Simple Math?

Maybe it wasn't as complicated as we all made it out to be.  It's as simple as that. The committee laid it out, just as...

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...
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Just days out, and we can keep most of the Eastern teams in the East

The final installment of Bracketology before the conference championship weekend starts shows an opportunity to keep five of the six Eastern teams in the bracket in their region for the tournament.

Following the criteria shuffles some first-round matchups

In the first installment of Bracketology for 2012, Jayson Moy finds he has to move around some games between No. 1 seeds and No. 4 seeds.

What a difference a game makes

Friday afternoon, we were discussing among the USCHO staff what one game that evening would have the greatest impact on the PairWise Rankings. We...
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Two weeks out, and No. 1 seed shakeup means new first-round pairings emerge

North Dakota moved up to No. 2 overall, which would put it into the West Regional in St. Paul, where it likely would face Minnesota in the first round.

Here’s our final prediction for the NCAA tournament brackets

Jayson Moy gives his picks for the field of 16 and where they'll play in the regional round.

Tournament Field Update – Saturday Morning Edition

Last night's action got a few more teams into the tournament and has narrowed the field down as to what needs to be done. What...
Zack Mirageas (74 - Air Force) (2018 Omar Phillips)

Bracketology: If the NCAA tournament began today, who’s in, who’s out?

It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style (photo: Omar Phillips).

BRACKETOLOGY: Getting closer to season’s end, the UMass conundrum is solved, but other issues lie ahead in seeding the NCAA field

Welcome back to Bracketology. If you're ever heard the term of going down a rabbit's hole, that's what I am facing this week. I began...
Joey Daccord (35 - Arizona State) (2019 Omar Phillips)

Bracketology: If NCAA tournament began today, Cornell-Arizona State would make intriguing matchup

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 might look like come selection time, using what we know now (photo: Omar Phillips).

BRACKETOLOGY: We thought Omaha, UMass could cause problems in the brackets… wait until you see this week

We're back with one of the final editions of Bracketology for the men's Division I college hockey tournament. We have bemoaned over the last few...

Five weeks out, and not a lot needs to be done to the bracket

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...

Teams in top 12 of PairWise on March 1 have history on their side

Since the field expanded to 16 teams in 2003, 93 percent of teams ranked in the top 12 of the PairWise Rankings on March 1 have made the NCAA tournament.
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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).

BRACKETOLOGY EXTRA: Defining the PairWise bubble and what would need to happen for bubble teams to make it

After this weekend's games, the PairWise bubble became very well defined. So much so that the three teams on the bubble know exactly what...

Three weeks out, and it’s a pick-and-choose situation

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...
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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.

Making a case for attendance-based switches

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...

The bracket and analysis

The bracket was announced tonight and as predicted, it fell this way: West Regional (Grand Rapids, Mich.): 15 Yale vs. 2 Minnesota 10 Niagara vs. 8 North...

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