2025 Bracketology: The Road to TBD!

[PrezdeJohnson09]

There is a rotation and I'm pretty sure it hasn't been west since 2019 due to the two covid years and then three straight years in the East (Endicott, Lake Placid, Trinity).

It's supposed to go to the other region at least once every four years.

 

[Pioneer247]

It's out West unless the West team that makes it didn't apply or doesn't have a suitable building to host

Otherwise priority would go by NPI

 

[Russell Jaslow]

So , the word is the final four will be played out West despite final NPI ratings.

There are possible exceptions. If no facility is capable of hosting (though, after Endicott, that's a very loose requirement) or if no one puts in a bid to host (the NCAA still needs some planning time to make sure the facility is actually available, especially for those schools who don't have an on campus rink).

I was also always under the impression that if your seeding is ridiculously low and the only option left, they don't have to pick you. A committee member once told me that. But I think they won't do that.

But yes, this year was always set up for a Western team to host.