The 2014 Pairwise, Bracketology and History Thread`

[Priceless]

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Two questions:

1. Is there any chance Union can catch Minnesota or BC?

2. There's been a lot of discussion about this on the Union thread but I figured I'd ask here as well. If Yale manages to get into the tournament as a #4 seed (by getting the auto-bid) and Union is still a #1 seed, would Union definitely be bumped out of Bridgeport to head out west because Yale is the host school?

1) It may be possible, but it isn't likely.
2) Yes. Union would probably be the #1 seed in Cincinnati.

[FiveHole12]

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Two questions:

1. Is there any chance Union can catch Minnesota or BC?

2. There's been a lot of discussion about this on the Union thread but I figured I'd ask here as well. If Yale manages to get into the tournament as a #4 seed (by getting the auto-bid) and Union is still a #1 seed, would Union definitely be bumped out of Bridgeport to head out west because Yale is the host school?

1. That's a question for Priceless.

2. Not necessarily bumped out west, but Union won't be in Bridgeport IMO. This happened to BC in 2011. BC was #3 seed overall, Yale #1 overall hosting Bridgeport. Yale stays in Bridgeport and BC to Manchester. BUT, #4 seed UNH is hosting Manchester, so BC heads to St. Louis to avoid the first round interconference match up.

If seedings stay as they are (Minnesota 1, BC 2, Union 3, 4 St Cloud), and Yale makes the tourney, my guess is Union and BC swap regionals... so BC at Bridgeport and Union at Worcester. If BC regains the #1 PWR, my guess is BC gets Worcester, Union gets shipped west and St Cloud in Bridgeport.

[Priceless]

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The current pairwise:

1 Minnesota 58
2 Boston College 57
3 Union 55
4 St. Cloud State 55
5 Wisconsin 54
6 Ferris State 53
7 Quinnipiac 52
8 Mass.-Lowell 51
9 North Dakota 50
10 Notre Dame 49
11 Providence 47
12 Michigan 46
13 Cornell 45
14 Vermont 45
15 Northeastern 44
16 Colgate 43
17 Minnesota State 42
18 Minnesota-Duluth 42
19 Yale 40
20 New Hampshire 38
21 Maine 37
22 Ohio State 37
23 Western Michigan 37
24 Clarkson 35
25 Alaska-Fairbanks 34
26 Denver 33
27 Rensselaer 33
28 Nebraska-Omaha 31
29 Alaska-Anchorage 30
30 Lake Superior 30
31 St. Lawrence 28
32 Bowling Green 27
33 Michigan Tech 27
34 Mercyhurst 25
35 Air Force 24
36 Brown 23
37 Harvard 22
38 Bentley 20
39 Connecticut 20
40 Michigan State 19
41 Miami 18
42 Northern Michigan 17
43 Bemidji State 16
44 Boston University 15
45 Dartmouth 14
46 Massachusetts 13
47 Merrimack 13
48 Colorado College 11
49 Robert Morris 10
50 Penn State 9
51 Holy Cross 8
52 Niagara 7
53 Canisius 6
54 RIT 5
55 Sacred Heart 5
56 Princeton 3
57 American Int'l 2
58 Alabama-Huntsville 1
59 Army 0


Historically speaking, the top 11 teams (in bold) should be safely in the tournament. Only two teams (of 121) have fallen out of the top 11 this late.
Also historically, teams not already ranked 12-18 do not make the tournament without winning the conference autobid. That may change a little this year because the volatility is still higher than normal. So if your team is in italics, you need the autobid.

[QUAlum2004]

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The current pairwise:

1 Minnesota 58
2 Boston College 57
3 Union 55
4 St. Cloud State 55
5 Wisconsin 54
6 Ferris State 53
7 Quinnipiac 52
8 Mass.-Lowell 51
9 North Dakota 50
10 Notre Dame 49
11 Providence 47
12 Michigan 46
13 Cornell 45
14 Vermont 45
15 Northeastern 44
16 Colgate 43
17 Minnesota State 42
18 Minnesota-Duluth 42
19 Yale 40
20 New Hampshire 38
21 Maine 37
22 Ohio State 37
23 Western Michigan 37
24 Clarkson 35
25 Alaska-Fairbanks 34
26 Denver 33
27 Rensselaer 33
28 Nebraska-Omaha 31
29 Alaska-Anchorage 30
30 Lake Superior 30
31 St. Lawrence 28
32 Bowling Green 27
33 Michigan Tech 27
34 Mercyhurst 25
35 Air Force 24
36 Brown 23
37 Harvard 22
38 Bentley 20
39 Connecticut 20
40 Michigan State 19
41 Miami 18
42 Northern Michigan 17
43 Bemidji State 16
44 Boston University 15
45 Dartmouth 14
46 Massachusetts 13
47 Merrimack 13
48 Colorado College 11
49 Robert Morris 10
50 Penn State 9
51 Holy Cross 8
52 Niagara 7
53 Canisius 6
54 RIT 5
55 Sacred Heart 5
56 Princeton 3
57 American Int'l 2
58 Alabama-Huntsville 1
59 Army 0


Historically speaking, the top 11 teams (in bold) should be safely in the tournament. Only two teams (of 121) have fallen out of the top 11 this late.
Also historically, teams not already ranked 12-18 do not make the tournament without winning the conference autobid. That may change a little this year because the volatility is still higher than normal. So if your team is in italics, you need the autobid.

I think if Michigan can go 3-1 in their last 4 games with one of those wins versus Minnesota I think they would be pretty much in the tournament as they should be able to reach the Big 10 semi finals since they would be playing Penn State in the first round.

[mnpokecheck]

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I think if Michigan can go 3-1 in their last 4 games with one of those wins versus Minnesota I think they would be pretty much in the tournament as they should be able to reach the Big 10 semi finals since they would be playing Penn State in the first round.

Yeah, certainly no chance that Penn State could beat Michigan.

[RHamilton]

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And, the latest in calculation controversy. I know that all the major sites have agreed to use the same formulation. However, I have noticed that our very own RHamilton has persisted in an alternative view.

And, Reilly's would have Minnesota State rather than Northeastern in the field. That is a big change, no?

Also, could JimDahl please post a convenient description of his math? I am still a little confused by the way that the weighting for home/road and/or win/loss applies to the SoS portion of the RPI calculation for each game.

Thanks.

Ignore my site for now; I have not updated it to use home/away weighted OWP and OOWP as the others have. It reflects the formula that USCHO was using prior to the convergence of the sites. I hope to have it updated for the conference tournament weekend.

[Numbers]

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One More Quick Shout Out to JimDahl:

Jim, could you please clarify the home/road weighting part of the Oppwin% and Oppoppwin%? thanks. I see 2 possibilities:
a) both are weighted according to whether you won or not: 0.8 for homewins % roadlosses, etc
b) the weighting goes strictly by home or road.

In the case of a), the calculation for each game would be: WF*(.25*result of game + .21*(oppwin%) + .54*(oppoppwin%)) and the pre-QWB RPI is SUM (over all games of those calculations) divided by SUM(over all games of the WF) WF=weighting factor.

In the case of b), the calculation could not be done game by game, but each game would have 3 pieces: WF1*.25*result, WF2*.21*oppwin%, and WF2*.54*oppoppwin% And, the pre-QWB RPI requires averaging all 3 of those pieces, and then adding them together.

A) looks neater in that it allows each game to be considered individually, and it's easy to see which games have to be removed because of being wins vs weak teams.

B) is perhaps conceptually better, because A weights your SOS according to whether you won or lost the game, and theoretically, SoS is independent of results.

Help us Jim. Thanks

[Numbers]

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And, in the dept of "What do we know for sure?"
Concerning Minn and BC:
In the event BC comes out ahead in RPI, this comparison depends on the ComOpp portion. There are only a few games left that affect this, so, in order:

1) If Notre Dame loses to BU, BC has only one Common Game potentially left, and no way to raise their record. Thus, Minnesota would need only a split with Michigan to guarantee winning this comparison and gaining the overall #1. As little as a tie would work, if Minnesota defeated either Mich or Wisc in the B10 tourney.

2) If Notre Dame wins, but there is an upset in other HEA games, then Notre Dame is across the bracket from BC. This changes things a little. Minnesota would need win and tie to clinch the overall #1. Split works with a win against Mich or Wsc in the B10 tourney

3) If Notre Dame plays BC in the HEA quarters, Minnesota needs sweep to clinch overall #1

[UnionHockeyManiac]

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According to Mike McMahon at College Hockey News and http://www.playoffstatus.com/ncaahoc...nseedprob.html - BC, Minnesota and Union have locked up No. 1 seeds in the National Tournament. The 4th #1 seed is up still up for grabs with St. Cloud, Ferris State, Quinnipiac, Mass-Lowell, North Dakota, and Wisconsin (in order of likelihood). A few other schools have a very small chance (1% or less).

[Numbers]

According to Mike McMahon at College Hockey News and http://www.playoffstatus.com/ncaahoc...nseedprob.html - BC, Minnesota and Union have locked up No. 1 seeds in the National Tournament. The 4th #1 seed is up still up for grabs with St. Cloud, Ferris State, Quinnipiac, Mass-Lowell, North Dakota, and Wisconsin (in order of likelihood). A few other schools have a very small chance (1% or less).

Playoff status does not use PWR in any way. I just had a reply to an email query about that.

[5mn_Major]

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According to Mike McMahon at College Hockey News and http://www.playoffstatus.com/ncaahoc...nseedprob.html - BC, Minnesota and Union have locked up No. 1 seeds in the National Tournament. The 4th #1 seed is up still up for grabs with St. Cloud, Ferris State, Quinnipiac, Mass-Lowell, North Dakota, and Wisconsin (in order of likelihood). A few other schools have a very small chance (1% or less).

Doesn't really matter. Even if UND and WI win out and both move up to #1 seeds...Moy and the committee will evidently put them in the west.

Seriously, if a team earns a #1 seed and rather than #8 seed they get the #5 in their bracket regardless of who they are...why even give the façade of a PWR based tournament?

[FiveHole12]

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And, in the dept of "What do we know for sure?"
Concerning Minn and BC:
In the event BC comes out ahead in RPI, this comparison depends on the ComOpp portion. There are only a few games left that affect this, so, in order:

1) If Notre Dame loses to BU, BC has only one Common Game potentially left, and no way to raise their record. Thus, Minnesota would need only a split with Michigan to guarantee winning this comparison and gaining the overall #1. As little as a tie would work, if Minnesota defeated either Mich or Wisc in the B10 tourney.

2) If Notre Dame wins, but there is an upset in other HEA games, then Notre Dame is across the bracket from BC. This changes things a little. Minnesota would need win and tie to clinch the overall #1. Split works with a win against Mich or Wsc in the B10 tourney

3) If Notre Dame plays BC in the HEA quarters, Minnesota needs sweep to clinch overall #1

It would be nice if BC just had to play ND in the HE QF, but wouldn't BC have to win 2 against ND in the HE qtrs to get #1?
If BC should win the qtrs against ND, did you also check BC's other opponents in the semi and final? What if they then beat a Lowell and a PC? Is Minny still #1 with a sweep?

[Tipsy McStagger]

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Doesn't really matter. Even if UND and WI win out and both move up to #1 seeds...Moy and the committee will evidently put them in the west.

Seriously, if a team earns a #1 seed and rather than #8 seed they get the #5 in their bracket regardless of who they are...why even give the façade of a PWR based tournament?

Yeah, this is stupid. If Minnesota and North Dakota are there, they don't need to put Wisconsin in there.

[Happy]

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Yeah, this is stupid. If Minnesota and North Dakota are there, they don't need to put Wisconsin in there.

Because that region would sell more tickets then all the East regionals for the last ten years.

[Priceless]

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Because that region would sell more tickets then all the East regionals for the last ten years.

Attendance at the East regionals isn't the problem. Attendance in places like Grand Rapids, St Louis and (this year) Cincinnati are.