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2026 Bracketology: The Road to the Aud

Pioneer247 said:
It bodes the question for the teams near the top: would you rather have the first round bye and sit home, or play Week 1, boat race a team that is obviously lesser which can only build momentum as you move on
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The boat racing doesn’t happen if the lower quality teams don’t make the tournament to begin with. Hamilton doesn’t boat race a Babson or Curry, they boat race a Neumann or Westfield St. That’s my point.
 
JSicedog said:
Starting to look like Salve is positioning themselves well for an at large. They likely win out and finish 18-2. On top of the MASCAC and MAC getting autobids, both winners wont be higher than 25-30 in the NPI, you let a team with 1 good win and a bottom 5 SOS in the country in. Leaving some quality teams at home in the process.
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Not even 15 minutes later and they lose to Anna Maria 1-0. Still somehow they hang on to one of the at large bids. Whats even crazier is their last game is feb 10th. 1st round is March 14th. They could go a whole month without playing.
 
So through tonight's game, this is what I have. It's the no flights until the Frozen Four version, which is fun. There's ways you can add flights to make it a true bracket but like we've established, who knows if that's going to happen


CNE: Endicott (3)
Little East: Norwich (19)
MAC: Neumann (33)
MASCAC: Anna Maria (31)
MIAC: Saint John’s (22)
NCHA: Adrian (10)
NESCAC: Hamilton (2)
SUNYAC: Hobart (1)
UCHC: Utica (7)
WIAC: UW-Eau Claire (18)

At-Large:

Aurora (4)
Oswego (5)
Bowdoin (6)
Salve Regina (8)

Round 1:

Saint John’s @ Eau Claire
Adrian @ Oswego
Neumann @ Hamilton
Anna Maria @ Endicott
Norwich @ Bowdoin
Salve Regina @ Utica

QF:

Adrian/Oswego @ #1 Hobart
Salve Regina/Utica @ Neumann/#2 Hamilton
Norwich/Bowdoin @ Anna Maria/#3 Endicott
Saint John’s/Eau Claire @ #4 Aurora
 
JSicedog said:
Starting to look like Salve is positioning themselves well for an at large. They likely win out and finish 18-2. On top of the MASCAC and MAC getting autobids, both winners wont be higher than 25-30 in the NPI, you let a team with 1 good win and a bottom 5 SOS in the country in. Leaving some quality teams at home in the process.
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A nightmare scenario for bubble teams.
 
Lord_Zubin said:
Not even 15 minutes later and they lose to Anna Maria 1-0. Still somehow they hang on to one of the at large bids. Whats even crazier is their last game is feb 10th. 1st round is March 14th. They could go a whole month without playing.
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This happened to Arizona State the year they made the D1 tournament as an indepedent. And they got wiped out in the first round.
 
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