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...
What I Believe: Saturday morning
Here is What I Believe after Friday's games.
Group A
Teams that are in (11):
Canisius/Mercyhurst winner
Brown/Union winner
Colorado College/Wisconsin winner
Quinnipiac
Minnesota
Miami
Boston College
Massachusetts-Lowell
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Denver
Group B
Teams that need to...
The bubble
As mentioned before, the bubble, in my eyes, comprises of the following teams:
Notre Dame
Nebraska-Omaha
Western Michigan
Dartmouth
Colorado College
Rensselaer
Boston University
Maine
That's a total of eight teams for a...
Eight weeks out, and attendance again forces some changes
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...
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.
Seven weeks out, and the NCHC’s presence in the field of 16 grows
The league likely would have five of its eight teams in the NCAA tournament if its field was selected today.
An example of how the PairWise changes could affect selection
We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's mind.
Will my team make the NCAA tournament?
Those of you who are...
It’s now 15 – Atlantic Hockey and Niagara
What does Niagara's loss mean? It means that the cutoff line now becomes 15. i.e., if you are in position 16 in...
Nine weeks out, and conferences, geography come into play
The brackets show three intra-conference matchups that need to be addressed.
What a difference a game makes
Friday afternoon, we were discussing among the USCHO staff what one game that evening would have the greatest impact on the PairWise Rankings. We...
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...
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...
After the results of March 1
It's time to add to the weekly Bracketology with a quick hitting edition of what I think the bracket would look like should the...
After the results of March 2
Headed into one game on Sunday, here's how I see it after Saturday's games.
Providence
16 Alaska vs. 1 Quinnipiac
12 Yale vs. 8 Minnesota State
Grand Rapids
14...
Weighing bracket integrity against a possible attendance boost
Welcome back to the next installment of our Bracketology, and we'll keep bringing you a new one every week until we make our final...
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...
My bracket prediction, 3/12
WMU, Dartmouth and CC are all back in, thanks to wins by all those teams.
You see how volatile it is now. These three teams,...
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.
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...
Seven weeks out, and the bracket is intriguing
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...
