NCAA Tourney Team Selection Options

[J.D.]

Turn out the lights on Notre Dame

[TimothyLeary On LSD]

For some reason, Notre Dame has been just absolutely abysmal at their home rink this year - 5-10-1 record at home with 42 GF and 51 GA. For comparison, they are 9-2-1 away with 39 GF and 21 GA. On the road, they have been a very solid squad. At home, they have been a completely different, much worse team. Very bizarre. Especially considering they got four home games against Arizona State in there (and they only went 2-2 in those games.)

[Fighting Sioux 23]

Turn out the lights on Notre Dame

Yep. Bubble shrinks to 10:
American International
Army
Bemidji State
Bowling Green
Connecticut
Denver
Lake Superior State
Michigan
Nebraska Omaha
Providence

[Bonin21]

Yep. Bubble shrinks to 10:
American International
Army
Bemidji State
Bowling Green
Connecticut
Denver
Lake Superior State
Michigan
Nebraska Omaha
Providence

Why is DU on your bubble? They can't make it without winning the NCHC tournament.

[manurespreader]

In my mind Denver does not even deserve a look. Winner of PC vs Uconn maybe, but honestly LSSU is easily as good as either of them.

[Fighting Sioux 23]

Why is DU on your bubble? They can't make it without winning the NCHC tournament.

No Wisconsin rule this year.

[J.D.]

In my mind Denver does not even deserve a look. Winner of PC vs Uconn maybe, but honestly LSSU is easily as good as either of them.

So LSSU doesn't deserve a look either then? Either that or they all deserve a look.

[Fighting Sioux 23]

So LSSU doesn't deserve a look either then? Either that or they all deserve a look.

You can take Tech fans' opinions of NCHC teams with a grain of salt. They are still extremely butthurt about conference realignment.

That being said, if you want to argue that Denver, because of their record, should not get in...that is a fair argument. If you want to argue that Denver isn't one of the Top 16 teams in the country, well, you lose me there. DU is probably one of the top 8 or so teams in the country talent wise. They have played an absurdly difficult schedule.

[J.D.]

Michigan Tech should be thankful for realignment as they're no longer a doormat

[J.D.]

Minnesota should be disqualified from the NCAAs for these uniforms

[J.D.]

Party is over for UConn. And I don't see any reason both LSSU and Bemidji should be in over BG if they lose today.

[Fighting Sioux 23]

Party is over for UConn. And I don't see any reason both LSSU and Bemidji should be in over BG if they lose today.

Yep. We can remove Connecticut off the bubble, and it looks like Northeastern will be following them here shortly.

[J.D.]

Bowling Green...I think you have played yourself out of the tournament. Bemidji/LSSU winner is in and loser of that game could get in too.

[Fighting Sioux 23]

The Michigan/Ohio State and Niagara/Robert Morris won't really change much, so....

Locks: (10 teams)
Boston College
Boston University
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota State Mankato
North Dakota
Quinnipiac
St. Cloud State
Wisconsin

Bubble: (9 teams: up to 6 can get in)
American International
Army
Bemidji State
Bowling Green
Denver
Lake Superior State
Michigan
Nebraska Omaha
Providence

Need to win Conference Tournament: (9 teams)
Canisius
Colgate
Massachusetts Lowell
Niagara
Northern Michigan
Ohio State
Penn State
Robert Morris
St. Lawrence

While I think Bowling Green is probably on the outside looking in, I'll keep a 20-win team on the bubble for now. If the rest of the tournaments go chalk, my guess is it would come down to BGSU, DU, and UNO for the last spot.

[Critical Thinker]

You can take BG out. Those 20 wins come with 10 losses. They have losing head-to-head records against Lake State and Bemidji, and couldn't make it out of the WCHA first round while the others moved on. Both should get in before BG, and there's no way the WCHA is getting 4.