The Sicatoka Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 Welcome to "Stogies and Scotch" where you, the player at home, get to be just like the NCAA Mens Ice Hockey selection committee in 2021 and light up a stanky 'cee-gar', pour the single malt, and make outrageously homer-ish yet completely inexplicable selections to the 16 team field. The rules: Pick the 16 mens teams to make the field this year. That is all. Don't even put them in regions: Just pick the correct 16 teams (one point per team). Of your 16, name the four regional #1 seeds (one point per). Score the most points and you'll be labeled the 2021 champion (and take home the much desired COVID Cup). Obviously your selections must be in before the actual selections are made. Have at it. Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 No. 1s: UND, BC, Mankato, Minny The rest: Wisco, Clown, Duluth, Michigan, UMass, Quinn, BU, Bemidji, AIC, Lake St, UNO, Providence Quote
Vegas_Sioux Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 No 1s UND, BC MSUM, Gooph Troop The field Wisconsin, Duluth, SCSU, Michigan, Bemidji, BU, Army, AIC, DU, QU, NMu, the other ND. Quote
cberkas Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 50 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said: No. 1s: UND, BC, Mankato, Minny The rest: Wisco, Clown, Duluth, Michigan, UMass, Quinn, BU, Bemidji, AIC, Notre Dame, UNO, Notre Dame You have Notre Dame twice Quote
cowboys5xsbs Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 No. 1s: UND, BC, Mankato, Wisconsin Goofs, SCSU, Duluth, Michigan, UMass, BU, Bemidji, Quinnipiac, Army, Denver, Providence, LSSU Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 33 minutes ago, cberkas said: You have Notre Dame twice Oops! Thanks for the help. I'll fix it. Quote
siouxforeverbaby Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 #1 Seeds: UND, BC, Kato, AIC Others: Goofs, Michigan, Bemidji State, Wisco, Quinnipiac, Duluth, Notre Dame, Army, DU, SCSU, Northern Michigan, BU Quote
SiouxTattoo Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 Picked the whole bracket Fargo - UND/LSSU SCSU/Bemidji Loveland - UMN/UNO UW/UMD Albany - Mankato/Providence UM/BU Bridgeport - BC/AIC UMass/Quinnipiac 1 Seeds - UND, BC, UMN, Mankato Quote
1972 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, SiouxTattoo said: Picked the whole bracket Fargo - UND/LSSU SCSU/Bemidji Loveland - UMN/UNO UW/UMD Albany - Mankato/Providence UM/BU Bridgeport - BC/AIC UMass/Quinnipiac 1 Seeds - UND, BC, UMN, Mankato flop scsu and uw, Quote
yzerman19 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 2 hours ago, SiouxTattoo said: Picked the whole bracket Fargo - UND/LSSU SCSU/Bemidji Loveland - UMN/UNO UW/UMD Albany - Mankato/Providence UM/BU Bridgeport - BC/AIC UMass/Quinnipiac 1 Seeds - UND, BC, UMN, Mankato I've got the same field. My logic was running through the poll, the PWR (weak this year w/o interconference play but decent for comparing intraconference contenders), and RPI (also weak w/o interconference play also decent for comparing intraconference contenders). I've given extra credit to the Big 10, Hockey East, and the NCHC. I'm also assuming the favorites still playing are going to win, so no big surprises...although Lowell and BC are in OT right now... 12 teams are in the top 16 in the polls, pwr, and RPI: UND, BC, Mankato, Minny, AIC, Quinnipiac, Bemidji, BU, Wisconsin, UMass, SCSU, and Bowling Green. Teams that appear in the top 16 in one or two: LSSU, Army, Clarkson, Omaha, Providence, Clarkson, Canisius, UMD, MI. Strength of conference advances Omaha, Providence, UMD, and Michigan over the other bubble teams. Weakness of conference dings Army, Clarkson, and Canisius. LSSU was sitting one behind Bowling Green in the polls, was ahead of them on PWR and RPI- considering they are in the same conference and LSSU is still playing, I think LSSU is the last team in and they bounce Bowling Green who is the first team out. You could really make a case for DU who is sitting 21st, but they are what their record shows, not how close they were to being a tourney team. Omaha is also sneaking in, and a case could be made for Bowling Green over Omaha. So I'm going with: 1 seeds: BC, UND, Minny, and Mankato 2 seeds: UMass, WI, SCSU, Quinnipiac 3 seeds: Michigan, AIC, UMD, and BU 4 seeds: Bemidji State, Providence, Omaha, and LSSU The result of this is 4 Hockey East, 4 NCHC, 3 Big 10, 3 WCHA, 1 ECAC and 1 Atlantic Quote
90siouxfan Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 Is it too much to see Goofs head to Loveland for a first round against DU? 1 Quote
mattim Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 UND, BC, Mankato, Gophers St Clown, UMass, Q, Wisconsin Mich, Duluth, BU, Bemidji AIC, Omaha, Providnece, LSSU Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 16 hours ago, 90siouxfan said: Is it too much to see Goofs head to Loveland for a first round against DU? I'd be so happy. Quote
yzerman19 Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 With Lowell playing for an auto bid, the loser of LSSU and Bemidji could be in a tough spot. Quote
stoneySIOUX Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 I just can't get Army in. They lost to Long Island and Bentley this year. I just can't do it. Quote
yzerman19 Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 IMO... Teams that are in without a doubt: UND, Minny, Mankato, BC, SCSU, WI, UMass, Quinnipiac, MI, UMD, BU Teams that are in at the moment (should be a little nervous): AIC, Omaha, Providence, Bemidji, LSSU Teams that have to win their tourneys to be in (still alive): Lowell, Colgate, St Lawrence, Niagara, Northern Michigan, Army, Canisius Teams just on the outside looking in (need a miracle of somekind): Bowling Green, DU, Notre Dame Quote
cberkas Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 1 hour ago, yzerman19 said: IMO... Teams that are in without a doubt: UND, Minny, Mankato, BC, SCSU, WI, UMass, Quinnipiac, MI, UMD, BU Teams that are in at the moment (should be a little nervous): AIC, Omaha, Providence, Bemidji, LSSU Teams that have to win their tourneys to be in (still alive): Lowell, Colgate, St Lawrence, Niagara, Northern Michigan, Army, Canisius Teams just on the outside looking in (need a miracle of somekind): Bowling Green, DU, Notre Dame One thing to look at is there are 5 teams with 20 wins Quote
brianvf Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2021/03/18_Bracket-ABCs--Final-Weekend.php Fargo 1. North Dakota vs. 4. Bemidji State 2. Wisconsin vs. 3. Minnesota-Duluth Loveland 1. Minnesota State vs. 4. Denver or Omaha 2. St. Cloud State vs. 3. Notre Dame or Lake Superior State Bridgeport 1. Boston College vs. 4. American International 2. Quinnipiac vs. 3. Boston University Albany 1. Minnesota vs. 4. Providence or Lowell or Army 2. Massachusetts vs. 3. Michigan Fargo is the Regional of Death...brutal regional if it ends up that way. Three teams in there that could absolutely all win the national title if they advance out of Fargo. Bridgeport is a cakewalk. I would see BC advancing out of that without much trouble at all, they also get by far the easiest draw in round 1. It's gonna be an interesting selection show on Sunday. Quote
yzerman19 Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, brianvf said: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2021/03/18_Bracket-ABCs--Final-Weekend.php Fargo 1. North Dakota vs. 4. Bemidji State 2. Wisconsin vs. 3. Minnesota-Duluth Loveland 1. Minnesota State vs. 4. Denver or Omaha 2. St. Cloud State vs. 3. Notre Dame or Lake Superior State Bridgeport 1. Boston College vs. 4. American International 2. Quinnipiac vs. 3. Boston University Albany 1. Minnesota vs. 4. Providence or Lowell or Army 2. Massachusetts vs. 3. Michigan Fargo is the Regional of Death...brutal regional if it ends up that way. Three teams in there that could absolutely all win the national title if they advance out of Fargo. Bridgeport is a cakewalk. I would see BC advancing out of that without much trouble at all, they also get by far the easiest draw in round 1. It's gonna be an interesting selection show on Sunday. No way do they stack all the NCHC in 2 brackets. Quote
Blackheart Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, yzerman19 said: No way do they stack all the NCHC in 2 brackets. UND should be playing AIC in the first round. 1 Quote
brianvf Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, yzerman19 said: No way do they stack all the NCHC in 2 brackets. I could see them doing it if they are adamant about limiting air travel as much as possible. I hope that's not the case though. 5 minutes ago, Blackheart said: UND should be playing AIC in the first round. Agreed. But if BSU makes it, would they fly BSU out to a different regional only to also have to fly AIC into Fargo? In a normal year, I'd say for sure...this year, who knows? Quote
BusinessSiouxt Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 1 Seeds Minnesota (B1), UND (NCHC), BC (HE), Mankato (WCHA) NCHC: UMD, UNO, SCSU - 4 B10: Wisconsin, MIchigan - 3 HE: UMass, BU, Providence - 4 WCHA: Bemidji - 2 AHA: AIC, Army - 2 ECAC: Quinnipiac - 1 Quote
cberkas Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Bracketology: With Selection Sunday around the corner, taking one last stab at how the NCAA hockey tournament field will look | College Hockey | USCHO.com These are two of the worse brackets I've seen Quote
farce poobah Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 I started and then realized there are too many upsets still possible. Four teams could grab autobids but not have overall records strong enough to get themselves onto a bubble: Canisius, Northern Michigan, UM Lowell, and St Lawrence. If those four get autobids, then all h-e-double-hockey-sticks will break loose in the committee meetings because a lot of deserving squads for at large bids won't get in. And the competition for the at large gets really intense. My stogies and picks come out Saturday after the games. Sorry. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted March 19, 2021 Author Posted March 19, 2021 9 hours ago, farce poobah said: I started and then realized there are too many upsets still possible. ... My stogies and picks come out Saturday after the games. Sorry. Quote
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