Final Bracketology: Our pick for the 2022 NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament

Only one small tweak was needed once we put together the full bracket with bracket integrity.
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Final Bracketology: The prediction for the 2019 NCAA men’s hockey tournament bracket

Jayson Moy makes his picks for how he thinks the committee will lay out the brackets (photo: Tim Brule).

CCHA: Minimum/maximum

So, play with the PairWise Predictor, and see what fun you can have. For example, the CCHA can have a minimum of three teams in...

After the results of March 9

Alaska's win keeps it alive, Sunday's game will be interesting for Alaska. Colorado College's win makes it a TUC once more, helping Mass.-Lowell,...

Final predictions for the NCAA field of 16, and where each team will start

It's time for the final Bracketology of the season. Here I will predict how I think the NCAA Ice Hockey Committee will think and...

After Thursday

After two WCHA games on Thursday night, here is basically what happened.  Colorado College bolstered its chances of getting into the tournament, in turn...

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...

UNH still on the bubble

Thanks to Brass Bonanza, we have to take UNH out of the "in" column and put UNH on the bubble. Here's what Brass Bonanza came...

A wild weekend

It was a crazy weekend for sure. But, we're a little closer to finding out who may be moving on in the NCAA Tournament. We'll keep...

What I Believe – Friday night edition

After Friday's games, here is What I Believe. Fourteen spots are taken, leaving two at-large spots. These are the teams that are in: Minnesota State North Dakota Boston...

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.

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.

BRACKETOLOGY Week 1: With a couple of regional hosts in the picture, seeding teams for NCAA regionals might not be easy

Welcome back to a new season of Bracketology. Here we try to explain the process of seeding the NCAA Tournament and selecting which regional each...

Final Bracketology: One last look figuring out which 16 teams will play for the 2021 national college hockey championship

We’ve seen all six conference tournaments completed and here are both Jayson's and Jim’s fields, as well as how they place them into regionals. It’s...

Bracketology: Time ticking down on which teams will qualify for 2020 NCAA hockey tournament

Tournament time is starting in college hockey and that means that the hopes and dreams of some teams will be dashed and some will continue on. Some are seemingly safe, while others know that it is win or go home time (photo: David Faulkner - SPX SPORTS).

Three weeks out, and we can build a better West Regional

In this week's edition of Bracketology, Jayson Moy sees Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota playing in St. Paul.

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...
08 Dec 17: Justin Baudry (Bemidji State - 29), Charlie Combs (Bemidji State - 11). The Bemidji State University Beavers host the Northern Michigan University Wildcats in a WCHA Conference matchup at the Sanford Center in Bemidji, MN. (Jim Rosvold)

This week’s movement shows Northern Michigan in, Omaha out

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: Jim Rosvold).
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Thoughts on how the committee came up with the 2018 NCAA men’s hockey tournament bracket

The two major themes here seemed to be attendance and proximity.
Canisius players celebrate a third period goal in a 3-1 win at RIT (Omar Phillips)

Start of February sees more tweaks to 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...

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