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...
A prediction for the 2016 NCAA tournament bracket
It's time for the final Bracketology of the season. Here, I will predict how I think the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee...
Here are the teams projected to make the 2016 NCAA tournament
With all games played, here are the teams projected to be in the 2016 NCAA Division I men's tournament, grouped by seed:
Quinnipiac
St. Cloud State
North...
Down to the wire
Quinnipiac is the overall number one seed.
A St. Cloud win sends it to St. Paul, else North Dakota is the in St. Paul as...
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.
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.
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.
What this weekend means: March 11, 2016
We have a lot of ramifications in terms of what would happen depending upon which teams win series this weekend.
Historically, PairWise’s top 3 entering league quarterfinals are solid bets to stay as No. 1 seeds
We're onto the quarterfinals in every conference except the Big Ten.
One week out, and some new at-large teams appear in the field
Minnesota-Duluth and Michigan Tech moved into the top 14 of the PairWise Rankings after last weekend.
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.
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.
Three weeks out, and wholesale changes could help attendance
The matchups in the second and third bands don't line up well for geography purposes, so Jayson Moy makes some tweaks.
Listen: USCHO’s Jim Connelly discusses the PairWise on The Pipeline Show
USCHO's Jim Connelly joined on TSN 1260's The Pipeline Show on Saturday to dissect the PairWise Rankings.
Four weeks out, and this is beginning to be a trend
With no movement in and out of the tournament field in the last four weeks, Jayson Moy sees some familiar discussions in this week's Bracketology.
After the Beanpot, the top six historically have been NCAA locks
In 13 years of the 16-team NCAA tournament, no team in the top six of the PairWise Rankings at the end of the Beanpot has missed being in the field.
Five weeks out, and the field remains the same
In this week's Bracketology, Jayson Moy has some cleaning up to do for attendance reasons, but it's the same 16 teams in the field for the third straight week.
PairWise history tells us what to extrapolate from the rankings at the start of February
In the 13 seasons since the NCAA tournament field expanded to 16 teams, no team that was ranked No. 1 through No. 4 in the PairWise Rankings at the start of February has failed to qualify.
Six weeks out, and an intraconference first-round game can’t be avoided
Jayson Moy breaks down how the brackets might shake out this week in Bracketology.
Seven weeks out, and it’s all rather straightforward
One change for attendance reasons, and Jayson Moy has his projected bracket for this week.
