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...

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...

Four more in, three spots left – What I Believe Friday Night Edition

After Friday night we can welcome four more teams into the tournament, and tell you that there are six teams battling for three spots...

The PairWise Predictor, and where we stand entering conference championship weekend

When the conference tournament quarterfinal round wrapped up Sunday night, we rolled out our PairWise Predictor, which lets you see how the rankings react based on results you enter for the final 21 games before selection Sunday.
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...

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...
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Six weeks out, and there’s only so much room in the East for No. 3 seeds

Providence, Harvard and Boston College all surely would like to play in either Providence or Manchester, but only two can with the way the seedings shake out today.
(Tim Brule)

Bracketology: If NCAA tournament started today, UMass Lowell out, Bowling Green in

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

BRACKETOLOGY: Three Hockey East No. 1 seeds, UMass falling to a No. 4 seed complicate this week’s pairings beyond belief

A conundrum is defined as a confusing and difficult problem or question. This week, as we approach how to seed the NCAA men's Division I...

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.

Six weeks out, and the decisions are in moving and protecting teams

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...

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.

BRACKETOLOGY: Big Ten hockey playoff upsets skew PairWise rankings somewhat as we keep an eye on potential Allentown regional

Welcome to Week 9 of Bracketology. Each week from now until Selection Sunday on March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the...

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