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...
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).
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Six weeks out, and there’s only so much room in the East for No. 3 seeds

Providence, Harvard and Boston College all surely would like to play in either Providence or Manchester, but only two can with the way the seedings shake out today.

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...

Bracketology: NCAA hockey tournament picture coming into focus with Selection Sunday coming up in four days

Selection Sunday is just a few days away, which means the NCAA picture for most of the schools is getting quite clear. We’ve mentioned it...

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).

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...

After the Beanpot, the top six historically have been NCAA locks

In 13 years of the 16-team NCAA tournament, no team in the top six of the PairWise Rankings at the end of the Beanpot has missed being in the field.
The Quinnipiac University Bobcats and University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks play for the 2016 D1 National Championship on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. (Melissa Wade)

Never too early to start prognosticating the 2017 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? Where does it sit...

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...

Bracketology: With Selection Sunday around the corner, taking one last stab at how the NCAA hockey tournament field will look

We’re inching ever so close to Selection Sunday so let’s take another look at Bracketology. Right now, there are just nine college hockey games remaining after the NCHC (North Dakota) and Big Ten (Minnesota) crowned their champions. Hockey East has whittled their field to two teams, ECAC is down to three and WCHA and AHA still have their final four to be played.

Final Bracketology: Our pick for the 2022 NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament

Only one small tweak was needed once we put together the full bracket with bracket integrity.
27 Jan 17: The Saint Cloud State University Huskies play against the Bemidji State University Beavers in a quarterfinal game of the North Star College Cup at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. (Jim Rosvold)

Where does your team stand with less than one month left in regular season?

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...

The bubble

As mentioned before, the bubble, in my eyes, comprises of the following teams: Notre Dame Nebraska-Omaha Western Michigan Dartmouth Colorado College Rensselaer Boston University Maine That's a total of eight teams for a...

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...

Nine weeks out, and we can get a good regional bracket

The way Jayson Moy works out the bracket, there are four ECAC Hockey-Hockey East matchups in the first round.

PairWise Predictor: What are 2014’s NCAA playoff permutations?

With the weekend's games now (finally) in the books, USCHO.com's PairWise Predictor is live. What's the PairWise Predictor? It's your opportunity to test out your...

Working things out before conference championship weekend

Welcome to the next installment of our Bracketology, and this is the last one until our final predictions for the bracket late Saturday night. If...
Tariq Hammond (Denver-3) Jarid Lukosevicius (Denver-14) Michael Davies (Denver-21) 17 Jan.20 Denver Pioneers and St. Cloud State University meet in a NCHC conference match-up at theHerb Brooks National Hockey Center (Bradley K. Olson)

If NCAA tournament started today, who’s in and who’s out?

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...

BRACKETOLOGY: A correction, and a look at movement as we move closer to season’s end for college hockey

Let me begin with an error correction, one of which was careless on my part: North Dakota is not the host team this year in...

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