NCAA hockey 2022 tournament

[billhoward]

The pairings: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/icehockey-men/d1/2022?utm_campaign=inline-superpage

(1) Michigan and Q in Allentown with AIC (Michigan) and St. Cloud State (SCSU)
(4) Denver-UMass and Minnesota Duluth-Michigan Tech in Colorado

Other backet
(3) WMU-Northeastern plus Minnesota-UMass in Worcester.
(2) Minnesota State-Harvard and North Dakota-Notre Dame in Albany

[marty]

My guesses are:

Denver Bracket:

Denver(4) vs. Mass-Lowell(13)
Duluth(5) vs. Michigan Tech (12)

Allentown Bracket:

Minny State(2) vs. Harvard(15)
North Dakota(7) vs. Notre Dame(9)

Albany Bracket:

Michigan(1) vs. AIC(16)
QPutz( vs. St. Cloud(10)

Worchester Bracket:

West Michigan(3) vs.Northeastern (14)
Minnesota(6) vs. UMass(11)

The only deviation from mathematical seeding occurs because North Dakota can't meet St, Cloud in the first round.  The teams in Albany and Allentown could flip but I think Notre Dame in Allentown is a bigger draw than Michigan in Allentown.  Does Harvard have any pull to move itself closer to Cambridge?

[RichH]

Ugh.

[Greenberg '97]

Does Harvard have any pull to move itself closer to Cambridge?

Yes.  Win two games.

[marty]

Does Harvard have any pull to move itself closer to Cambridge?

Yes.  Win two games.

Best way for Harvard to get closer to Cambridge now is to lose to North Dakota.

[Trotsky]

Does Harvard have any pull to move itself closer to Cambridge?

Yes.  Win two games.

Wins thread.  Shut it down, folks, nobody is beating that.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Does Harvard have any pull to move itself closer to Cambridge?

Yes.  Win two games.

Wins thread.  Shut it down, folks, nobody is beating that.

I dunno.  If they lose one game, they also move directly back to Cambridge.

[Trotsky]

Does Harvard have any pull to move itself closer to Cambridge?

Yes.  Win two games.

Wins thread.  Shut it down, folks, nobody is beating that.

I dunno.  If they lose one game, they also move directly back to Cambridge.

They probably go to Gstaad.

[billhoward]

The Albany arena, site of the (East?) NCAA regional, is now MVP Arena. It was Times Union Center 2007-2021. I wondered for years how long a newspaper would hold naming rights to a place with more seats than the TU soon would have subscribers.

The naming rights of the arena were sold to Pepsi in 1997 and it was known as Pepsi Arena from 1997 to 2006.In May 2006, the naming rights were sold to the Times Union, a regional newspaper, and the name of the arena became the Times Union Center on January 1, 2007. In October 2021, the Times Union relinquished naming rights. On November 15, 2021, it was announced that health care provider MVP Health Services had successfully acquired the naming rights The Times Union, which is the largest newspaper for the Albany area, had declined to renew its naming rights, leading to the MVP Arena's renaming. The new name took effect on January 1, 2022.

[marty]

The Albany arena, site of the (East?) NCAA regional, is now MVP Arena. It was Times Union Center 2007-2021. I wondered for years how long a newspaper would hold naming rights to a place with more seats than the TU soon would have subscribers.

The naming rights of the arena were sold to Pepsi in 1997 and it was known as Pepsi Arena from 1997 to 2006.In May 2006, the naming rights were sold to the Times Union, a regional newspaper, and the name of the arena became the Times Union Center on January 1, 2007. In October 2021, the Times Union relinquished naming rights. On November 15, 2021, it was announced that health care provider MVP Health Services had successfully acquired the naming rights The Times Union, which is the largest newspaper for the Albany area, had declined to renew its naming rights, leading to the MVP Arena's renaming. The new name took effect on January 1, 2022.

Now that MVP Health "Services" has the naming right we're wondering what nutritious alternatives we'll see to Pepsi and curly fries.  I'm hoping for hoppy craft brew.

[RatushnyFan]

Minn State is really tough.  If they can get past that game (10%-20%??) I like their chances versus Notre Dame or North Dakota.  Abruzzese line is filthy.  QPac - I feel like they're going to get absolutely slapped silly by Michigan.  I might even pick St. Cloud.

[Trotsky]

Minn State is really tough.  If they can get past that game (10%-20%??) I like their chances versus Notre Dame or North Dakota.  Abruzzese line is filthy.  QPac - I feel like they're going to get absolutely slapped silly by Michigan.  I might even pick St. Cloud.

I'm rooting for a Q-Harvard final but I think Harvard is going to get destroyed.  Like 5 goal loss territory.  Not even their usual blow a three-goal lead NC$$ effort.

[blackwidow]

Hope both ezac teams crash out in the first round and keep the EZAC easy.

[Trotsky]

Hope both ezac teams crash out in the first round and keep the EZAC easy.

Huh.

[jtwcornell91]

The Albany arena, site of the (East?) NCAA regional, is now MVP Arena. It was Times Union Center 2007-2021. I wondered for years how long a newspaper would hold naming rights to a place with more seats than the TU soon would have subscribers.

The naming rights of the arena were sold to Pepsi in 1997 and it was known as Pepsi Arena from 1997 to 2006.In May 2006, the naming rights were sold to the Times Union, a regional newspaper, and the name of the arena became the Times Union Center on January 1, 2007. In October 2021, the Times Union relinquished naming rights. On November 15, 2021, it was announced that health care provider MVP Health Services had successfully acquired the naming rights The Times Union, which is the largest newspaper for the Albany area, had declined to renew its naming rights, leading to the MVP Arena's renaming. The new name took effect on January 1, 2022.

Just keep calling it the Knick.  Simpler that way.