Bracket Predictions

Jacob '06 · March 21, 2009, 10:04:24 PM

Heres what I came up with if current games hold:

1 BU
2 Notre dame
3 DU
4 Michigan
5 Yale
6 Northeastern
7 UMD
8 North dakota
9 Vermont
10 NH
11 Cornell
12 Princeton
13 Miami
14 air force
15 ohio state
16 wisconsin

Bridgeport
4 michigan
14 Air Force

5 Yale
9 Vermont

Manchester
1 BU
15 Ohio state

8 North Dakota
10 New Hampshire

Grand Rapids
2 Notre Dame
16 Bemidji

7 UMD
12 Princeton

Minnesota
3 DU
13 Miami

6 Northeastern
11 Cornell

EDIT: Put Bemidji in as the 16 instead of Wisconsin.

Scersk '97 · March 21, 2009, 10:05:55 PM

Brackets, at least how I see them, assuming Duluth, Notre Dame, and BU go on to win:


NE   1 BU
     8 North Dakota
    10 UNH
    15 Ohio State

MW   2 Notre Dame
     7 Minnesota-Duluth
    11 Cornell
    16 Bemidji State

W    3 Denver
     6 Northeastern
    12 Princeton
    13 Miami

E    4 Michigan
     5 Yale
     9 Vermont
    14 Air Force

Ah, the only thing that will get Red Berenson to go East: the NCAA.

Shuffling is required for two inter-conference #1-#4 games, and kudos to Air Force for not being one of the two bottom seeds. Quite the reward.

The "logjam" in the #2/#3 seeds looks to work out logically, if not happily. Hosts at home really screwed everybody (including us) this year.

Can't be unhappy with our bracket. Duluth is on fire, but they're probably beatable. As for Notre Dame, we can do to them what Jeff Jackson's Lake St. teams did: clutch and grab. Not really a "speed team" in the bunch.

The group of death? No question its the east regional. Yale is a dangerous team, and so is Air Force. Vermont will be champing at the bit after their (typical) quarterfinal exit.

Should be interesting: I almost wish that I weren't planning to be en México and could hit Grand Rapids. It's grrrrrreat! Or is that Battle Creek...

(Reposted from the other thread.)

Jacob '06 · March 21, 2009, 10:06:29 PM

I missed the Bemidji AQ which probably screws mine up.

lynah80 · March 21, 2009, 10:23:22 PM

[quote Jacob '06]Heres what I came up with if current games hold:

1 BU
2 Notre dame
3 DU
4 Michigan
5 Yale
6 Northeastern
7 UMD
8 North dakota
9 Vermont
10 NH
11 Cornell
12 Princeton
13 Miami
14 air force
15 ohio state
16 wisconsin

Bridgeport
4 michigan
14 Air Force

5 Yale
9 Vermont

Manchester
1 BU
15 Ohio state

8 North Dakota
10 New Hampshire

Grand Rapids
2 Notre Dame
16 Bemidji

7 UMD
12 Princeton

Minnesota
3 DU
13 Miami

6 Northeastern
11 Cornell

EDIT: Put Bemidji in as the 16 instead of Wisconsin.[/quote]

Bemidji will very likely face BU.

I think for regionalization purposes, the NCAA will probably put UMD/NH in Minnesota and Cornell/Northeastern in Michigan.

Jacob '06 · March 21, 2009, 10:25:27 PM

[quote lynah80][quote Jacob '06]Heres what I came up with if current games hold:

1 BU
2 Notre dame
3 DU
4 Michigan
5 Yale
6 Northeastern
7 UMD
8 North dakota
9 Vermont
10 NH
11 Cornell
12 Princeton
13 Miami
14 air force
15 ohio state
16 wisconsin

Bridgeport
4 michigan
14 Air Force

5 Yale
9 Vermont

Manchester
1 BU
15 Ohio state

8 North Dakota
10 New Hampshire

Grand Rapids
2 Notre Dame
16 Bemidji

7 UMD
12 Princeton

Minnesota
3 DU
13 Miami

6 Northeastern
11 Cornell

EDIT: Put Bemidji in as the 16 instead of Wisconsin.[/quote]

Bemidji will very likely face BU.

I think for regionalization purposes, the NCAA will probably put UMD/NH in Minnesota and Cornell/Northeastern in Michigan.[/quote]

Bemidji has to face Notre Dame b/c of the 2 CCHA teams in the 4 seeds and the 2 CCHA teams in the 1 seeds

Rita · March 21, 2009, 10:26:58 PM

[quote lynah80][quote Jacob '06]Heres what I came up with if current games hold:

1 BU
2 Notre dame
3 DU
4 Michigan
5 Yale
6 Northeastern
7 UMD
8 North dakota
9 Vermont
10 NH
11 Cornell
12 Princeton
13 Miami
14 air force
15 ohio state
16 wisconsin

Bridgeport
4 michigan
14 Air Force

5 Yale
9 Vermont

Manchester
1 BU
15 Ohio state

8 North Dakota
10 New Hampshire

Grand Rapids
2 Notre Dame
16 Bemidji

7 UMD
12 Princeton

Minnesota
3 DU
13 Miami

6 Northeastern
11 Cornell

EDIT: Put Bemidji in as the 16 instead of Wisconsin.[/quote]

Bemidji will very likely face BU.

I think for regionalization purposes, the NCAA will probably put UMD/NH in Minnesota and Cornell/Northeastern in Michigan.[/quote]

NH/New Hampshire is a host, thus must stay in Manchester.

Chris '03 · March 21, 2009, 10:31:27 PM

So it starts out:
NE 1 BU
8 North Dakota
9 Vermont
16 BSU

MW 2 Notre Dame
7 Minnesota-Duluth
10 UNH
15 OSU

W 3 Denver
6 Northeastern
11 Cornell
14 AFA

E 4 Michigan
5 Yale
12 PU
13 Miami

UNH has to move to NE. PU has to leave the E. ND and UM can't play OSU or Miami. So swap the 4's all around. Move UVM to it's one place. Swap UNH into NE. And with a minimum of flipping you get:

NE 1 BU
8 North Dakota
10 UNH
15 OSU

MW 2 Notre Dame
7 Minnesota-Duluth
12 PU
16 BSU

W 3 Denver
6 Northeastern
11 Cornell
13 Miami

E 4 Michigan
5 Yale
9 UVM
14 AFA

I think those are your East and Northeast regionals almost for sure. It gets messy in the western half. Would the committe flip the UMD/PU matchup to Minnesota to make up for the goofers absence? Would they just flip UMD in and have them face CU? Would they care that UMD gets a gift as a 7 drawing the 12?

My preference is Scersk's bracket. I'm guessing what's above is what happens though.

lynah80 · March 21, 2009, 10:32:05 PM

[quote Rita][quote lynah80][quote Jacob '06]Heres what I came up with if current games hold:

1 BU
2 Notre dame
3 DU
4 Michigan
5 Yale
6 Northeastern
7 UMD
8 North dakota
9 Vermont
10 NH
11 Cornell
12 Princeton
13 Miami
14 air force
15 ohio state
16 wisconsin

Bridgeport
4 michigan
14 Air Force

5 Yale
9 Vermont

Manchester
1 BU
15 Ohio state

8 North Dakota
10 New Hampshire

Grand Rapids
2 Notre Dame
16 Bemidji

7 UMD
12 Princeton

Minnesota
3 DU
13 Miami

6 Northeastern
11 Cornell

EDIT: Put Bemidji in as the 16 instead of Wisconsin.[/quote]

Bemidji will very likely face BU.

I think for regionalization purposes, the NCAA will probably put UMD/NH in Minnesota and Cornell/Northeastern in Michigan.[/quote]

NH/New Hampshire is a host, thus must stay in Manchester.[/quote]

Ok, my mistake. Sorry.

Jacob '06 · March 21, 2009, 10:32:56 PM

Basically all we can say for sure is that we are facing either Northeastern or UMD and the game will be in either Minneapolis or Grand Rapids.

Chris '03 · March 21, 2009, 10:34:17 PM

[quote Jacob '06]Basically all we can say for sure is that we are facing either Northeastern or UMD and the game will be in either Minneapolis or Grand Rapids.[/quote]

Yes. And the game will be the night cap.

lynah80 · March 21, 2009, 10:36:49 PM

[quote Jacob '06][quote lynah80][quote Jacob '06]Heres what I came up with if current games hold:

1 BU
2 Notre dame
3 DU
4 Michigan
5 Yale
6 Northeastern
7 UMD
8 North dakota
9 Vermont
10 NH
11 Cornell
12 Princeton
13 Miami
14 air force
15 ohio state
16 wisconsin

Bridgeport
4 michigan
14 Air Force

5 Yale
9 Vermont

Manchester
1 BU
15 Ohio state

8 North Dakota
10 New Hampshire

Grand Rapids
2 Notre Dame
16 Bemidji

7 UMD
12 Princeton

Minnesota
3 DU
13 Miami

6 Northeastern
11 Cornell

EDIT: Put Bemidji in as the 16 instead of Wisconsin.[/quote]

Bemidji will very likely face BU.

I think for regionalization purposes, the NCAA will probably put UMD/NH in Minnesota and Cornell/Northeastern in Michigan.[/quote]

Bemidji has to face Notre Dame b/c of the 2 CCHA teams in the 4 seeds and the 2 CCHA teams in the 1 seeds[/quote]

Ok, I see what you are saying. Thanks.

ansky629 · March 21, 2009, 10:44:53 PM

Anybody know if/when/where there is a "selection show" for the hockey tourney this year? I remember it being on ESPN a couple of years ago but I don't see it on any of their 25 channels tomorrow.

Scersk '97 · March 21, 2009, 10:48:09 PM

I see how you're doing it, a very one-to-one flipping arrangement, but I can't see why the committee would leave the "6" playing a higher seed than it should, especially when it's so easy to fix.

andyw2100 · March 21, 2009, 10:48:19 PM

[quote ansky629]Anybody know if/when/where there is a "selection show" for the hockey tourney this year? I remember it being on ESPN a couple of years ago but I don't see it on any of their 25 channels tomorrow.[/quote]

A couple of days ago I had set my TiVo to record it at 11:30 AM tomorrow, based on the programming info stored in the TiVo. If there was a recent change, though, the TiVo might not know about it.

ansky629 · March 21, 2009, 10:50:33 PM

There it is: 11:30 on ESPN2. Not sure how I missed that. Thanks.