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Re: The 2015 Pairwise, Bracketology and History Thread
Originally posted by MN Magic View PostObviously this will change in the next two weeks, but I believe we have our first Bracketology that does not need to be tweaked.
Fargo
1 North Dakota vs 16 Robert Morris
8 Denver vs 9 Providence
South Bend
2 MN Mankato vs 15 Michigan
10 Boston College vs 7 Michigan Tech
Providence
4 Miami vs 13 Yale
5 Nebraska Omaha vs 12 Quinnipiac
Manchester
3 MN Duluth vs 14 Bowling Green
6 Boston University vs 11 Minnesota
http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/2015...logy-march-1st
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The March 1 pairwise
1 North Dakota
2 Minnesota State
3 Minnesota-Duluth
4 Miami
5 Nebraska-Omaha
6 Boston University
7 Michigan Tech
8 Denver
9 Providence
10 Boston College
11 Minnesota
12t Quinnipiac
12t Yale
14 Bowling Green
15t Michigan
15t Massachusetts-Lowell
17 St. Cloud State
18 Colgate
19t Vermont
19t Northeastern
21 St. Lawrence
22 Harvard
23 Bemidji State
24 Dartmouth
25 Robert Morris
26 Alaska
27t Western Michigan
27t Penn State
29 Northern Michigan
30t New Hampshire
30t Notre Dame
32 Michigan State
33t Cornell
33t Merrimack
33t Union
36 Ferris State
37 Ohio State
38 Connecticut
39 Bentley
40t Canisius
40t Clarkson
42t Mercyhurst
42t Maine
44 RIT
45 Massachusetts
46 Brown
47 Holy Cross
48 Rensselaer
49 Colorado College
50t Air Force
50t Sacred Heart
50t Alaska-Anchorage
53 Alabama-Huntsville
54 Lake Superior
55 Wisconsin
56 Princeton
57 Army
58 American International
59 Niagara
There have now been 170 teams that have been ranked high enough to qualify for an NCAA invite without relying on an autobid to make the field. 155 (91.2%) have been in playoff position on March 1. No team in the top seven at this point in the season has ever fallen out of the field. Only Denver in 2007 and Mankato in 2008 have fallen out of the top 11. The state of Michigan continued a very bad trend as Michigan joined Western Michigan (2013), Northern Michigan (2012) and Michigan State (2010) - along with Duluth (2008) and Dartmouth (2005) - as 12-seeds who have missed the tournament. Overall, 41 of the 48 (85.4%) teams ranked 9-12 qualified.
The teams don't HAVE to be moved, but to help attendance and reduce flights they would be.
Fargo
#1 North Dakota vs Robert Morris
Denver vs Minnesota
South Bend
#4 Miami vs Michigan
Omaha vs Boston C
Manchester
#3 Duluth vs Bowling Green
Boston U vs Quinnipiac
Providence
#2 Mankato vs Yale
Michigan Tech vs Providence
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Originally posted by Red Cows View PostHere's what Chris Dilks of SB Nation has come up with, that is quite different from your scenario:
http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/2015...logy-march-1stOriginally posted by nmupiccdiva...anyone that can start a meme like that is welcome and will fit in just fine around here.
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Originally posted by Priceless View PostThe March 1 pairwise
1 North Dakota
2 Minnesota State
3 Minnesota-Duluth
4 Miami
5 Nebraska-Omaha
6 Boston University
7 Michigan Tech
8 Denver
9 Providence
10 Boston College
11 Minnesota
12t Quinnipiac
12t Yale
14 Bowling Green
15t Michigan
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Fargo
#1 North Dakota vs Robert Morris
Denver vs Minnesota
South Bend
#4 Miami vs Michigan
Omaha vs Boston C
Manchester
#3 Duluth vs Bowling Green
Boston U vs Quinnipiac
Providence
#2 Mankato vs Yale
Michigan Tech vs Providence
1) Miami plays at South Bend because Mankato and Duluth have to fly anyway.
2) Michigan plays at South Bend because it's close to Ann Arbor, and will bring fans to the games.
3) Once Michigan goes to South Bend, all the 1 v 4 games fall where they 'have to' go.
4) Priceless put the #2 seeds in the normal serpentine arrangement. No way to to better, unless you assume that Michigan Tech would travel well, and should therefore go to Fargo or South Bend. Both of those are long drives. Denver in Fargo makes a certain amount of sense. So, the #2s seem easy enough.
5) The #3s. First, Minnesota at Fargo saves a flight. Plus, what a region!!!
6) Once that happens, BU has to play Quinnipiac, to avoid BC or Prov.
7) Omaha gets the lower seed of BC/Prov, and Prov plays close to home. This is perhaps the only nit to pick. BC would probably bring more fans to Providence than Providence (at least that's what one poster from the east said).
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I'd love MN and UND to be in the same bracket. /oldschool
I don't want MTU and MSU to be in the same bracket, but I'll bet it happens if things remain the same/similar.Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens
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It looks like it is shaping up so I should root for Tech to be in the 3-6 range, and avoid 7-10. For the best chance at missing MSU and UND in regionals.Having a clear conscience just means you have a bad memory or you had a boring weekend.
RIP - Kirby
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Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View PostECAC: Only Quinnipiac is in the top 12 at the moment, and just barely so. Yale would likely move up into the top 12 with winning the ECAC Tournament, but Harvard might not. It would be tight. As you mentioned, Colgate and St. Lawrence are both good possibilities of winning the tournament. However, they would also have an opportunity to jump up into the top 12 if they did so. My guess on chance of ECAC autobid stealing a spot from the top 16: 40%If you don't change the world today, how can it be any better tomorrow?
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Originally posted by Numbers View PostThis bracket makes sense in lots of ways.
1) Miami plays at South Bend because Mankato and Duluth have to fly anyway.
2) Michigan plays at South Bend because it's close to Ann Arbor, and will bring fans to the games.
3) Once Michigan goes to South Bend, all the 1 v 4 games fall where they 'have to' go.
4) Priceless put the #2 seeds in the normal serpentine arrangement. No way to to better, unless you assume that Michigan Tech would travel well, and should therefore go to Fargo or South Bend. Both of those are long drives. Denver in Fargo makes a certain amount of sense. So, the #2s seem easy enough.
5) The #3s. First, Minnesota at Fargo saves a flight. Plus, what a region!!!
6) Once that happens, BU has to play Quinnipiac, to avoid BC or Prov.
7) Omaha gets the lower seed of BC/Prov, and Prov plays close to home. This is perhaps the only nit to pick. BC would probably bring more fans to Providence than Providence (at least that's what one poster from the east said).
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Originally posted by mookie1995 View PostAnother F4 for bc with that bracket
I have no worries. Go Terriers... make it happen.'Eavesdropped the BC forum in USCHO. A range of intellects over there. Mostly gentlemen, but a couple of coarse imbeciles' - academic_index, a Brown fan
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Originally posted by Priceless View PostI calculate that people in South Bend are more likely to go to cheer AGAINST Michigan and BC since they're used to it.Originally posted by Greg Ambrose on 3/7/2010The fact that you BC fans revel in the superiority of your team in an admittedly weak league leads me to believe you will be more sorely disappointed when the end comes than we will.
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Originally posted by Priceless View PostI also figure this will be a good test of whether the Friars can carry a region fan-wise because there will be no excuse for their fans not to show up. The NCAA needs to find a viable fan base in the east with the loss of both the Maine and New Hampshire bases that could be counted on to carry their regions. If the committee is that concerned about PC's ability to sell tickets (and deem that a mitigating factor) they may very well flip BC and PC since tickets in South Bend are already sold whether people show up or not.
Can you elaborate on the loss on UNH and Maine fan-bases. I am assuming you mean since they are not in this year's tourney (at least pending HEA upset). But then I thought perhaps you meant something had changed generally, and, going forward, it is not going to possible to count on them any more. Has something changed with UNH and Maine fans generally?
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Originally posted by Numbers View PostHas something changed with UNH and Maine fans generally?Originally posted by Greg Ambrose on 3/7/2010The fact that you BC fans revel in the superiority of your team in an admittedly weak league leads me to believe you will be more sorely disappointed when the end comes than we will.
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Originally posted by Numbers View PostPriceless,
Can you elaborate on the loss on UNH and Maine fan-bases. I am assuming you mean since they are not in this year's tourney (at least pending HEA upset). But then I thought perhaps you meant something had changed generally, and, going forward, it is not going to possible to count on them any more. Has something changed with UNH and Maine fans generally?
Thanks
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