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).
Here are the teams projected to make the 2016 NCAA tournament
With all games played, here are the teams projected to be in the 2016 NCAA Division I men's tournament, grouped by seed:
Quinnipiac
St. Cloud State
North...
Two weeks out, and one swap creates a regional of familiar foes
The way Jayson Moy breaks it down this week, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota all would be in the West Regional in St. Paul, Minn.
The dilemma: Protect the overall No. 1 or keep top seeds close to home?
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...
Shuffling No. 3 seeds to keep them in their region
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...
The first of hopefully many sighs of relief for some teams
With Bemidji State losing, that collective sigh of relief you heard came from Nebraska-Omaha, Rensselaer, Boston University and Maine.
One less chance of someone outside...
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.
Bracketology: Our first shot at predicting the 2019 NCAA tournament
We're at that time of the year where one thing is on everyone's minds. Will my team make the NCAA tournament? (photo: Melissa Wade).
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,...
Nine weeks out, and we’re just getting started
In Jayson Moy's first edition of Bracketology for 2016, there are a few teams that need to be moved around in the bracket.
Teams in top 12 of PairWise on March 1 have history on their side
Since the field expanded to 16 teams in 2003, 93 percent of teams ranked in the top 12 of the PairWise Rankings on March 1 have made the NCAA tournament.
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...
BRACKETOLOGY: Movement abounds for potential NCAA tournament field with schedules heading to late January
Welcome to Week 2 of Bracketology.
Each week from now until Selection Sunday, March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the Men's...
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...
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 the No. 3 seeds pose some challenges
Three teams on the three band are from Hockey East, so some of the moves to avoid intraconference first-round matchups in this week's Bracketology are limited.
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...
A reaction to the committee’s bracketing decisions for the NCAA tournament
A couple quick thoughts after seeing how the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey committee set the brackets for the 2015 tournament.
After the results of March 15
First things is first. For those of you looking at the PWR and the RPI, you will see that Colorado College is at...
PairWise Predictor 2012 is live: share your scenarios
With the final four teams set in each conference -- or six, in the case of the WCHA -- USCHO.com's PairWise Predictor is now...
