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St. Cloud State players celebrate a goal en route to the NCHC playoff championship Saturday night (photo: Jim Rosvold\/NCHC).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is our shot at a final bracketology in advance of Sunday\u2019s NCAA selection show:<\/p>\n

The field of 16, seeded 1-16 is:<\/p>\n

1 Minnesota
\n8 Penn State
\n9 Ohio State
\n16 Canisius<\/p>\n

2 Quinnipiac
\n7 Harvard
\n10 Michigan Tech
\n15 Colgate<\/p>\n

3 Michigan
\n6 St. Cloud State
\n11 Minnesota State
\n14 Merrimack<\/p>\n

4 Denver
\n5 Boston University
\n12 Western Michigan
\n13 Cornell<\/p>\n

We have a number of problems here. First is two first-round conference matchups, which can be avoided. Penn State and Ohio State need to be broken up as does Quinnipiac and Colgate. The latter is a bit challenging as there are two ECAC teams in the fourth band (Colgate and Cornell) and Quinnipiac is in the first band.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take care of Penn State first. They are also a host in Allentown, so you want to keep them away from Minnesota so you don\u2019t have to give the Gophers, the top overall seed, an extended trip. And you\u2019d like to keep them away from Quinnipiac the Bobcats can play close to Bridgeport (despite them not being a host).<\/p>\n

So it makes sense to swap St. Cloud and Penn State. It also makes sense to swap Merrimack and Colgate. In doing so, you end up with the following:<\/p>\n

Fargo, N.D.<\/strong>
\n1 Minnesota vs. 16 Canisius
\n6 St. Cloud vs.9 Ohio State<\/p>\n

Bridgeport, Conn.<\/strong>
\n2 Quinnipiac vs. 14 Merrimack
\n7 Harvard vs. 10 Michigan Tech<\/p>\n

Allentown, Pa.<\/strong>
\n3 Michigan vs. 15 Colgate
\n8 Penn State vs. 11 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

Manchester, N.H.<\/strong>
\n4 Denver vs. 13 Cornell
\n5 Boston University vs. 12 Western Michigan<\/p>\n

Is there anything else worth swapping? Maybe Michigan Tech to get them closer to Allentown, though it comes at the expense of Minnesota State, which would head to Bridgeport.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re still okay with that as it gives a Midwest flavor to the Allentown bracket. That leaves us with:<\/p>\n

Fargo, N.D.<\/strong>
\n1 Minnesota vs. 16 Canisius
\n6 St. Cloud vs.9 Ohio State<\/p>\n

Bridgeport, Conn.<\/strong>
\n2 Quinnipiac vs. 14 Merrimack
\n7 Harvard vs. 11 Minnesota State<\/p>\n

Allentown, Pa.<\/strong>
\n3 Michigan vs. 15 Colgate
\n8 Penn State vs. 10 Michigan Tech<\/p>\n

Manchester, N.H.<\/strong>
\n4 Denver vs. 13 Cornell
\n5 Boston University vs. 12 Western Michigan<\/p>\n

And with that, we\u2019re done. I like either of these brackets. Let\u2019s see what the committee says Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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