Bracketology Begins

[Al DeFlorio]

With Minnesota State and UND, the attendance "help" from Notre Dame would be unnoticeable.  Albany would undoubtedly benefit from BC, though.  Based on recent trends, though, that benefit is on the order of hundreds, not thousand.  Not enough different to justify  mixing up the serpent in my mind, despite the committee's philosophy that "all 3 seeds are created equal."

Luckily, we almost certainly won't have to worry about this specific set and order of sixteen teams.

I'll be happy if we get to worry about any set of seedings.

If this were October, I'd agree with you.  If we fall out of the tournament at this point....::barf::::barf::::barf::::barf::::barf::

We still have more than 50% of of the season to go, including league playoffs. And this has proven to be a strong league. I'm not counting on an at-large bid at this point.

Right.  Six of next eight on the road and the two at home are Harvard and old nemesis Dartmouth.  Long way to go.

[jkahn]

I'll be happy if we get to worry about any set of seedings.

If this were October, I'd agree with you.  If we fall out of the tournament at this point....::barf::::barf::::barf::::barf::::barf::

We still have more than 50% of of the season to go, including league playoffs. And this has proven to be a strong league. I'm not counting on an at-large bid at this point.

I'm with Al and would be very happy if we play well enough to make the tournament.  #5 at this point last year, Bowling Green, did not make it, and they had played 20 games at this point, compared with our 15, so they had a higher percentage of their season already in the bank compared to us.

[Scersk '97]

I'll be happy if we get to worry about any set of seedings.

If this were October, I'd agree with you.  If we fall out of the tournament at this point....::barf::::barf::::barf::::barf::::barf::

We still have more than 50% of of the season to go, including league playoffs. And this has proven to be a strong league. I'm not counting on an at-large bid at this point.

I'm with Al and would be very happy if we play well enough to make the tournament.  #5 at this point last year, Bowling Green, did not make it, and they had played 20 games at this point, compared with our 15, so they had a higher percentage of their season already in the bank compared to us.

As always, all I want is a home-ice ECAC quarterfinal. Everything else takes care of itself.

[Jim Hyla]

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This week's brackets

East Regional (Albany):
14 Penn State vs. 4 Providence
[b][u]9 Boston College vs 8 Cornell[/u][/b]

Northeast Regional (Worcester):
[b][u]16 Holy Cross vs. 1 Quinnipiac
12 Boston University vs. 6 Harvard[/u][/b]

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):
13 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 3 North Dakota
10 Notre Dame vs. 7 Michigan

West Regional (St. Paul):
15 Minnesota State vs. 2 St. Cloud State
[b][u]11 Yale vs. 5 Omaha[/u][/b]
Conference breakdowns

Hockey East — 5
[b][u]ECAC Hockey — 4[/u][/b]
NCHC — 3
Big Ten — 2
WCHA — 1

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2016/01/20/eight-weeks-out-and-attendance-dictates-some-movement/#ixzz3xscmh8VG

I like the switches he made.

[Jim Hyla]

And we're on the outside looking in, even though we're 14^th.

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This week's brackets

East Regional (Albany):
13 Denver vs. 4 Providence
[b][u]12 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 5 Harvard[/u][/b]

Northeast Regional (Worcester):
[b][u]16 Robert Morris vs. 1 Quinnipiac
10 Yale vs. 7 Boston College[/u][/b]

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):
15 Minnesota State vs. 3 North Dakota
11 Boston University vs. 6 Michigan

West Regional (St. Paul):
14 Minnesota vs. 2 St. Cloud State
9 Omaha vs 8 Notre Dame

Conference breakdowns

Hockey East — 5
NCHC — 4
[b][u]ECAC Hockey — 3[/u][/b]
Big Ten — 2
WCHA — 1
Atlantic Hockey — 1
On the move

In: Denver, Minnesota

Out: [b][u]Cornell[/u][/b], Penn State

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2016/01/27/seven-weeks-out-and-its-all-rather-straightforward/#ixzz3yXfyj0Z1



[andyw2100]

And we're on the outside looking in, even though we're 14^th.

Luckily it's still January.

I know the college hockey community will discuss anything in excruciating detail, but I just don't understand the interest in USCHO starting a bracketology column in early January. (This is not a criticism of this thread, but merely a comment on the ridiculousness of the column itself.)

[Jim Hyla]

And we're on the outside looking in, even though we're 14^th.

Luckily it's still January.

I know the college hockey community will discuss anything in excruciating detail, but I just don't understand the interest in USCHO starting a bracketology column in early January. (This is not a criticism of this thread, but merely a comment on the ridiculousness of the column itself.)

Because it's fun? And if people really read the column, they'll hopefully get a better understanding of the presumed process. The more times it's out there, the more likely people will read through the process?

[RichH]

And we're on the outside looking in, even though we're 14^th.

Luckily it's still January.

I know the college hockey community will discuss anything in excruciating detail, but I just don't understand the interest in USCHO starting a bracketology column in early January. (This is not a criticism of this thread, but merely a comment on the ridiculousness of the column itself.)

Same reasons the US has polling/debates/24-hr blather 15 months before a general election. Ratings, page clicks, ad sales. Fans love talking polls, demand PWR in October, and this is the next logical step.

[upprdeck]

call we call this a jinx yet..  every since it came out and said almost no team doesnt get in when they are that high in PWR we havent won a game

[Jim Hyla]

RPI, Dartmouth and Cornell all knocked out because of conference champions that are ranked below #16. Atlantic, WCHA and Big Ten.::twak::

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This week's brackets

East Regional (Albany):
13 Yale vs. 4 Michigan
12 Denver vs. 5 Boston College

Northeast Regional (Worcester):
16 Robert Morris vs. 1 Quinnipiac
9 Omaha vs 8 Boston University

Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):
14 Minnesota State vs. 3 North Dakota
10 Notre Dame vs. 6 Providence

West Regional (St. Paul):
15 Minnesota vs. 2 St. Cloud State
11 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 7 Harvard
Conference breakdowns

Hockey East — 5
NCHC — 4
ECAC Hockey — 3
Big Ten — 2
WCHA — 1
Atlantic Hockey — 1
On the move

In: None

Out: None

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2016/02/03/six-weeks-out-and-an-intraconference-first-round-game-cant-be-avoided/#ixzz3zCXarTLD



[ugarte]

... Cornell ... knocked out because of conference champions that are ranked below #16. Atlantic, WCHA and Big Ten they haven't won a game in a month.

FYP

[scoop85]

... Cornell ... knocked out because of conference champions that are ranked below #16. Atlantic, WCHA and Big Ten they haven't won a game in a month.

FYP

This

[Trotsky]

We haven't won a conference game in 2 months.

[Roy 82]

We haven't won a conference game in 2 months.

We have only lost 3 conference games in the past 2 months!

[BearLover]

We haven't won a conference game in 2 months.

We have only lost 3 conference games in the past 2 months!

5, I think?