Bracketology Starts

[Swampy]

Adam's "final" projection:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2018/03/17_Bracket-ABCs-Final-Projection.php

Sioux Falls
1. St. Cloud State vs. 16. Air Force
8. Michigan vs. 9. Northeastern

Allentown
3. Cornell vs. 15. Michigan Tech
5. Denver vs. 11. Penn State

Worcester
4. Ohio State vs. 13. Boston University
6. Minnesota State vs. 12. Minnesota-Duluth

Bridgeport
2. Notre Dame vs. 14. Princeton
7. Providence vs. 10. Clarkson

From his mouth to God's ears!  I would take that in a heartbeat.  That saves me vacation time, fuel costs, and I get to sleep in my own bed.  

So it'll never happen.  ::bang::

From a "fairness" standpoint, Adam's bracket makes sense.

Cornell benefits from playing a seed one lower than the "right" one in the first round, but should they advance, they play a seed one higher than the right one in the second round. (Assuming the higher seed wins.)

In the other affected regional, OSU has to play a team seeded one higher than the right seed in the first round, but should they advance they then get to play a team one lower than the right seed in the regional championship. (Again, assuming the higher seed wins.)

Fairness, shmairness. I like Jayson's brackets better.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

if we get allentown and PSU tickets might be scarce they are already gone on ticketmaster, some on stubhub and who knows how many CU gets

In that case, I want Bridgeport.  ::deadhorse::

[andyw2100]

Who would have thought, at the beginning of the season, that we'd be staying up tonight discussing which regional Cornell was going to be sent to --AS A 1-SEED-- and that while there are still three possible regional sites being discussed, they are all no more than a few hours --DRIVE-- from Ithaca, the NYC metro area, etc.? How cool is --THAT--?

[Beeeej]

Who would have thought, at the beginning of the season, that we'd be staying up tonight discussing which regional Cornell was going to be sent to --AS A 1-SEED-- and that while there are still three possible regional sites being discussed, they are all no more than a few hours --DRIVE-- from Ithaca, the NYC metro area, etc.? How cool is --THAT--?

Pretty amazing. Our predictions from before the season, for some perspective...

[upprdeck]

penn state took orders from their fans last weekend. or course they knew where they would be playing.

[upprdeck]

since we started talking all the ticketson stubhub have gone away.. PSU fans likely bought them all up

[Josh 03]

Adam also says he would bet the committee follows a different path than he is. So...

"Of course, I've been wrong before going this route in my assumptions. In fact, if I had to bet, I'd say the Committee does flip this around and get the Minnesota schools here [in Sioux Falls] and Northeastern somewhere East. But I wouldn't not do that, personally."

[Robin]

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this here, but it's the first time in 40 years that neither Minnesota or NoDak {got into} the tournament.

[msphi81]

If the NCAA wants to boost attendance place Cornell in Bridgeport.  Cornell gets 15,000 fans to MSG thanksgiving weekend getting 10,000 big red fans to Bridgeport in late March is easy.

[upprdeck]

it will be interesting to see if they play with moving us since allentown is basically sold out. getting 250 tickets will suck for a cornell fan.

[upprdeck]

for the extra hr of travel bridgeport would be worth it if Moys bracket is correct

cornell/prov in the east
clarkson/bu in wooster

[marty]

I think Notre Dame vs Princeton in Allentown is more likely.  ND traveled to Manchester last year.  I think they've earned a closer regional for their fans. This would be OK for Princeton's fan,  too.

The negative is a potential second round B1G matchup. Also ND potentially gets a higher seeded opponent than they earned in both the first and second game.

Also the logic that Cornell should get Michigan Tech rather than BU is a numerical disadvantage to higher seeded Notre Dame. I'm hoping Jason and Adam are right on that flip.

[KenP]

If you are trying to maximize ticket sales AND Penn State has effectively sold out Allentown already, then Cornell in Bridgeport makes most sense.

[BUCUhockey]

What are the game times for Bridgeport, Allentown and Worcester ?

[Chris '03]

What are the game times for Bridgeport, Allentown and Worcester ?

Bridgeport is likely 4/7 Friday. And 6ish Saturday?
Other two are sat/sun.

Don't think times are firm until the bracket is announced. Arena in Bridgeport is silent on times except 4 on Friday.