Re: John t whelan ranking simulator
After the games this weekend I'll start a pairwise thread with a look back at the pairwise as of the first weekend of January since 2003. For now, here is the bracketology for the New Year:
Using the pairwise from SiouxSports/Reilly Hamilton because they seem to have the most accurate calculations at this point.
1 Minnesota
2 Ferris State
3 St. Cloud State
4 Providence
5 Boston College
6 Union
7 Quinnipiac
8 Mass.-Lowell
9 Wisconsin
10 Michigan
11 Clarkson
12 Vermont
13 Cornell
14 Maine
15 Northeastern
32 Air Force
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16 Notre Dame
Only one host team makes the tournament, and they just happen to also be the #1 overall seed, so placing them is easy. Minnesota goes to St. Paul. Next, the remaining #1 seeds are placed according to proximity to campus. #2 Ferris State goes to Cincinnati. #3 St Cloud State isn't within driving distance of either Worcester or Bridgeport, so we'll place them in Worcester and #4 Providence will get Bridgeport.
The 2 seeds are placed accordingly: #8 Lowell is St Paul, #7 Quinnipiac in Cincinnati, #6 Union in Worcester and #5 Boston College in Bridgeport.
The first intraconference matchups crop up as we place the 3 seeds. #11 Clarkson and #12 Vermont are switched to avoid conference confrontations in the first round. Clarkson to Bridgeport to play BC and Vermont to Worcester to play Union. The B1G teams stay west, with #10 Michigan going to Cincinnati and #9 Wisconsin going to St Paul.
Air Force is our #16 seed as the automatic qualifier from the AHA goes to St Paul to play Minnesota. #15 Northeastern goes to Cincinnati, #14 Maine to Worcester and #13 Cornell to Bridgeport.
We have resolved the 2 conference meetings, but what about attendance? St Paul is fine. Bridgeport has 4 eastern schools and PC and BC are local so they should be OK. Worcester is a little light, but drivable for Maine fans hungry to get back to the NCAAs and Union and Vermont should add a few fans. Cincinnati is stuck with two eastern teams, but without host Miami making the field this is about as good as it gets. All their hopes for attendance lie with the Wolverines.
These are the brackets as of December 31.
After the games this weekend I'll start a pairwise thread with a look back at the pairwise as of the first weekend of January since 2003. For now, here is the bracketology for the New Year:
Using the pairwise from SiouxSports/Reilly Hamilton because they seem to have the most accurate calculations at this point.
1 Minnesota
2 Ferris State
3 St. Cloud State
4 Providence
5 Boston College
6 Union
7 Quinnipiac
8 Mass.-Lowell
9 Wisconsin
10 Michigan
11 Clarkson
12 Vermont
13 Cornell
14 Maine
15 Northeastern
32 Air Force
---
16 Notre Dame
Only one host team makes the tournament, and they just happen to also be the #1 overall seed, so placing them is easy. Minnesota goes to St. Paul. Next, the remaining #1 seeds are placed according to proximity to campus. #2 Ferris State goes to Cincinnati. #3 St Cloud State isn't within driving distance of either Worcester or Bridgeport, so we'll place them in Worcester and #4 Providence will get Bridgeport.
The 2 seeds are placed accordingly: #8 Lowell is St Paul, #7 Quinnipiac in Cincinnati, #6 Union in Worcester and #5 Boston College in Bridgeport.
The first intraconference matchups crop up as we place the 3 seeds. #11 Clarkson and #12 Vermont are switched to avoid conference confrontations in the first round. Clarkson to Bridgeport to play BC and Vermont to Worcester to play Union. The B1G teams stay west, with #10 Michigan going to Cincinnati and #9 Wisconsin going to St Paul.
Air Force is our #16 seed as the automatic qualifier from the AHA goes to St Paul to play Minnesota. #15 Northeastern goes to Cincinnati, #14 Maine to Worcester and #13 Cornell to Bridgeport.
Code:
Bridgeport (Yale) Worcester (Holy Cross) Cincinnati (Miami) St Paul (Minnesota) Providence St Cloud Ferris Minnesota Boston College Union Quinnipiac Lowell Clarkson Vermont Michigan Wisconsin Cornell Maine Northeastern Air Force
These are the brackets as of December 31.
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