night? Rensselaer. A team that played its last game this past Sunday.
The Engineers move into the Top 15 of...
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...
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.
What I Believe – Thursday Night Edition
The ramifications of Ohio State and Penn State's wins on Thursday night:
- Michigan and Michigan State being eliminated from a possible bid
- Air Force...
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,...
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...
Eight weeks out, and intraconference matchups cause a headache
With five teams from both ECAC Hockey and Hockey East in the NCAA tournament bracket and host teams locked into a regional, things get tough this week.
Penn State takes over top spot in PairWise Rankings
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...
