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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.
Tyler Busch (10 - Arizona State) (2019 Omar Phillips)

Bracketology: Notre Dame in, Bowling Green out if NCAA tournament started today

It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style (photo: Omar Phillips).

PairWise Predictor fun: share your crazy D-I college hockey playoff scenarios

Here at USCHO.com, we always have fun finding weird hypothetical Division I college hockey conference playoff scenarios that put teams in or out of the...

One game left, two scenarios, two brackets

There's one more game left to be played and it will decide which team will be the last to make it into the NCAA...

Our final prediction for the 2012 NCAA tournament

Let's put the bracket prediction down first, and then we'll explain how we got there after that. My predicted NCAA tournament bracket is as follows: West...

Finally

Finally we have a bracket and finally I nailed the bracket on the money. But, this one was relatively easy to gather from all the...

Bracketology: As college hockey playoffs kick into high gear, which teams are on the bubble, and which teams are locks for NCAA tournament bids?

We’re three weeks into Braceketology and we’re already seeing some conference tournament results that are having lasting impact. Last weekend, it was Ohio State losing...

One more look at NCAA tournament predictions heading into conference tournament finals

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 wild weekend

It was a crazy weekend for sure. But, we're a little closer to finding out who may be moving on in the NCAA Tournament. We'll keep...

Too early to mean anything, but here it is

An old friend of mine, a retired sports information director, beats everyone on his list to the punch by sending out his Christmas cards...
03 Dec 16: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers host the Ohio State University Buckeyes in a B1G matchup at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, MN (Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota)

Penn State takes over top spot in 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...
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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.

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...

After the results of March 16

An interesting Saturday of games saw some teams make a nice move. Notre Dame made a nice move, but mainly based on RPI because of...
30 Nov 18: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers host the Ohio State University Buckeyes in a B1G conference matchup at 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis, MN. Photo: Jim Rosvold (Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota)

Bracketology Extra: With the benefit of downtime before the announcement, some overanalyzing

Now that there is so much time until the actual bracket is announced, we start to do what we all do best -- overanalyze our bracket prediction (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Cornell players celebrate a first period goal in a 4-3 win vs Union (2018 Omar Phillips)

Looking at the NCAA tournament chances for all the teams left

Championship weekend is coming up in Division I hockey and you should all be plugging away at the PairWise Predictor at the moment (photo: Omar Phillips).
Joey Daccord (35 - Arizona State) (2019 Omar Phillips)

Bracketology: If NCAA tournament began today, Cornell-Arizona State would make intriguing matchup

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: Omar Phillips).

10 weeks out, and Hockey East has a strong presence in the bracket

The first Bracketology for 2014 shows six Hockey East teams in the NCAA tournament field of 16.

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).

The bubble: Who to root for?

So you're a fan of a team on the bubble, who do you root for? The teams on the bubble at the moment are: Cornell Western Michigan Michigan...

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