Bracketology Begins

[marty]

Here's the ECAC page listing the channels around the country showing the games. SNY in NY and CSN in NE has championship game. But most of them don't carry the semis.

The local CBS affiliate for my area is carrying the game yet not listed in the link. Many of the stations that are listed are doing the same thing that ch6 WRGB in Albany/Schenectady is doing. They are broadcasting this game on the digital 6-2 channel. For Time Warner viewers this is found in the local channel tier (12xx).

So for those who are searching don't give up until you check secondary over the air broadcast offerings. But 6-2 is NOT a sports channel. Games are typically offered on Friday and Saturday nights. This year there has been a mixture of college hockey and college basketball offered but it is very hit and miss in that it isn't uncommon for there to be no offerings on a given weekend evening.

(I has no idea there were games I could DVR until well into the season.)

[Jim Hyla]

Here's the ECAC page listing the channels around the country showing the games. SNY in NY and CSN in NE has championship game. But most of them don't carry the semis.

The local CBS affiliate for my area is carrying the game yet not listed in the link. Many of the stations that are listed are doing the same thing that ch6 WRGB in Albany/Schenectady is doing. They are broadcasting this game on the digital 6-2 channel. For Time Warner viewers this is found in the local channel tier (12xx).

So for those who are searching don't give up until you check secondary over the air broadcast offerings. But 6-2 is NOT a sports channel. Games are typically offered on Friday and Saturday nights. This year there has been a mixture of college hockey and college basketball offered but it is very hit and miss in that it isn't uncommon for there to be no offerings on a given weekend evening.

(I has no idea there were games I could DVR until well into the season.)

Not in Syracuse, that I can find.:`-(

[upprdeck]

you can watch for free the ecac page with a little effort

[Jim Hyla]

you can watch for free the ecac page with a little effort

Do tell.

[upprdeck]

just watch in private mode, its a pain to open windows but nothing a simple shortcut can do for you.

[marty]

Jason has to make a switch this year that wasn't even on the radar for me. None of the host schools are in the tourney. (Sorry Goofers, and Brown!)

RPI (Union?!?) is not the host in Albany. The ECAC is the host there. I think one  puts Q in Albany because ECAC hosts, but Jason had them in Worcester initially. He did move them to Albany for Boston school attendance in Worcester which now has Providence, BC and Harvard. So I didn't see that as a move - the Friars were already there -  but he did.

The other move he made was taking Michigan out of the St Paul bracket with St Cloud for a matchup with Notre Dame in Cincinnati. That surely makes sense (road trip for Jim, too).

The Hockey East conflicts made the bracket selection process simpler this year. So has Jason nailed it?

http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2016/03/20/a-prediction-for-the-2016-ncaa-tournament-bracket/

[jkahn]

Jason has to make a switch this year that wasn't even on the radar for me. None of the host schools are in the tourney. (Sorry Goofers, and Brown!)

RPI (Union?!?) is not the host in Albany. The ECAC is the host there. I think one  puts Q in Albany because ECAC hosts, but Jason had them in Worcester initially. He did move them to Albany for Boston school attendance in Worcester which now has Providence, BC and Harvard. So I didn't see that as a move - the Friars were already there -  but he did.

The other move he made was taking Michigan out of the St Paul bracket with St Cloud for a matchup with Notre Dame in Cincinnati. That surely makes sense (road trip for Jim, too).

The Hockey East conflicts made the bracket selection process simpler this year. So has Jason nailed it?

http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2016/03/20/a-prediction-for-the-2016-ncaa-tournament-bracket/

I'd be surprised if the committee came up with anything else.  i did the brackets last night just before the St. Cloud game ended, and came up with exactly the same thing.  The way Northeastern is playing, the North Dakota - Northeastern match-up looks like a real interesting first round game.

[Greenberg '97]

Jason has to make a switch this year that wasn't even on the radar for me. None of the host schools are in the tourney. (Sorry Goofers, and Brown!)

RPI (Union?!?) is not the host in Albany. The ECAC is the host there. I think one  puts Q in Albany because ECAC hosts, but Jason had them in Worcester initially. He did move them to Albany for Boston school attendance in Worcester which now has Providence, BC and Harvard. So I didn't see that as a move - the Friars were already there -  but he did.

The other move he made was taking Michigan out of the St Paul bracket with St Cloud for a matchup with Notre Dame in Cincinnati. That surely makes sense (road trip for Jim, too).

The Hockey East conflicts made the bracket selection process simpler this year. So has Jason nailed it?

http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2016/03/20/a-prediction-for-the-2016-ncaa-tournament-bracket/

I'd be surprised if the committee came up with anything else.  i did the brackets last night just before the St. Cloud game ended, and came up with exactly the same thing.  The way Northeastern is playing, the North Dakota - Northeastern match-up looks like a real interesting first round game.

Adam has an identical bracket at CHN.

[billhoward]

From Quinnipiac to Albany, 140 miles. To Worcester, 90 miles. In neither case do fans have to get on a plane or drive 8-10 hours. Q's spring break ends today so the students will be back in class Monday. Check that: back on campus Monday.