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...

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...

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.

Bracketology: With postseason starting, two spots maximum up for grabs for upcoming NCAA hockey tournament

As we approach the home stretch of the college hockey season, we’re seeing some teams really solidify their NCAA tournament positions. We can say certainly...
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Four weeks out, and a geography question affects where a No. 1 seed goes

Boston University is almost equidistant from Manchester and Providence, so its placement probably will come down to where attendance could use more of a boost.

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...

BRACKETOLOGY: Conference championships complete, top 16 teams set for 2023 NCAA tournament with selection show Sunday

Here is our shot at a final bracketology in advance of Sunday’s NCAA selection show: The field of 16, seeded 1-16 is: 1 Minnesota 8 Penn State 9...
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10 weeks out, and we start with trouble bringing a team back East

Bracketology's first edition of 2015 has four teams in the NCAA tournament from both Hockey East and the NCHC.
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Bracketology Extra: Looking at the chances of teams making the NCAA tournament

Let’s take a look at the chances to make the NCAA tournament for all teams. I don’t have the math to back me up right now, because I haven’t run the scenarios yet, so it’s a quick, estimated look (photo: Jim Rosvold).
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Nine weeks out, and conferences, geography come into play

The brackets show three intra-conference matchups that need to be addressed.
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Eight weeks out, and having a host in a No. 1 seed changes the dynamic

North Dakota moved into the final No. 1 seed, and as the host in Fargo it must be kept there.

Bracketology: Figuring out problems on how to best seed the 2020 NCAA hockey national tournament

We’re down to five and a half weeks until selection Sunday, and as things begin to shape up in terms of what teams are getting closer to punching their NCAA tickets, we are also running into some problems on how to best seed the tournament (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).

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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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).
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This week’s movement has Omaha in, North Dakota out, Boston College going to Worcester

It's time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It's our weekly look at how we believe the NCAA tournament might look like come selection time, using what we know now (photo: Michelle Bishop).

My Updated Bracket Prediction, March 11

The biggest winner of the night?  Rensselaer.  A team that played its last game this past Sunday. The Engineers move into the Top 15 of...

BRACKETOLOGY: Taking one last shot at NCAA tournament seedings ahead of conference title games this weekend

Here we are with the final Bracketology prior to Saturday night’s championship games where the final field will be set. Jayson and I are...
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Where do teams stand with last weekend of January on tap?

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: 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).

Here’s our final prediction for the NCAA tournament brackets

Jayson Moy gives his picks for the field of 16 and where they'll play in the regional round.

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