Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason
Boooo! Who wants to go to Allentown and be anywhere near Ped State except Billy Joel???
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Welcome everyone to the 2020 NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament - Simulated Selection Show! A special thanks to ticapnews, and the USCHO guys Jim Connelly and Jayson Moy for their bracketologies. Now, let's get started!
The four #1 seeds are North Dakota, Cornell, Minnesota State, and Minnesota Duluth! North Dakota earns the top overall seed, and let's see where they get slotted:
Overall top seed North Dakota gets slotted in the Albany Regional. There, the NCHC Champion Fighting Hawks will take on the Atlantic Hockey Champions, the Sacred Heart Pioneers, who will make their first ever NCAA Tournament Appearance! North Dakota and Sacred Heart will play the first game of the East Regional, on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Joining the Fighting Hawks and the Pioneers in Albany will be the #2 Seed Clarkson Golden Knights, who will square off with the #3 Seeded Massachusetts Minutemen in the evening game on the 28th. The East Regional Final will take place on the evening of Sunday, March 29, 2020, with a spot in the Frozen Four at stake!
The Cornell Big Red earned the second overall #1 seed, and have been placed in the Worcester Regional. Cornell, the ECAC Champions, will take on perennial powerhouse, but the last at-large team in the field, Michigan Wolverines out of the Big Ten. Cornell and Michigan will play the first game of the Northeast Regional, on Friday, March 27, 2020. The winner of that game will take on the winner of the evening game on the 27th, which will feature #2 Seed Boston College Eagles matching up with the #3 Seeded Bemidji State Beavers. The Northeast Regional Final will take place on the afternoon of Saturday, March 28, 2020, with the winner going to Detroit two weeks later.
The third overall #1 seed, and WCHA Regular Season Champion, Minnesota State Mankato will travel to Allentown, Pennsylvania for the Midwest Regional. The Mavericks will play the #4 Seeded Western Michigan Broncos in the afternoon matchup on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Minnesota State and Western Michigan currently have the honor of having played the most NCAA Tournament games without ever earning a victory, so that streak will snap for one of those two programs. Joining the Mavericks and the Broncos in the Midwest Regional are Regional host, and Big Ten Champion, the Penn State Nittany Lions, the #2 seed in the regional. Penn State will square off against the champions out of Hockey East, the #3 Seed Massachusetts Lowell RiverHawks. The winners of these matchups will play in the Midwest Regional final on the afternoon of Sunday, March 29, 2020 to earn a trip to the Frozen Four and a game against the Northeast Regional Champion.
Last, but certainly not least, and two-time defending National Champion Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs will be the #1 seed in the Loveland Regional. The Bulldogs will play the #4 Seeded Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday, March 27, 2020 in a rematch of their 2018 Frozen Four Semifinal, as well as their 2017 West Regional Semifinal, both won by UMD in tight one-goal games. Joining Duluth and Ohio State in Loveland is the Regional host, and #2 seeded Denver Pioneers, who will matchup against the #3 seed, out of Hockey East, the Maine Black Bears. The winners of the semifinals will square off on Saturday, March 28, 2020, for a spot in the Frozen Four against the East Regional Champion.
So there we have it, regionals are set as follows:
Albany (March 28-29, 2020)
1 North Dakota
8 Clarkson
9 Massachusetts
16 Sacred Heart
Worcester (March 27-28, 2020)
2 Cornell
6 Boston College
12 Bemidji State
15 Michigan
Allentown (March 28-29, 2020)
3 Minnesota State
7 Penn State
10 Mass.-Lowell
14 Western Michigan
Loveland (March 27-28, 2020)
4 Minnesota-Duluth
5 Denver
11 Maine
13 Ohio State
The four #1 seeds are North Dakota, Cornell, Minnesota State, and Minnesota Duluth! North Dakota earns the top overall seed, and let's see where they get slotted:
Overall top seed North Dakota gets slotted in the Albany Regional. There, the NCHC Champion Fighting Hawks will take on the Atlantic Hockey Champions, the Sacred Heart Pioneers, who will make their first ever NCAA Tournament Appearance! North Dakota and Sacred Heart will play the first game of the East Regional, on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Joining the Fighting Hawks and the Pioneers in Albany will be the #2 Seed Clarkson Golden Knights, who will square off with the #3 Seeded Massachusetts Minutemen in the evening game on the 28th. The East Regional Final will take place on the evening of Sunday, March 29, 2020, with a spot in the Frozen Four at stake!
The Cornell Big Red earned the second overall #1 seed, and have been placed in the Worcester Regional. Cornell, the ECAC Champions, will take on perennial powerhouse, but the last at-large team in the field, Michigan Wolverines out of the Big Ten. Cornell and Michigan will play the first game of the Northeast Regional, on Friday, March 27, 2020. The winner of that game will take on the winner of the evening game on the 27th, which will feature #2 Seed Boston College Eagles matching up with the #3 Seeded Bemidji State Beavers. The Northeast Regional Final will take place on the afternoon of Saturday, March 28, 2020, with the winner going to Detroit two weeks later.
The third overall #1 seed, and WCHA Regular Season Champion, Minnesota State Mankato will travel to Allentown, Pennsylvania for the Midwest Regional. The Mavericks will play the #4 Seeded Western Michigan Broncos in the afternoon matchup on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Minnesota State and Western Michigan currently have the honor of having played the most NCAA Tournament games without ever earning a victory, so that streak will snap for one of those two programs. Joining the Mavericks and the Broncos in the Midwest Regional are Regional host, and Big Ten Champion, the Penn State Nittany Lions, the #2 seed in the regional. Penn State will square off against the champions out of Hockey East, the #3 Seed Massachusetts Lowell RiverHawks. The winners of these matchups will play in the Midwest Regional final on the afternoon of Sunday, March 29, 2020 to earn a trip to the Frozen Four and a game against the Northeast Regional Champion.
Last, but certainly not least, and two-time defending National Champion Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs will be the #1 seed in the Loveland Regional. The Bulldogs will play the #4 Seeded Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday, March 27, 2020 in a rematch of their 2018 Frozen Four Semifinal, as well as their 2017 West Regional Semifinal, both won by UMD in tight one-goal games. Joining Duluth and Ohio State in Loveland is the Regional host, and #2 seeded Denver Pioneers, who will matchup against the #3 seed, out of Hockey East, the Maine Black Bears. The winners of the semifinals will square off on Saturday, March 28, 2020, for a spot in the Frozen Four against the East Regional Champion.
So there we have it, regionals are set as follows:
Albany (March 28-29, 2020)
1 North Dakota
8 Clarkson
9 Massachusetts
16 Sacred Heart
Worcester (March 27-28, 2020)
2 Cornell
6 Boston College
12 Bemidji State
15 Michigan
Allentown (March 28-29, 2020)
3 Minnesota State
7 Penn State
10 Mass.-Lowell
14 Western Michigan
Loveland (March 27-28, 2020)
4 Minnesota-Duluth
5 Denver
11 Maine
13 Ohio State
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