A reaction to the committee’s bracketing decisions for the NCAA tournament
A couple quick thoughts after seeing how the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey committee set the brackets for the 2015 tournament.
Just days out, and Hockey East teams pack the middle of the field
Hockey East has two teams in the second back and two in the third band, so there are few options to keep them from playing each other in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Nine weeks out, and conferences, geography come into play
The brackets show three intra-conference matchups that need to be addressed.
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...
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...
Final Bracketology: A prediction for the 2018 NCAA men’s hockey tournament
Jayson Moy gives his prediction of what the NCAA tournament bracket will look like when it's revealed on Sunday (photo: Melissa Wade).
Seven weeks out, and there’s a path to a good bracket for geography
St. Cloud State can get moved to St. Paul, and Northeastern can stay in Massachusetts.
Bracketology – Final analysis of the selections
Well, the NCAA just announced this year's NCAA Tournament and I hit it on the button.
For an explanation as to how I came about...
Bracketology: Figuring out problems on how to best seed the 2020 NCAA hockey national tournament
We’re down to five and a half weeks until selection Sunday, and as things begin to shape up in terms of what teams are getting closer to punching their NCAA tickets, we are also running into some problems on how to best seed the tournament (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
BRACKETOLOGY: A correction, and a look at movement as we move closer to season’s end for college hockey
Let me begin with an error correction, one of which was careless on my part:
North Dakota is not the host team this year in...
Seven weeks out, and it’s all rather straightforward
One change for attendance reasons, and Jayson Moy has his projected bracket for this week.
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.
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.
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...
What I believe on Saturday morning
Based upon everything that we know, and how we've transcribed it to our PWR calculator, this is what I believe as of Saturday going...
Field of 16 Set
The field of 16 is set:
Atlantic Hockey - Air Force
Big Ten - Minnesota, Penn State, Ohio State
ECAC Hockey - Harvard, Union, Cornell
Hockey East -...
Number one seeds
Three of four number one seeds have been claimed.
Yale, North Dakota and Boston College have all claimed number one seeds.
We can go a little...
PairWise Predictor: What are 2014’s NCAA playoff permutations?
With the weekend's games now (finally) in the books, USCHO.com's PairWise Predictor is live.
What's the PairWise Predictor? It's your opportunity to test out your...
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...
Eight weeks out, and having a host in a No. 1 seed changes the dynamic
North Dakota moved into the final No. 1 seed, and as the host in Fargo it must be kept there.
