Hockey bracketology
Despite being swept this weekend, Michigan is still #10 in the USCHO Top-20.
Current pairwise rankings-
- Boston College (24-4-3)
- Minnesota (21-4-5)
- Union (20-6-4)
- St. Cloud State (17-6-5)
- Ferris State (21-7-3)
- Quinnipiac (21-6-5)
- Wisconsin (17-9-2)
- Massachusetts-Lowell (20-7-3)
- Northeastern (17-10-3)
- Michigan (14-9-3)
- Maine (15-10-3)
- North Dakota (16-9-3)
- Cornell (12-7-5)
- Notre Dame (17-12-2)
- Vermont (15-11-3)
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Minnesota-Duluth (13-11-4)
Projected regionals-
Northeast Regional - Worcester, MA - DCU Center |
1 Boston College (1) vs. 4 AHA Tournament Champion (16) |
2 Massachusetts-Lowell (8) vs. 3 North Dakota (12) |
Midwest Regional - Cincinnati, OH - U.S. Bank Arena |
1 St. Cloud State (4) vs. 4 Cornell (13) |
2 Ferris State (5) vs. 3 Northeastern (9) |
West Regional - Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center |
1 Minnesota (2) vs. 4 Vermont (15) |
2 Wisconsin (7) vs. 3 Maine (11) |
East Regional - Bridgeport, CT - Webster Bank Arena |
1 Union (3) vs. 4 Notre Dame (14) |
2 Quinnipiac (6) vs. 3 Michigan (10) |
I think Michigan do well in this regional. Maybe make a run to Philly.
February 17th, 2014 at 6:07 PM ^
but hate on the ecac at your own peril. Q and U can play.
February 17th, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^
but it'll take more than one respectable year in 10 for me to respect the EZAC. That was the league's first frozen four appearance since 2003. One good year doesn't un-make them the Big East football of college hockey
February 17th, 2014 at 6:19 PM ^
We were #10 going into the PSU weekend then went 1-1, stayed at #10, then got pretty well clubbed by Minnesota...and still stay at #10.
Let's just get swept by PSU on purpose this weekend to see if we stay at #10 at 14-11-3. (Which btw, 14-9-3 is a pretty ugly looking record right about now)
February 17th, 2014 at 7:57 PM ^
To try and get in top 8 to get into cincy regional. Good things happen to Michigan hockey in Cincinnati.
February 17th, 2014 at 8:04 PM ^
The Cinci regional is almost certainly going to the #4 seed, so it would have the 4,5,12, and 13 seeds if the bracket was perfect. The simplest way to get to Cinci is to move down a couple spots.
February 17th, 2014 at 7:59 PM ^
The 1-4 seed pairings are fine, but the 2-3 pairings are kind of screwy. Obviously Wisconsin can't play Michigan, and Lowell can't play Northeastern, but why not do the bracket below? It has better bracket integrity and doesn't adversely affect attendance. Granted, I never like the idea of having to go to the east coast to play teams from Boston, but we did win a national championship that way.
Northeast Regional - Worcester, MA - DCU Center
1 Boston College (1) vs. 4 AHA Tournament Champion (16)
2 Massachusetts-Lowell (8) vs. 3 Michigan (10)
Midwest Regional - Cincinnati, OH - U.S. Bank Arena
1 St. Cloud State (4) vs. 4 Cornell (13)
2 Ferris State (5) vs. 3 North Dakota (12)
West Regional - Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
1 Minnesota (2) vs. 4 Vermont (15)
2 Wisconsin (7) vs. 3 Northeastern (9)
East Regional - Bridgeport, CT - Webster Bank Arena
1 Union (3) vs. 4 Notre Dame (14)
2 Quinnipiac (6) vs. 3 Maine (11)
February 17th, 2014 at 8:30 PM ^
Two MA teams in the Northeast should be able to carry that regional in attendance.
A Michigan-ND matchup is almost too good to pass up. And it can now happen in a regional since they aren't in the same conference.
February 18th, 2014 at 12:14 AM ^
The other regions should be fine, as they should be able to get teams like quinnipiac and Cornell into Bridgeport, and the other two have strong draws as top seeds. Unfortunately, Cinci is pretty far from any tournament team. Michigan and notre dame are by far the closest, so there might be a push to put us there. You can do that with your bracket, just flip us into the game vs Ferris, and ND vs st. Cloud, putting the others in Bridgeport. That gets all four teams closer to home and strengthens the weakest attended regions.
February 17th, 2014 at 8:37 PM ^
Your Pairwise rankings are a little wonky... USCHO has Vermont at #13 and Cornell/Notre Dame slid down.
http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/
Doesn't change much about the bracket besides the placement of the 4-seeds.