Four weeks out, and either Michigan or North Dakota has to move East

This week's edition of Bracketology sees three intra-conference first-round games that need to be addressed.

Two weeks out, and attendance, bracket integrity fall in line

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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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.

BRACKETOLOGY: Heading to February, surging UConn looking to solidify favorable spot in 2025 NCAA men’s hockey tournament

Welcome to Week 3 of Bracketology. Each week from now until Selection Sunday, March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the Men's...
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Nine weeks out, and conferences, geography come into play

The brackets show three intra-conference matchups that need to be addressed.
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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.
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10 weeks out, and we start with trouble bringing a team back East

Bracketology's first edition of 2015 has four teams in the NCAA tournament from both Hockey East and the NCHC.

The bubble and what I believe

Let's get on to the nitty gritty shall we? Here is what I believe: Yale, North Dakota, Boston College, Miami, Denver, Merrimack, Michigan, Union, Minnesota-Duluth, Notre...

After the results of March 15

First things is first. For those of you looking at the PWR and the RPI, you will see that Colorado College is at...

PairWise Predictor 2012 is live: share your scenarios

With the final four teams set in each conference -- or six, in the case of the WCHA -- USCHO.com's PairWise Predictor is now...

BRACKETOLOGY: First edition proves that there might be some extreme difficulties in seeding this season

Welcome back to Bracketology, where we try to simulate the process that the NCAA Men's Division I Hockey Championship committee will go through on...

What I Believe

Let's play "What I Believe" again. Before we play, I need to put out a disclaimer. There are a lot of scenarios out there...

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...

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.
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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.
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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.

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.

BRACKETOLOGY: How does moving Minnesota, St. Cloud State out of same region potentially affect 2023 NCAA tournament?

Editor’s note: This was written prior to Wednesday’s Hockey East first-round playoff games and thus could be altered if individual teams move in the...

Debating the site for the overall No. 1 seed

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...

With four NCAA tournament spots open, here’s what’s at stake in Saturday’s conference title games

Twelve teams are locked into the 2022 Division I men's NCAA tournament. Here's Saturday's conference championship schedule and what can happen to get the final four teams settled.

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