Bracketology

[marty]

I think that the brackets are easier to predict this year because of the increased number of leagues. There are less chances for first round conflicts.

Here is my bracket prediction.

Minnesota vs. Robert Morris
Notre Dame vs. St. Cloud

BC vs. Denver
Mass Lowell vs. Minn St.

Union vs. Vermont
QPac vs. Providence

Wisconsin vs. North Dakota
Ferris State vs. Colgate

The only question I had was whether North Dakota and Vermont would travel more or less and I kept them near home.  The problem I see with my brackets is that the ECAC top two and Hockey East top two are in the same regional.  I guess that could be flipped but QPac in Bridgeport makes sense for attendance and fairness to the Deerticks.

I just checked Jason Moy's prediction and see I agree with him. He has been correct many times and will likely be correct again.  My analysis was simpler than Jason's as I used the CHN App calculator for pairwise and didn't realize there were any ties in ranking.

Jason's Blog

[Jim Hyla]

From CHN, with TV additions:

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Road to Philadelphia
 

The 2014 NCAA tournament bracket is set, as 16 teams begin the march to the Frozen Four in Philadelphia.

West Regional (St. Paul, Minn.)
1. 3/29 5:30 ESPN2 Minnesota vs. 16. Robert Morris
8. 3/29 9:00 ESPNU Notre Dame vs. 9. St. Cloud State

   3/30 7:30 FINALS ESPNU

Northeast Regional (Worcester, Mass.)
2. 3/29 4:00 ESPNU Boston College vs. 15. Denver
7. 3/29 7:30 ESPN3 Mass.-Lowell vs. 10. Minnesota State

   3/30 5:00 FINALS ESPNU

East Regional (Bridgeport, Conn.)
3. 3/28 2:00 ESPNU Union vs. 13. Vermont
6. 3/28 5:30 ESPNU Quinnipiac vs. 11. Providence

   3/29 3:00 FINALS ESPN2

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati)
4. 3/28 8:00 ESPNU Wisconsin vs. 14. North Dakota
5. 3/28 4:30 ESPN3 Ferris State vs. 12. Colgate

   3/29 6:30 ESNU FINALS

VIEWING GUIDE  

3/28 2:00 ESPNU E  SEMI U-VER
     4:30 ESPN3 MW SEMI GATE-FERRIS
     5:30 ESPNU E  SEMI Q-PROV
     8:00 ESPNU MW SEMI NDAK-WISC

3/29 3:00 ESPN2 E  FINALS
     4:00 ESPNU NE SEMI DEN-BC
     5:30 ESPN2 W  SEMI MINN-RM
     6:30 ESPNU MW FINALS
     7:30 ESPN3 NE SEMI UML-MINNST
     9:00 ESPNU W  SEMI STCLD-NDAME

3/30 5:00 ESPNU NE FINALS
     7:30 ESPNU W  FINALS

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