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.
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...
How are the 3 and 4 seeds placed in Manchester or Providence?
I had a pretty good question from Matt Wellens the other day. He asked me how are the 3 and 4 seeds placed...
Five weeks out, and not a lot needs to be done to the bracket
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...
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.
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.
Minnesota Duluth remains atop 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...
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...
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).
Bracketology: Will top-end balance continue in NCAA hockey up until Selection Sunday?
For the first time since Bracketology premiered about a month ago, there is balance among the top four teams in the PairWise. We have two teams from the west in North Dakota and Minnesota State and two from the east in Cornell and Boston College (photo: Rich Gagnon).
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...
Four weeks out, and a lot of teams are on the move
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...
Following the criteria shuffles some first-round matchups
In the first installment of Bracketology for 2012, Jayson Moy finds he has to move around some games between No. 1 seeds and No. 4 seeds.
What I Believe – Monday, 3/16
One week until the selections and it's time to summarize things in the segment I like to call "What I Believe."
This segment gives a...
What I Believe: After Saturday afternoon
After this afternoon's games, it's boiled down to this:
Teams That Are Now In (14):
Quinnipiac
Minnesota
Massachusetts-Lowell
Miami
Notre Dame
Boston College
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Denver
Niagara
Minnesota State
Canisius/Mercyhurst
Brown/Union
Colorado College/Wisconsin
Teams That Must Win To...
Nine weeks out, and conferences, geography come into play
The brackets show three intra-conference matchups that need to be addressed.
BRACKETOLOGY FINAL: After plenty of stress and two hosts qualifying for the field, seeding this tournament is easier than you’d believe
For two months now, I bemoaned what would happen if two hosts - Omaha and Massachusetts - qualified for the field.
The thought of having...
BRACKETOLOGY EXTRA: Defining the PairWise bubble and what would need to happen for bubble teams to make it
After this weekend's games, the PairWise bubble became very well defined. So much so that the three teams on the bubble know exactly what...
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).
Just days out, and moving around the third band could solve some attendance issues
The NCAA tournament field of 16 will be announced on Sunday.
