Bracketology 2016-17 Style

[Greenberg '97]

If CU plays in Providence or Manchester, I am close enough to attend. Can someone please advise me of the best way to get tickets after the venues are announced? Should I jump right on and buy tickets from the NCAA site or try to get them through Cornell ticket office from school allotment?

Walk up to box office.   Buy ticket.

If they win, buy tickets for game 2 from dejected losing fans for half price.  Preferably from the other regional semi.

[Jim Hyla]

If CU plays in Providence or Manchester, I am close enough to attend. Can someone please advise me of the best way to get tickets after the venues are announced? Should I jump right on and buy tickets from the NCAA site or try to get them through Cornell ticket office from school allotment?

Walk up to box office.   Buy ticket.

If they win, buy tickets for game 2 from dejected losing fans for half price.  Preferably from the other regional semi.

Correct, the regionals don't come close to selling out and you can easily move around.

[Jim Hyla]

So win or lose, who do we want in other games?

[nshapiro]

Looks like last spot goes to Ohio State if Penn State wins, otherwise Wisconsin

[Jim Hyla]

Can't sleep so might as well post the projected brackets.

Adam Wodon's

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[b][u]Fargo[/u][/b]
1. Denver vs. 16. Michigan Tech
[b][u]8. Union[/u][/b]  vs. 10. North Dakota

[b][u]Cincinnati[/u][/b]
2. Minnesota-Duluth vs. 15. Ohio State
6. WMU vs. 12. Air Force

[b][u]Providence[/u][/b]
3. [b][u]Harvard[/u][/b] vs. 13. Notre Dame
7. BU vs. 9. Penn State

[b][u]Manchester[/u][/b]
4. Minnesota vs. 14. Providence
5. Lowell vs. 11. [b][u]Cornell[/u][/b]

His biggest question is whether they will move Providence to Providence?

Jayson Moy's

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[b][u]Midwest Regional (Cincinnati[/u][/b]):
15 Ohio State vs. 2 Minnesota-Duluth
9 Penn State vs. 6 Western Michigan

[b][u]West Regional (Fargo)[/u][/b]:
16 Michigan Tech vs. 1 Denver
10 North Dakota vs. 7 Boston University

[b][u]East Regional (Providence[/u][/b]):
14 Providence vs. [b][u]3 Harvard[/u][/b]
12 Air Force vs. [b][u]8 Union[/u][/b]

[b][u]Northeast Regional (Manchester)[/u][/b]:
13 Notre Dame vs. 4 Minnesota
[b][u]11 Cornell[/u][/b] vs. 5 Massachusetts-Lowell

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2017/03/19/final-predictions-at-the-ncaa-field-of-16-and-where-each-team-will-start/#ixzz4bkYf3lNu

In the end he talks about switching BU and Union and says he doesn't see a benefit from doing that. But I do. Why should #7 BU get a worse draw than #8 Union?

So what's your prediction?

[adamw]

FYI - the bracket above is not my prediction of what will happen - it's what I think should happen.  As I discuss in the article, I think the Committee will have Harvard vs. Providence in Providence.  I just don't think they should.

[French Rage]

Hopefully Harvard drawing a HE team leads to history repeating itself.

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[marty]

I've got it differently:

Fargo
Denver - MichTech
Union - North Dakota

Cincinnati
MinnDuluth - TOSU
WMich - Cornell

Providence
Harvard - Providence
BU - PSU

Manchester
Minnesota - Notre Dame
Mass Lowell - Air Force

The only flip I made for attendance was moving BU to Providence and Western Michigan to Cincinnati.  This makes sense historically because it gives the committee a chance to screw us.

So I'm hoping for the above without the flip. RW.

[wakester2468]

Tickets for Manchester can be obtained directly on ticketmaster, not a scalping site. Not to be confused, it is no longer Verizon Wireless Arena. It is now SNHU Arena. As of this morning there were great tickets some even center ice. Without UNH in the tourney, the host school  I can't imagine that the place will be full although Manchester historically is a good hockey town

[scoop85]

FYI - the bracket above is not my prediction of what will happen - it's what I think should happen.  As I discuss in the article, I think the Committee will have Harvard vs. Providence in Providence.  I just don't think they should.

Just for kicks, had Wisconsin won, how do you think that would've shaken out for us?

[abmarks]

Looking at the final brackets from the NCAA they went almost entirely for bracket integrity. The only swap outside bracket integrity was flipping CU and AirForce, which puts us in Manch and AFA in Providence.  So instead of 5-12 and 6-11 matchups it's going to be 5-11 and 6-12.  WOnder why they did that- does moving us to Manch from Providence really make that much attendance difference?

Cincinnati
1. Denver vs. 16. Michigan Tech
8. Union vs. 9. Penn State

Fargo
2. Minnesota-Duluth vs. 15. Ohio State
7. Boston University vs. 10. North Dakota

Providence
3. Harvard vs. 14. Providence
6. Western Michigan vs. 12. Air Force

Manchester
4. Minnesota vs. 13. Notre Dame
5. Mass.-Lowell vs. 11. Cornell

[Dafatone]

Looking at the final brackets from the NCAA they went almost entirely for bracket integrity. The only swap outside bracket integrity was flipping CU and AirForce, which puts us in Manch and AFA in Providence.  So instead of 5-12 and 6-11 matchups it's going to be 5-11 and 6-12.  WOnder why they did that- does moving us to Manch from Providence really make that much attendance difference?

Cincinnati
1. Denver vs. 16. Michigan Tech
8. Union vs. 9. Penn State

Fargo
2. Minnesota-Duluth vs. 15. Ohio State
7. Boston University vs. 10. North Dakota

Providence
3. Harvard vs. 14. Providence
6. Western Michigan vs. 12. Air Force

Manchester
4. Minnesota vs. 13. Notre Dame
5. Mass.-Lowell vs. 11. Cornell

Is keeping us out of Harvard's region a goal of theirs?  Looks like they've done a decent job of distributing conferences across regions (UMD and NoDak in the same region is the only exception, I think).

[abmarks]

Is keeping us out of Harvard's region a goal of theirs?  Looks like they've done a decent job of distributing conferences across regions (UMD and NoDak in the same region is the only exception, I think).

That doesn't make sense to me- the guidelines only worry about intra-conference in the first game.  Manchester has two HE teams (Notre Dame and UML, for example.)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

If you look at it, they kept 1-8, 2-7, 3-6 and 4-5 intact,  They also kept 1-16, 2-15, 3-14, and 4-13 intact, as well as 8-9 and 7-10.  

All they did was swap us and Air Force to help attendance in Manchester.  I'm surprised they didn't also swap Ohio State and Michigan Tech, but I suppose they wanted to throw a bone to Denver for being #1.

[Jim Hyla]

If you look at it, they kept 1-8, 2-7, 3-6 and 4-5 intact,  They also kept 1-16, 2-15, 3-14, and 4-13 intact, as well as 8-9 and 7-10.  

All they did was swap us and Air Force to help attendance in Manchester.  I'm surprised they didn't also swap Ohio State and Michigan Tech, but I suppose they wanted to throw a bone to Denver for being #1.

I think they always give #1 the 16 seed, as they should.