Sunday Bracketology
By Fetch
This will be the second to last Bracketology, and the last one until Thursday (or maybe Friday, not sure).
A reminder of procedures: my bracket below is how I believe the field will look when it is announced, not how it would look if the season ended today.
Conference tournament champs get an automatic bid (obviously).
Teams who host a regional must be slotted into their host region if they make the field.
This year’s hosts are:
West: CCHA
Midwest: Michigan Tech
East: Yale
Northeast: New Hampshire
East/Bridgeport
1. Yale
4. RIT
2. Merrimack
3. Minnesota-Duluth
Northeast/Manchester
1. Boston College
4. Dartmouth
2. Denver
3. New Hampshire
Midwest/Green Bay
1. Miami
4. Boston U
2. Michigan
3. Union
West/St. Louis
1. North Dakota
4. Western Michigan
2. Notre Dame
3. Colorado College
The bubble is pretty much a mess this week, so I am perfectly willing to admit that this bracket is a bit of a shot in the dark. A lot is dependent on what happens in the Colorado College/Wisconsin game, the BU/Northeastern game, and the Western Michigan/Ferris State game.
By losing to Bemidji State, Nebraska-Omaha is probably going to be out. It is possible that they can still make it, as they are still tied for 12th in the Pairwise, but they need some help.
It appears I jinxed Minnesota by putting them in yesterday, but with their loss to UAA last night it’s just not going to happen.
My projected Frozen Four this week would be: Duluth, Denver, Miami, North Dakota. Nothing against Yale and BC there, the lone 1 seeds I don’t have in, I just think Duluth and Denver are playing very well right now, especially the Pioneers.