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The same eight teams as last year will be in the quarterfinals of the NCAA, and I think they're also the same teams as in the past two ECAC and WCHA semifinals! A small upset, in Pairwise terms, of SLU over Penn State 4-1.
Agreed!
Schedule for games:
Penn State v St. Lawrence (at OSU) 7pm Eastern
UMD v Sacred Heart (at Cornell) 7pm
Clarkson v BU (at Wisconsin) 7pm Central
Saturday -
#1 Wisconsin regional 2pm Central
Minnesota v Colgate 2pm Central
#3 Cornell regional 4pm (Eastern)
#2 OSU regional 6pm (Eastern)
The problem with this idea is that Kronish really played incredibly in their playoff run, as I remember it. Yes, maybe the Wisconsin coaches and goalie coach could get you to that level; I don't know! Tournament MVP, from NY, NY.
Any UMD uniform with a bulldog on it gets my vote for best jersey, haha.
As for BU, if they do win, it will be red on red... You may have to switch up some chants!
Good thinking - thanks. I put a poll in the Polls category for women's college hockey (top of the page). That was the only place where a poll choice was showing up. I've only included the first-round games so far!
NCAA first-round predictions, March 13
(8) Clarkson v (10) BU (at Wisconsin)
(6) UMD v (11) Sacred Heart (at Cornell)
(7) Penn State v (9) St. Lawrence (at OSU)
True, I concur.
Your bracket prediction above was correct. Also, last year's national tournament was a rare one in which no upsets happened throughout the tournament. Will that be the case this year too? I know 10 teams and their fans who hope that it is not!
Cornell defeated Colgate yesterday -- 5-1 final! (Cornell's last 2 were empty-netters.) So the Big Red take home the regular-season title and ECAC championship, and they break the Raiders' streak as league champions at 4 years.
The NCAA tournament field looks like it has 4 WCHA teams, 4 ECAC...
Yep, I think so. And SLU-Penn State would be a rematch of their first-round game in last year's NCAA tournament, with Penn State as the higher seed this time.
While UMD has not stayed in the top 5, where TTT envisioned they might end up, this at least means they won't be able to eliminate...
Penn State is leading Mercyhurst 2-1 a little into the 2nd -- after going up 2-0 in the 1st and then losing some ground to the Lakers.
Coming up at 7pm is LIU vs Sacred Heart in the NEWHA finals. It is a chance to see Sacred Heart's goalie Carly Greene on espn+. I just noticed Greene is #1 in...
BU has gone up early 1-0 against Northeastern in the Hockey East championship. Giaquinto scored on a nice one-timer.
Now Northeastern goes on the powerplay.
Based on TonyTheTiger20's predictor, I think there's no way for the Gophers to drop past 4th in Pairwise. So yes the ceiling today would be WCHA champions, and the floor would be a home game in the 4-vs-5 NCAA tournament game.
Semifinals results:
Cornell 2 - Clarkson 1 (3OT)
Colgate 4 - St. Lawrence 2 (including one Colgate empty-netter)
On Saturday afternoon Cornell will host Colgate for the ECAC championship at 3:30 ET.
Meanwhile, in the PWR, Minnesota sits at 3rd. On Saturday afternoon they will play in the WCHA...
Interestingly the 4/5 game counts as a quarterfinals game, rather than as a first-round game. So the NCAA committee allows conference matchups there, and in 2022 it was an ECAC championship game rematch (Yale-Colgate).
I am enjoying experimenting with the predictor. Thanks for that, TTT20!
It looks like, after Clarkson's win today, the 8th-place team in NPI, St. Lawrence, and the 9th-place team in NPI, Clarkson, are numbered, vice versa, 9 and 8 on USCHO's Pairwise. I think this is because Clarkson wins a...
Advancing to the ECAC semifinals: 1 Cornell, 2 Colgate, 3 St. Lawrence, and 4 Clarkson. On Friday, Cornell will play Clarkson, and Colgate will play St. Lawrence, all at Lynah.
According to the Pairwise predictor, Clarkson could pass St. Lawrence, and move into 8th in the Pairwise, even if...
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