Blackheart Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 23 minutes ago, cberkas said: I'd no, but I've been thinking it needs to happen. Pat Micheletti said they should this season Well, if Pat the Rat thinks so...☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 33 minutes ago, cberkas said: I'd no, but I've been thinking it needs to happen. Pat Micheletti said they should this season Totally opposed. Let the best 16 teams in who played well all season to earn the bid. 24 teams gets you the undeserving five hundred records, who then have a chance to win it all. Not right, not right al all. And remind me, why would I give a flying F what Pat Micheletti thinks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 1 hour ago, cberkas said: I'd no, but I've been thinking it needs to happen. Pat Micheletti said they should this season NCAA guidelines say a maximum of 25% of participating schools may qualify for NCAA championship in their sport. I think its a good way to prevent things from getting too watered down. And too expensive. You'll have a lot of people at NCAA HQ to convince, and they are going to be thinking of all the other sports that want to water down their championships, and the cost of all those invited teams. If you can get D-1 mens hockey up to 96 teams, I think you can get 24 invites to the Tourney. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn_sioux Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Does anyone know if there was an ticket allotment for other three teams in the Fargo regional? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 okay, here’s my forecast: Fargo 1. North Dakota vs. 4. Bemidji 2. Wisconsin vs. 3. Minnesota-Duluth Loveland 1. Minnesota State vs. 4. Omaha 2. St. Cloud State vs. 3. Lake Superior State Bridgeport 1. Boston College vs. 4. American Int’l 2. Quinnipiac vs. 3. Boston U. Albany 1. Minnesota vs. 4. Providence 2. Massachusetts vs. 3. Michigan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_Schneider_4 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: okay, here’s my forecast: Fargo 1. North Dakota vs. 4. Bemidji 2. Wisconsin vs. 3. Minnesota-Duluth Loveland 1. Minnesota State vs. 4. Omaha 2. St. Cloud State vs. 3. Lake Superior State Bridgeport 1. Boston College vs. 4. American Int’l 2. Quinnipiac vs. 3. Boston U. Albany 1. Minnesota vs. 4. Providence 2. Massachusetts vs. 3. Michigan Forgetting St Lawrence. They won ECAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakgirl93 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, ND_Texan said: okay, here’s my forecast: Fargo 1. North Dakota vs. 4. Bemidji 2. Wisconsin vs. 3. Minnesota-Duluth Loveland 1. Minnesota State vs. 4. Omaha 2. St. Cloud State vs. 3. Lake Superior State Bridgeport 1. Boston College vs. 4. American Int’l 2. Quinnipiac vs. 3. Boston U. Albany 1. Minnesota vs. 4. Providence 2. Massachusetts vs. 3. Michigan St. Lawrence got an auto bid for ecac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Gonna cheat and just say Omaha, St L and Bemidji are the three X's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND_Texan Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 41 minutes ago, nodakgirl93 said: St. Lawrence got an auto bid for ecac. Oh, my bad. Sub St. Lawrence for Providence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 St Lawrence will displace Bemidji. UND should draw them in the first round, as they should be #16 seed and we should be #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakvindy Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 4 hours ago, cberkas said: This is going to be the season that starts the talk to expand to 24 teams There aren't technically even enough teams to require a 16 team tournament. 24 isn't happening for years, if ever. There would need to be close to 100 teams to make that a possibility. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Green Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Fargo 1-UND,2-Boston U, 3-MN Duluth,4-St Lawrence Loveland 1-Minn st, 2-Wisconsin 3-Lake Superior 4-Omaho Bridgeport 1-Boston college 2-St cloud,3-Michigan,4-Bowling Green Albany 1-Minn 2-Quinnipiac,3-U Mass,4-AIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakvindy Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Tough to distribute the HEA teams to avoid first round matchups which I assume they still try to avoid. This only has 6 teams flying which it sounds like ncaa is hellbent on. Fargo regional is brutal for bracket integrity. In a perfect would I'd flip Lake St and St. Lawrence and Mankato and UMass. Fargo UND/Lake St. Minnesota St/Minnesota Duluth Loveland Minnesota/Omaha St. Cloud/Providence Bridgeport BC/AIC Q'pac/BU Albany Wisconsin/St. Lawrence UMass/Michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 10 minutes ago, nodakvindy said: Tough to distribute the HEA teams to avoid first round matchups which I assume they still try to avoid. This only has 6 teams flying which it sounds like ncaa is hellbent on. Fargo regional is brutal for bracket integrity. In a perfect would I'd flip Lake St and St. Lawrence and Mankato and UMass. Fargo UND/Lake St. Minnesota St/Minnesota Duluth Loveland Minnesota/Omaha St. Cloud/Providence Bridgeport BC/AIC Q'pac/BU Albany Wisconsin/St. Lawrence UMass/Michigan You have Wisconsin hopping Mankato into a 1 seed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Fargo: UND vs St Lawrence Michigan vs UMD Loveland: Gophers vs AIC SCSU vs LSSU Bridgeport: BC vs Omaha Wisconsin vs BU Albany: Mankato vs Quinnipiac UMass vs Bowling Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakvindy Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 12 minutes ago, yzerman19 said: You have Wisconsin hopping Mankato into a 1 seed? Yes. That's somewhat based on eastern members respecting big 10 over wcha. But I think losing in semis on home ice hurts them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxnatty#8 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 2 hours ago, ND_Texan said: okay, here’s my forecast: Fargo 1. North Dakota vs. 4. Bemidji 2. Wisconsin vs. 3. Minnesota-Duluth Loveland 1. Minnesota State vs. 4. Omaha 2. St. Cloud State vs. 3. Lake Superior State Bridgeport 1. Boston College vs. 4. American Int’l 2. Quinnipiac vs. 3. Boston U. Albany 1. Minnesota vs. 4. Providence 2. Massachusetts vs. 3. Michigan If St Lawrence is #16 seed then UND vs St Lawrence if integrity is observed and you still have no interconference match ups in first round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey23 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 How I think it will be UND vs. Bemidji St. and Mankato St. vs. UMD BC vs. St. Lawrence an Michigan vs. Quinnipiac Minnesota vs. UNO and SCSU vs. LSSU Massachusetts vs. AIC and Wisconsin vs. BU How it should be UND vs. St. Lawrence and Michigan vs. Quinnipiac BC vs. UNO and Mankato vs. UMD Minnesota vs. Bemidji St. and SCSU vs. BU Massachusetts vs. AIC and Wisconsin vs. LSSU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxnatty#8 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said: Gonna cheat and just say Omaha, St L and Bemidji are the three X's. #13 is Lake Sup St, #16 St Lawrence, #12 AIC. I am putting Bemidji State in as at large and Putting Providence as my other at large pick getting in solely on eastern bias. Everything else I ditto Brad Schlossman's pics on. Edited March 21, 2021 by siouxnatty#8 omitted something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboys5xsbs Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 https://www.uscho.com/2021/03/21/final-bracketology-inching-closer-to-finding-out-which-16-teams-will-play-for-the-2021-national-college-hockey-championship/ Fargo Regional: Connecticut vs. North Dakota Bemidji State vs. Minnesota Duluth Loveland Regional: Lake Superior vs. Minnesota St. Cloud State vs. Michigan Albany Regional: AIC vs. Massachusetts Boston University vs. Minnesota State Bridgeport Regional: St. Lawrence vs. Boston College Quinnipiac vs. Wisconsin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 From some of the brackets I've seen BC is going to have it easy to the Frozen Four Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Autobids: UND, MN, Lake St, U Mass, St Lawrence, AIC. Easy to Say in / Locks: SCSU, UMD, WI, MI, MSU-M, BC, BU, Q Leaves two spots for what I see as a bubble, with 5 teams I think the Committee will consider: UNO, BGSU, Bemidji, Providence, Army. I believe UNO and Providence will be in. I believe the Committee will adhere to traditional "band integrity" (top 4 teams get #1 seeds, next 4 get #2 etc). They've said that. As it turns out, I think they will decide to fly teams - a couple extra - to maintain band integrity. (3 of my 4 #4 seeds are Eastern, and 3 of my four #1 are Western). West / Loveland: 1. MSU-Mankato vs 4. UNO 2. Wisconsin vs 3. UMD Midwest / Fargo 1. UND vs 4. AIC 2. SCSU vs. 3. Michigan East / Bridgeport 1. MN vs 4. Providence 2. U Mass vs 3. Lake St NE / Albany 1. BC vs 4. St Lawrence 2. Quinnipiac vs 3. BU Geographic balance 9 West 7 East. Conference balance 4 NCHC, 3 Big Ten, 2 WCHA. 4 Hockey East, 2 ECAC (ugh) and 1 Atlantic Flights: 7 teams flying (assuming Omaha chooses to bus). With the bands above, that's the minimum. If they stop seeding regions by band then all bets are off. P.S. I'm sure I will look at this tomorrow morning and chuckle at how far off I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 56 minutes ago, cberkas said: From some of the brackets I've seen BC is going to have it easy to the Frozen Four They usually do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforce19 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 I did straight up bracket integrity based on my ranking of teams. Switched Providence and UNO for some East/West thing. Fargo UND/St Lawrence Michigan/UMD Bridgeport: BC/AIC SCSU/Quinnipiac Loveland: Minny/UNO Wisco/Boston U Albany: Mankato/Providence UMass/Lake St Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxnatty#8 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 1 hour ago, cberkas said: From some of the brackets I've seen BC is going to have it easy to the Frozen Four Yes and they seem to never have to travel more than a couple hours. We've been shipped to Worchester more times than any western team I would guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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