Bracketology 2019

[Chris '03]

Women lose to clarkson in ecac final. Play northeastern in NCAAs. Men lose to clarkson in ecac final, play northeastern in NCAAs too? Weird.

[marty]

So.... looking at CHN PWR... the 2 and 3 seeds look like a natural split - 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9. No 1st round conflicts.   Unless they really screw around for travel reasons we are #11 against #6 Northeastern.

Only question is which venue....

We're likely in Providence vs. NE
Whoever ends up 3rd in pairwise after the NCHC OT game finishes will likely play Providence.

In Manchester it will be UMass vs Harvard and Clarkson vs Notre Dame unless the committee moves ND to Allentown.

Allentown will be number2 vs Bowling Green & QPeck vs OSU

Fargo will be number 1 vs AIC & Denver vs ASU.

Not quite.

If Duluth beats St.Cloud, Duluth finishes #2 and they get #15 BGSU (probably in Allentown) and since UMass can't play Providence, Mankato gets Providence and UMass gets Harvard.  But if St.Cloud beats Duluth, Duluth drops to #4 and Mankato is #2.  Mankato can't play #15 BGSU, so likely Mankato gets Harvard, UMass gets BGSU, and Duluth gets Providence.  

As said above, we get Northeastern.  The only question is where.  I think it depends on which game the committee thinks will be a better draw - QPac-ASU, NEastern-Cornell, or Clarkson-Notre Dame.

Edit:  And Duluth wins.

Don't you think tOSU will be moved to Allentown and ASU will go to Fargo?

Don't know.  It depends on what "bracket integrity" means.  If that means they keep 5-12, 6-11, etc. intact and they move the pairs around, then I think the 8-9 pairing stays intact in Fargo.  If bracket integrity simply means that they can move the 3 seeds anywhere as they see fit, then yeah, they can swap OSU and ASU as you suggest.

Personally, if I were on the committee, I could see either NEastern-Cornell or Clarkson-Notre Dame getting swapped to Allentown. I think the better choice for overall attendance is to swap NE-CU, since that puts at least two eastern schools in Allentown and two in Providence, but I can also see them putting Clarkson-Notre Dame there since Notre Dame is a midwestern school and they can rationalize the name of the regional.

But either way, I don't see much likelihood in us going to Fargo, which is just fine with me.

It's interesting that Adam and Jason have identical brackets. You have ND as a possible Allentown bracket and I have tOSU there. I think one of those teams will be there.

It's a tOSUp.

[RichH]

It's a tOSUp.

Marty.

[Beeeej]

Harvard @ Cornell national title game, anyone?

[upprdeck]

so from Jason Bracket article  if attendance is a concern and it always is..

in the west fargo is pretty solid
in the east you ave cornell/Ne and prov  all will have decent followings

in the midwest.  Ariz st will bring few, Quin doesnt really travel.  not sure bow many BG or MD will bring
in the NE should have solid attendance

but if crowds are wanted not sure why you wouldn't flip cornell/NE and Ari/Quin


West Regional (Fargo):
16 American International vs. 1 St. Cloud State
9 Ohio State vs. 8 Denver

Midwest Regional (Allentown):
15 Bowling Green vs. 2 Minnesota Duluth
10 Arizona State vs. 7 Quinnipiac

East Regional (Providence):
14 Providence vs. 3 Minnesota State
11 Cornell vs. 6 Northeastern

Northeast Regional (Manchester):
13 Harvard vs. 4 Massachusetts
12 Notre Dame vs. 5 Clarkson

[JohnF81]

Yes, from  an attendance perspective it makes sense.  But if we beat Northeastern I would rather face Minnesota State or Providence than Duluth.

[Iceberg]

I find it funny that for the 3rd straight year Cornell is going to face a HE team in the regionals and those are the teams that seemingly everybody in the conference except for Cornell has been playing OOC games against in recent years

[Jim Hyla]

so from Jason Bracket article  if attendance is a concern and it always is..

in the west fargo is pretty solid
in the east you ave cornell/Ne and prov  all will have decent followings

in the midwest.  Ariz st will bring few, Quin doesnt really travel.  not sure bow many BG or MD will bring
in the NE should have solid attendance

but if crowds are wanted not sure why you wouldn't flip cornell/NE and Ari/Quin


West Regional (Fargo):
16 American International vs. 1 St. Cloud State
9 Ohio State vs. 8 Denver

Midwest Regional (Allentown):
15 Bowling Green vs. 2 Minnesota Duluth
10 Arizona State vs. 7 Quinnipiac

East Regional (Providence):
14 Providence vs. 3 Minnesota State
11 Cornell vs. 6 Northeastern

Northeast Regional (Manchester):
13 Harvard vs. 4 Massachusetts
12 Notre Dame vs. 5 Clarkson

I still like the idea of switching ASU & tOSU. Probably doesn't increase Allentown attendance that much, but it is an easier drive from Columbus and I'd assume there are more tOSU grads in eastern cities than ASU grads. I don't think attendance to Fargo is a problem, as I expect it was sold out, or close to, already. But, because of N Dakota's recent troubles, I might be wrong on that. It's a small venue, so probably okay.

[KenP]

Just curious where would we most likely be playing had they won last night?

[marty]

Just curious where would we most likely be playing had they won last night?

Still wish we had WON!

[Jim Hyla]

No changes

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

And they kept it simple...We're in Providence.

[scoop85]

Vs. Northeastern in Providence it is.  But the bracket is about as good as we could hope for.  Northeastern is really good, but we have a puncher's chance. And as someone mentioned if we get by the 1st game we wouldn't have to deal with Duluth.

[marty]

No changes

Jason's terse bracket was correct if boring.  At least Adam added some color to his analysis.

[ursusminor]

No changes

Jason's terse bracket was correct if boring.  At least Adam added some color to his analysis.

Jason seems to take previous posts and edits them. He often leaves in vestiges of those previous posts.