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Bracketology

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The new bracketology:

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Albany		Worcester		Fort Wayne	St. Paul[/b]
Wisconsin	Bemidji       		Miami		Denver
UMass		St Cloud		Ferris		UNH
UMD		BC             		Vermont		UND
Mich St		CC             		AHA Champ	Cornell
 
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Priceless said:
The new bracketology:

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Albany		Worcester		Fort Wayne	St. Paul[/b]
Wisconsin	Bemidji       		Miami		Denver
UMass		St Cloud		Ferris		UNH
UMD		BC             		Vermont		UND
Mich St		CC             		AHA Champ	Cornell
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Some very interesting matchups in this edition. Had two 4 seeds make it last year and should this stay the same I can see 2 making it again if not 3. MSU, CC, and Cornell would all be tough outs in the tourny and pose very very tough matchups for those 1 seeds. Looking at this bracket the Albany regional looks to be extremely tough.
 
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Priceless said:
If Denver finishes ahead of Wisconsin and still gets sent to Albany while the Badgers get St. Paul there will be a great cry out of Colorado such that hasn't been heard before and shall never be heard again.
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Probably similar to 2001 (IIRC) when DU was a #1 seed, and was sent to Yost to take on Michigan.

effin michigan.

r
 
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http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17951/BracketologyJan272010.html

That gives us:

West Regional:

Michigan State vs. Wisconsin
Minnesota-Duluth vs. Massachusetts

Midwest Regional:

RIT vs. Miami
Vermont vs. Ferris State

East Regional:

Cornell vs. Denver
North Dakota vs. New Hampshire

Northeast Regional:

Colorado College vs. Bemidji State
Boston College vs. St. Cloud

I am liking this bracket much more than the original one with just that one simple change. Attendance is now outstanding with Wisconsin and Minnesota-Duluth in St. Paul, Cornell and UNH in Albany, Miami and Ferris in Fort Wayne and BC in Worcester.

That is what I would go with for a bracket this week.

More thoughts and education and plain wit on the blog. Check there every day and we’ll see you here next week for the next Bracketology.
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cetihcra said:
Probably similar to 2001 (IIRC) when DU was a #1 seed, and was sent to Yost to take on Michigan.

effin michigan.

r
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It was 2002 and NCAA post-9/11 "regionalization" forced all western teams to stay west and all Eastern teams to stay East that year in the regionals, so the hockey tourney had it's proverbial hands tied. A lot of very good hockey teams have had their dreams die at Yost, and it remains a bone of contention to this day. Personally, I still don't like NCAA regionals at on campus sites, especially when the host is playing there.
 
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Puck Swami said:
It was 2002 and NCAA post-9/11 "regionalization" forced all western teams to stay west and all Eastern teams to stay East that year in the regionals, so the hockey tourney had it's proverbial hands tied. A lot of very good hockey teams have had their dreams die at Yost, and it remains a bone of contention to this day. Personally, I still don't like NCAA regionals at on campus sites, especially when the host is playing there.
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I wouldn't know anything about this. The last 2 times Michigan State played regional games at home we have lost to UMass-Lowell. Yes, i said UML...TWICE!

For as much as I loved Ron Mason, those two games tarnish an otherwise remarkable stretch of Spartan hockey.
 
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Puck Swami said:
Personally, I still don't like NCAA regionals at on campus sites, especially when the host is playing there.
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The only way around that is like bouncyball where the host school is shipped out. How about other unfair advantages? Does Minnesota get shipped away from St. Paul? It isn't a campus site or in the same city but it is the same advantage. UW played a regional at Green Bay (130 miles away) in 2006. NMU was the host but UW still had a home-team advantage.
 
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Puck Swami said:
It was 2002 and NCAA post-9/11 "regionalization" forced all western teams to stay west and all Eastern teams to stay East that year in the regionals, so the hockey tourney had it's proverbial hands tied. A lot of very good hockey teams have had their dreams die at Yost, and it remains a bone of contention to this day. Personally, I still don't like NCAA regionals at on campus sites, especially when the host is playing there.
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Well, one of those years that Yost held the regional (2002 or 2003), it's too **** bad, because no one else bid on that regional for that year. The more I think about it, I think it was 2003. And my team had their dreams die in Mariucci against Minnesota in the regional final that year, too.

I have no problem with home regionals. If someone else has a problem with it, make a competitive bid on it yourself and we can go from there.
 
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Code: 
[B]Albany		Worcester	        Fort Wayne	St. Paul[/B]
St Cloud	Wisconsin		Miami		Denver
Mich St		Bemidji			Massachusetts	Ferris St
BC		UNH			UMD		UND
Vermont		Cornell			AHA Champ	Yale

Last in: Vermont, Yale
Last out: Union, Maine, CC
Dropped out: CC
Replaced by: Yale

If the brackets were changed to reduce flights:
Code: 
[B]Albany	        Worcester		Fort Wayne	St. Paul[/b]
Denver		Wisconsin		Miami		St Cloud
Mich St		Bemidji			Massachusetts	Ferris St
BC		UNH			UMD		UND
Yale		Cornell			AHA Champ	Vermont

The TUC line:

Code: 
21	Minnesota	0.5226
22	Michigan	0.5226
23	Alaska	         0.5174
24	Northeastern	0.5142
25	St. Lawrence	0.5125
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26	Nebraska-Omaha	0.5123
27	Notre Dame	0.5095
28	Northern Mi	0.5094
29	Boston U	0.5078
30	Ohio State	0.5069
 
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Puck Swami said:
It was 2002 and NCAA post-9/11 "regionalization" forced all western teams to stay west and all Eastern teams to stay East that year in the regionals, so the hockey tourney had it's proverbial hands tied. A lot of very good hockey teams have had their dreams die at Yost, and it remains a bone of contention to this day. Personally, I still don't like NCAA regionals at on campus sites, especially when the host is playing there.
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what were the final pairwise rankings that year??

i recall BU and New Hampshire were the 1/2 in worcester. that regional gave us the infamous "U-H-N" chant that still carries on today:D

east (worcester-bu host)
uhn
bu
maine
cornell
q
harvard

west (aa-michigan host)
denver
umtc
msu
mich
scsu
cc
 
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oh, and best argument ever against krach...

the gophs would be in the tournament if it started today!!! :eek: :D (#14)

1 Miami
2 Denver
3 Wisconsin
4 St. Cloud State
5 Bemidji State
6 Minnesota-Duluth
7 Colorado College
8 North Dakota
9 Michigan State
10 Ferris State
11 New Hampshire
12 Vermont
13 Boston College
14 Minnesota
15 Massachusetts
16 Maine
17 Cornell
18 Yale
19 Michigan
20 Mass.-Lowell
21 Lake Superior
22 Alaska
23 Nebraska-Omaha
24 Notre Dame
25 Union
 
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Priceless said:
Code: 
[B]Albany		Worcester	        Fort Wayne	St. Paul[/B]
St Cloud	Wisconsin		Miami		Denver
Mich St		Bemidji			Massachusetts	Ferris St
BC		UNH			UMD		UND
Vermont		Cornell			AHA Champ	Yale

Last in: Vermont, Yale
Last out: Union, Maine, CC
Dropped out: CC
Replaced by: Yale

If the brackets were changed to reduce flights:
Code: 
[B]Albany	        Worcester		Fort Wayne	St. Paul[/b]
Denver		Wisconsin		Miami		St Cloud
Mich St		Bemidji			Massachusetts	Ferris St
BC		UNH			UMD		UND
Yale		Cornell			AHA Champ	Vermont

The TUC line:

Code: 
21	Minnesota	0.5226
22	Michigan	0.5226
23	Alaska	         0.5174
24	Northeastern	0.5142
25	St. Lawrence	0.5125
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26	Nebraska-Omaha	0.5123
27	Notre Dame	0.5095
28	Northern Mi	0.5094
29	Boston U	0.5078
30	Ohio State	0.5069
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Couldn't you sub out Ferris State for Bemidji St as far as flight purposes in the St. Paul bracket? I know it'll be hard for BSU to get a #1 seed position because of a weak schedule finishing out. But if you could get SCSU, UND, and BSU as the top 3 seeds in the St. Paul bracket, that could draw a lot of people!
 
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