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Bracketology: Last one before March 24 NCAA selection show has Bowling Green in, Western Michigan 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: Thom Kendall/UMass Athletics).
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Historically, the PairWise on Jan. 1 has been a good predictor of the NCAA tournament field

People who have followed this thread in the Fan Forum for the past few years know the PairWise Rankings as of Jan. 1 are a solid indicator of the teams that qualify for the NCAA tournament in March.
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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.

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...
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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.

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...

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.

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...
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With March here, where does your team stand in the PairWise?

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...

BRACKETOLOGY: Augustana, Maine, Quinnipiac help cause for 2025 NCAA tournament with strong weekends

Welcome to Week 4 of Bracketology. Each week from now until Selection Sunday, March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the men's...

PairWise, RPI and KRACH: Sorting things out

Yale's No. 1 ranking in last Monday's USCHO.com Division I poll certainly generated a lot of  controversy, at least judging by the comments left...

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...
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Seven weeks out, and it’s all rather straightforward

One change for attendance reasons, and Jayson Moy has his projected bracket for this week.

Just days out, and there’s quite a pack on the bubble

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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One week out, and the bracket hasn’t changed much

A change to bring Providence back East causes some dominoes to fall in other regionals.

BRACKETOLOGY EXTRA: Late-night 2OT winner by Maine in Hockey East gives Quinnipiac, Penn State, Michigan increased NCAA tournament odds

Many of you may have been asleep last night by the time that Nolan Renwick redirected Charlie Russell's shot-pass at 11:02 of the second...
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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).

Five weeks out, and a lot of moves make for good story lines

Putting two Minnesota teams and Wisconsin in the regional in St. Paul could make that an attractive tournament.

BRACKETOLOGY: Big Ten hockey playoff upsets skew PairWise rankings somewhat as we keep an eye on potential Allentown regional

Welcome to Week 9 of Bracketology. Each week from now until Selection Sunday on March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the...

Two gone, one in: What I Believe, Thursday night edition

Two games on Thursday and now I can update "What I Believe". The nitty gritty here is that Michigan Tech and St. Cloud are now...

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