NCAA Tourney Team Selection Options

[Fighting Sioux 23]

Very sorry. Gopher fan here.

You don't have to apologize for being a Gopher fan. ; )

[Numbers]

You don't have to apologize for being a Gopher fan. ; )

What I would love to see would be for NoDak and Minn/Wisc to get #1s, and for the other of UW and UMn be placed in a 3rd regional, and Den in the 4th, and end up with an all former WCHA (when it was the greatest college hockey league ever) Frozen 4

[Fighting Sioux 23]

What I would love to see would be for NoDak and Minn/Wisc to get #1s, and for the other of UW and UMn be placed in a 3rd regional, and Den in the 4th, and end up with an all former WCHA (when it was the greatest college hockey league ever) Frozen 4

What's crazy is you could realistically have 11 former WCHA members make the NCAA Tournament:
North Dakota
Denver
Minnesota Duluth
St. Cloud State
Nebraska Omaha
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota State
Northern Michigan
Bemidji State

[Numbers]

OT coming. Denver playing for their lives. NoDak playing for.....nothing

[J.D.]

David Carle has DU as a #1 seed regardless of how this game ends

[Fighting Sioux 23]

David Carle has DU as a #1 seed regardless of how this game ends

: - p

I'm sure he will be lobbying for the NCAA to just award DU the national title if they win this one.

[J.D.]

I think that's a minor and UND will score and I can go to bed

[Fighting Sioux 23]

I think that's a minor and UND will score and I can go to bed

Yeah, I agree with the minor call. That was pretty textbook boarding.

DU is a top 10-12 team. I don't know if they will get the nod for the NCAA Tournament, but if they do, I would hate to be that 1 seed.

I do think North Dakota's win means the winner of the Bemidji State / LSSU game is now a lock.

[J.D.]

I think Denver is gonna make the tournament

If I was seeding teams right now, my 1 seeds would be UND, BC, Minnesota State and winner of Wisconsin/Minnesota. Loser of that is the top #2 seed.

[J.D.]

Followed by St. Cloud. Or flip St. Cloud and tomorrow night's loser. Either way.

[Fighting Sioux 23]

I think Denver is gonna make the tournament

If I was seeding teams right now, my 1 seeds would be UND, BC, Minnesota State and winner of Wisconsin/Minnesota. Loser of that is the top #2 seed.

Yep. Completely agree on the 1 seeds. You could make an argument for any of them to be the #1 overall too.

[Fighting Sioux 23]

Where I think things currently stand with the committee...

Locks: (12 teams)
Bemidji State / LSSU Winner
Boston College
Boston University
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota State Mankato
North Dakota
Quinnipiac
St. Cloud State
Wisconsin

Bubble: (6 teams: up to 4 can get in)
American International
Army
Bemidji State / LSSU Loser
Denver
Nebraska Omaha
Providence

Need to win Conference Tournament: (6 teams)
Canisius
Colgate
Massachusetts Lowell
Niagara
Northern Michigan
St. Lawrence

[Numbers]

I think Denver is gonna make the tournament

If I was seeding teams right now, my 1 seeds would be UND, BC, Minnesota State and winner of Wisconsin/Minnesota. Loser of that is the top #2 seed.

I would completely agree with this, but I'm not sure yet in what order I would put those #1s. Depends on the HEA and WCHA tourney.
I also agree that the winner of BSU/LSSU is now a lock.

If we get
1s - NoDak, BC, Mankato, Minnesota
2s - Wisconsin, Massachusetts, SCSU, ?
3s - BU, Michigan, BSU/LSSU winner, UMD - although one of these will be elevated to the 2-band
4s - AHA and ECAC Champs...

That leaves 3 spots open. Who can fill them?
No one from B10, really
From NCHC, we would have Omaha and Denver (I would favor Denver)
From WCHA, we would have the BSU/LSSU loser
From HEA, we would have Providence
And, if there are upsets, we would have QU and/or AIC to choose from.

If there are no upsets, it's WCHA3, HEA4, and either Omaha or Denver.
If there are upsets, of all of these, should Providence beat Massachusetts, I think they have a strong case. First in. If they lose, wow. Toss up.
Continuing, I would now have 2 spots, and I would be looking at either QU or AIC, the BSU/LSSU loser, or Den/Omaha. I think I would go for the WCHA team, and then QU or AIC, as I discussed earlier in another post.
However, if Prov loses to Mass, then you get, in my opinion, WCHA3, QU/AIC, and then......toss up between Prov and Den/Omaha. (This gives NCHC a lot of credit, but it's a case of picking a 4th team from one conference.)

So, to me, only in the rare case in which both AIC and QU lose, is there a chance that the WCHA doesn't put in 3 teams.

[Fighting Sioux 23]

Followed by St. Cloud. Or flip St. Cloud and tomorrow night's loser. Either way.

An argument could be made for SCSU to get a #1 seed if they win tomorrow night and Minnesota State loses in the WCHA Semifinal. I don't think it would happen, and I wouldn't agree with it...but an argument could be made. They would be 2-0-1 against North Dakota, along with 5 wins against Duluth and an NCHC Tournament title. That is a pretty impressive resume.

[Numbers]

Where I think things currently stand with the committee...

Locks: (12 teams)
Bemidji State / LSSU Winner
Boston College
Boston University
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota State Mankato
North Dakota
Quinnipiac
St. Cloud State
Wisconsin

Bubble: (6 teams: up to 4 can get in)
American International
Army
Bemidji State / LSSU Loser
Denver
Nebraska Omaha
Providence

Need to win Conference Tournament: (6 teams)
Canisius
Colgate
Massachusetts Lowell
Niagara
Northern Michigan
St. Lawrence

I think I am right with you on this, as you can see. However, I have a hard time seeing Army as a possibility for an at-large. I would see AIC as a possibility for an at-large, but not Army.