27 Jan 17: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers play against the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in a quarterfinal game of the North Star College Cup at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. (Jim Rosvold)

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...
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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).

Bracket Analysis: Success against best teams in your league guided NCAA Selection Committee; travel wasn’t major consideration

With Selection Sunday now in the rear-view mirror and the tourney a few days away from beginning, Jayson Moy and Jim Connelly analyze the bracket.

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...

CCHA: Minimum/maximum

So, play with the PairWise Predictor, and see what fun you can have. For example, the CCHA can have a minimum of three teams in...

11 teams have NCAA tournament spots locked up; 11 others still have a shot

Here's a look at the 22 teams still alive for the NCAA Division I men's hockey championship and their chances of making the tournament.

Eight weeks out, and intraconference matchups cause a headache

With five teams from both ECAC Hockey and Hockey East in the NCAA tournament bracket and host teams locked into a regional, things get tough this week.
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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.
(Tim Brule)

Bracketology: If NCAA tournament started today, UMass Lowell out, Bowling Green in

It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style (photo: Harvard Athletics).
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Bracketology: Providence out, Harvard in if NCAA tournament started today

It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Cornell celebrates a goal by Jeff Malott (Cornell - 22). ((c) Shelley M. Szwast 2016)

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...

What I Believe – Thursday Night Edition

The ramifications of Ohio State and Penn State's wins on Thursday night: - Michigan and Michigan State being eliminated from a possible bid - Air Force...

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...

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...

Explaining a subtle change to the PairWise

If you follow the PairWise Rankings, you probably know that it's based on the publicly published NCAA men's ice hockey committee's selection criteria. That criteria,...

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...

After the results of March 8

How do I see it right now? Providence 16 Wisconsin vs. 1 Quinnipiac 9 Boston College vs. 8 Denver Grand Rapids 15 Notre Dame vs. 2 Minnesota 12 Western Michigan...

BRACKETOLOGY: Getting closer to season’s end, the UMass conundrum is solved, but other issues lie ahead in seeding the NCAA field

Welcome back to Bracketology. If you're ever heard the term of going down a rabbit's hole, that's what I am facing this week. I began...

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...

Who’s in? Who needs help? Here’s what we know about NCAA men’s hockey tournament selections on Saturday

Eleven teams have clinched spots in the NCAA tournament. The last five will be decided by results of Saturday's conference championship games.

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