Well folks I am back again for another trip around the bracketology tree. I have been on a hiatus for a few days because of work but wanted to put this together.
Ok so to recap a few things: The tournament is ranked 1 through 16 with their being 4 regionals. Each of the 6 conferences get an automatic bid. The top seed faces the number 16 seed and so on. We must avoid inter-conference matchups in the first round and if a host institution is in the tournament they must be placed in that regional. The committee also will try to avoid flights for the four #1 seeds in the tournament and take attendance issues into consideration as well. So with that said lets take a look at our rankings this week.
1 Miami
2 Denver
3 Wisconsin
4t St. Cloud State
4t Bemidji State
4t Boston College
7 Colorado College
8 Yale
9t Minnesota-Duluth
9t New Hampshire
9t Michigan State
9t Vermont
13t North Dakota
13t Cornell
15 Massachusetts
16 Ferris State
17 Maine
18t Alaska
18t Boston University
20t Northeastern
20t Union
22 Northern Michigan
23 Lake Superior
24 Nebraska-Omaha
25 Umass-Lowell
So we have ties to break at #4, #9, #13. St. Cloud wins the comparison over the other two to get the last #1 seed. Bemidji gets slotted at #5 and Boston College at #6. New Hampshire wins the comparison to get the #9 seed, Vermont will be place at #10, Minnesota-Duluth at #11, and Michigan st. at #12. And North Dakota wins the comparison against Cornell to get the 13th seed and Cornell gets the 14th seed.
So our new standings look like this:
1 Miami
2 Denver
3 Wisconsin
4 St. Cloud State
5 Bemidji State
6 Boston College
7 Colorado College
8 Yale
9 New Hampshire
10 Vermont
11 Minnesota-Duluth
12 Michigan State
13 North Dakota
14 Cornell
15 Massachusetts
16 Ferris State
17 Maine
18t Alaska
18t Boston University
20t Northeastern
20t Union
22 Northern Michigan
23 Lake Superior
24 Nebraska-Omaha
25 Umass-Lowell
Ok, so lets put our teams in bands.
#1 seeds are Miami, Denver, Wisconsin, and St. Cloud State
#2 seeds are Bemidji st., Boston College, Colorado College, and Yale
#3 seeds are New Hampshire, Vermont, Minnesota-Duluth, and Michigan st.
#4 seeds are North Dakota, Cornell, Massachusetts, and RIT ( Atlantic Hockey champ)
Now lets place each team in our regionals based on the selection criteria.
Midwest Regional: Ft. Wayne, In
#1 Miami vs #4 RIT
#2 Yale vs #3 New Hampshire
West Regional: St. Paul, Mn
#1 Denver vs #4 Massachusetts
#2 Colorado College vs #3 Vermont
East Regional: Albany, NY
#1 Wisconsin vs #4 Cornell
#2 Boston College vs #3 Minnesota-Duluth
Northeast Regional: Worcester, Mass
#1 St. Cloud State vs #4 North Dakota
#2 Bemidji St. vs #3 Michigan St.
First things first do we have any inter-conference matchups? answer is yes St. Cloud vs North Dakota. But with the clause in the NCAA where if a Conference has 5 or more teams in the tournament they don't have to avoid inter-conference matchups so we are ok here. Now we need to avoid flights for the #1 seed, so with Denver having to fly no matter what we will move their pairing from St. Paul to Worcester and vice versa. Next step is to look at attendance. The northeast regional has some concerns so for that we will move both pods from the Northeast and West to even things out and get our attendance issues fixed.
So our new bracket looks like this:
Midwest Regional: Ft. Wayne, In
#1 Miami vs #4 RIT
#2 Yale vs #3 New Hampshire
Northeast Regional: Worcester, Mass
#1 Denver vs #4 Massachusetts
#2 Colorado College vs #3 Vermont
East Regional: Albany, NY
#1 Wisconsin vs #4 Cornell
#2 Boston College vs #3 Minnesota-Duluth
West Regional: St. Paul, Mn
#1 St. Cloud State vs #4 North Dakota
#2 Bemidji St. vs #3 Michigan St.
After considering everything, I like the way this turned out so I will hang my hat here this week.
See you again next Monday for another rendition!
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