Pioneer247
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Another year, another bracketology thread!
A few reminders:
14 team tournament: 10 AQs and 4 at-large selections
Seeding is done exclusively from the NPI
Historically, they like to keep it as region based as possible, but as we were all shocked last year, this is just my best guess trying to keep both bracket integrity and money in mind
The AQs in these scenarios are awarded to the team with the best POINTS PERCENTAGE, not necessarily the teams currently in first place. This will remain until we hit conference tournaments, where the AQ will be tentatively given to the highest remaining seed
That being said, here's my first crack at this year's bracket:
Auto-bids:
CNE: UNE (7)
Little East: Babson (6)
MAC: Neumann (43)
MASCAC: Fitchburg State (29)
MIAC: Saint Mary’s (31)
NCHA: St. Norbert (12)
NESCAC: Bowdoin (2)
SUNYAC: Hobart (1)
UCHC: Utica (20)
WIAC: UW-Eau Claire (18)
At- Large:
Aurora (3)
Hamilton (4)
Salve Regina (5)
Adrian (8)
Round 1:
UW-Eau Claire @ St. Norbert
Saint Mary’s @ Adrian
Neumann @ Bowdoin
Fitchburg State @ Hamilton
Utica @ Babson
UNE @ Salve Regina
QF:
Saint Mary’s/Adrian @ #1 Hobart
UNE/Salve Regina @ Neumann/#2 Bowdoin
UW-Eau Claire/St. Norbert @ #3 Aurora
Utica/Babson @ Fitchburg State/#4 Hamilton
I tried my best to keep bracket integrity while also keeping a nice East/West split, and in this scenario, there is only a maximum of 2 flights
A few reminders:
14 team tournament: 10 AQs and 4 at-large selections
Seeding is done exclusively from the NPI
Historically, they like to keep it as region based as possible, but as we were all shocked last year, this is just my best guess trying to keep both bracket integrity and money in mind
The AQs in these scenarios are awarded to the team with the best POINTS PERCENTAGE, not necessarily the teams currently in first place. This will remain until we hit conference tournaments, where the AQ will be tentatively given to the highest remaining seed
That being said, here's my first crack at this year's bracket:
Auto-bids:
CNE: UNE (7)
Little East: Babson (6)
MAC: Neumann (43)
MASCAC: Fitchburg State (29)
MIAC: Saint Mary’s (31)
NCHA: St. Norbert (12)
NESCAC: Bowdoin (2)
SUNYAC: Hobart (1)
UCHC: Utica (20)
WIAC: UW-Eau Claire (18)
At- Large:
Aurora (3)
Hamilton (4)
Salve Regina (5)
Adrian (8)
Round 1:
UW-Eau Claire @ St. Norbert
Saint Mary’s @ Adrian
Neumann @ Bowdoin
Fitchburg State @ Hamilton
Utica @ Babson
UNE @ Salve Regina
QF:
Saint Mary’s/Adrian @ #1 Hobart
UNE/Salve Regina @ Neumann/#2 Bowdoin
UW-Eau Claire/St. Norbert @ #3 Aurora
Utica/Babson @ Fitchburg State/#4 Hamilton
I tried my best to keep bracket integrity while also keeping a nice East/West split, and in this scenario, there is only a maximum of 2 flights