{"id":133627,"date":"2022-03-19T23:59:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T04:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=133627"},"modified":"2022-03-20T00:42:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T05:42:58","slug":"final-bracketology-our-pick-for-the-2022-ncaa-division-i-mens-hockey-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2022\/03\/19\/final-bracketology-our-pick-for-the-2022-ncaa-division-i-mens-hockey-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Bracketology: Our pick for the 2022 NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Denver and Minnesota Duluth are part of the 2022 NCAA tournament field (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, after the wildest and craziest ending where Northeastern thought it was in the NCAA tournament, then not sure, then in again, we\u2019ve finally gotten to the point where we can assemble our final bracketology.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see that in the end, things worked out really simple. Only one small tweak was needed once we put together the full bracket with bracket integrity.<\/p>\n

Will there be a bit of griping? Yes. Once Harvard won the ECAC Hockey title in overtime and earned its autobid, four eastern teams — in fact four teams from Massachusetts — are in the fourth seed band. Thus there isn\u2019t a ton you can do to keep eastern teams close to home.<\/p>\n

And, if you\u2019ve been reading for the last month, all four No. 1 seeds are from the west, so two (really three) of them will have a lot of travel ahead.<\/p>\n

All that said, let\u2019s get one to our final bracket:<\/p>\n

Albany<\/b>
\nMichigan
\nQuinnipiac
\nNotre Dame
\nAmerican International<\/p>\n

Worcester<\/b>
\nMinnesota State
\nNorth Dakota
\nMassachusetts
\nHarvard<\/p>\n

Allentown<\/b>
\nWestern Michigan
\nMinnesota
\nSt. Cloud State
\nNortheastern<\/p>\n

Loveland<\/b>
\nDenver
\nMinnesota Duluth
\nMichigan Tech
\nUMass Lowell<\/p>\n

How did we get here? Let\u2019s see:<\/p>\n

As usual, let\u2019s start out by putting everyone into bracket integrity. That means:<\/p>\n

1 Michigan
\n8 Quinnipiac
\n9 Notre Dame
\n16 AIC<\/p>\n

2 Minnesota State
\n7 North Dakota
\n10 St Cloud State
\n15 Harvard<\/p>\n

3 Western Michigan
\n6 Minnesota
\n11 Massachusetts
\n14 Northeastern<\/p>\n

4 Denver
\n5 Minnesota Duluth
\n12 Michigan Tech
\n13 UMass Lowell<\/p>\n

Now let’s will check for intra-conference matchups. We have North Dakota vs. St. Cloud State. We swap St. Cloud State and Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

1 Michigan
\n8 Quinnipiac
\n9 Notre Dame
\n16 AIC<\/p>\n

2 Minnesota State
\n7 North Dakota
\n11 Massachusetts
\n15 Harvard<\/p>\n

3 Western Michigan
\n6 Minnesota
\n10 St. Cloud State
\n14 Northeastern<\/p>\n

4 Denver
\n5 Minnesota Duluth
\n12 Michigan Tech
\n13 UMass Lowell<\/p>\n

Now I will start placing the brackets into regionals.<\/p>\n

Loveland — Denver bracket because Denver is the host.<\/p>\n

Albany — Michigan bracket because of Quinnipiac and AIC<\/p>\n

Worcester — Minnesota State bracket because of Massachusetts and Harvard<\/p>\n

Allentown — Western Michigan bracket<\/p>\n

The Allentown attendance could be real tough here. But switching teams from another regional won\u2019t help.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s our bracket. Integrity and maximizing attendance as best as we can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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