NCAA seeding

[Scratch]

Looks like we are very likely to be in Duluth’s bracket. God help our defensemen discover how to keep themselves between the puck carrier and the goal

[LuvHockey]

Big10 has 3. NCHC 4. And there are your top 7 teams right now. 

[jk]

If UND at 2 draws an autobid 15, I'd rather it be an ECAC team than OSU, who is used to going toe to toe with the big boys.  Or BC, which wouldn't be a treat either.

[cberkas]

Just now, jk said:

If UND at 2 draws an autobid 15, I'd rather it be an ECAC team than OSU, who is used to going toe to toe with the big boys.  Or BC, which wouldn't be a treat either.

If BC makes it, they will end up in Worchester for attendance. 

[SiouxFan100]

I was hoping we were good enough so whoever we played we could beat

[cberkas]

Albany and Worchester are closer to Ann Arbor than Sioux Falls.

UND is the only 1 seed inside the 550 miles to a regional (550 miles is what I saw someone say is the threshold for closest reginal placement before a flight is a flight NCAA rule).

[cowboys5xsbs]

26 minutes ago, jk said:

If UND at 2 draws an autobid 15, I'd rather it be an ECAC team than OSU, who is used to going toe to toe with the big boys.  Or BC, which wouldn't be a treat either.

Big ten is a joke I'd happily play any team

[franchise]

Are we feeling confident that it will be Sioux Falls?

[Dustin]

1    Michigan - playing for Big Ten championship        
2    North Dakota - not playing
3    Michigan State - not playing     
4    Western Michigan - not playing   
5    Denver - playing for NCHC championship   
6    Minnesota-Duluth - playing for NCHC championship   
7    Providence - not playing      
8    Dartmouth - playing in ECAC semi-final    
9    Cornell - playing tomorrow in deciding quarterfinal game; next week's status TBD   
10    Penn State - not playing 
11    Quinnipiac - not playing   
12    Wisconsin - not playing    

-----Safe Line-----

13    St. Thomas - playing for CCHA championship 
14    Massachusetts - playing in HEA semi-final   
15    Connecticut - playing in HEA semi-final 
16    Augustana - not playing    
17    Minnesota State - playing for CCHA championship   
18    Boston College - playing in HEA semi-final   
19    Ohio State - playing for Big Ten championship

24  Merrimack - playing in HEA semi-final

-----Three teams will come from this group-----

Atlantic Hockey Champion (could be Bentley, Robert Morris, or Sacred Heart)

-----Lowest Overall Seed----- 

[Dustin]

4 minutes ago, franchise said:

Are we feeling confident that it will be Sioux Falls?

As the #2 overall seed, yes.  If we were #3, bracket integrity could take us to Loveland if Denver is #6.

[.357]

1 hour ago, Scratch said:

Looks like we are very likely to be in Duluth’s bracket. God help our defensemen discover how to keep themselves between the puck carrier and the goal

Would be interesting if the coaches give KV limited ice time at regionals to reduce the possibility of his big gaffes at times. (Probably not) But hard to imagine Jubenvill being routinely exposed like KV was tonight. Experience matters this time of the year, & Jubenvill is exactly 5 years older than KV (22 vs 17): a big gap in development & maturity, which matters a lot in 1-&-dones...or it could have simply been an off night for KV.

 

[cberkas]

1 minute ago, Dustin said:

As the #2 overall seed, yes.  If we were #3, bracket integrity could take us to Loveland if Denver is #6.

Honestly the distance alone would keep UND in Sioux Falls. UND can bus the other 3 have to fly

[Dustin]

Just now, cberkas said:

Honestly the distance alone would keep UND in Sioux Falls. UND can bus the other 3 have to fly

True.

[cberkas]

2 minutes ago, .357 said:

Would be interesting if the coaches give KV limited ice time at regionals to reduce the possibility of his big gaffes at times. (Probably not) But hard to imagine Jubenvill being routinely exposed like KV was tonight. Experience matters this time of the year, & Jubenvill is exactly 5 years older than KV (22 vs 17): a big gap in development & maturity, which matters a lot in 1-&-dones...or it could have simply been an off night for KV.

 

Verhoeff is playing top pairing minutes 

[RedFrog]

7 minutes ago, Dustin said:

1    Michigan - playing for Big Ten championship        
2    North Dakota - not playing
3    Michigan State - not playing     
4    Western Michigan - not playing   
5    Denver - playing for NCHC championship   
6    Minnesota-Duluth - playing for NCHC championship   
7    Providence - not playing      
8    Dartmouth - playing in ECAC semi-final    
9    Cornell - playing tomorrow in deciding quarterfinal game; next week's status TBD   
10    Penn State - not playing 
11    Quinnipiac - not playing   
12    Wisconsin - not playing    

-----Safe Line-----

13    St. Thomas - playing for CCHA championship 
14    Massachusetts - playing in HEA semi-final   
15    Connecticut - playing in HEA semi-final 
16    Augustana - not playing    
17    Minnesota State - playing for CCHA championship   
18    Boston College - playing in HEA semi-final   
19    Ohio State - playing for Big Ten championship

23   Princeton - Playing in ECAC semi-final

24  Merrimack - playing in HEA semi-final

34   Clarkson - Playing in ECAC semi-final

-----Three teams will come from this group-----

Atlantic Hockey Champion (could be Bentley, Robert Morris, or Sacred Heart)

-----Lowest Overall Seed----- 

Added Princeton and Clarkson who both move on to the ECAC semis next weekend.

Also, Bentley is currently 25 in NPI.

[Dustin]

5 minutes ago, Dustin said:

1    Michigan - playing for Big Ten championship        
2    North Dakota - not playing
3    Michigan State - not playing     
4    Western Michigan - not playing   
5    Denver - playing for NCHC championship   
6    Minnesota-Duluth - playing for NCHC championship   
7    Providence - not playing      
8    Dartmouth - playing in ECAC semi-final    
9    Cornell - playing tomorrow in deciding quarterfinal game; next week's status TBD   
10    Penn State - not playing 
11    Quinnipiac - not playing   
12    Wisconsin - not playing    

-----Safe Line-----

13    St. Thomas - playing for CCHA championship 
14    Massachusetts - playing in HEA semi-final   
15    Connecticut - playing in HEA semi-final 
16    Augustana - not playing    
17    Minnesota State - playing for CCHA championship   
18    Boston College - playing in HEA semi-final   
19    Ohio State - playing for Big Ten championship

24  Merrimack - playing in HEA semi-final

-----Three teams will come from this group-----

Atlantic Hockey Champion (could be Bentley, Robert Morris, or Sacred Heart)

-----Lowest Overall Seed----- 

There are a couple flaws in this list, too.

Clarkson and Princeton are both still alive in the ECAC.  Clarkson would be a lower seed than Bentley, if it happened to work that way.  Princeton should have been up by Merrimack.  Harvard still technically still alive, too.

[Dustin]

2 minutes ago, RedFrog said:

Added Princeton and Clarkson who both move on to the ECAC semis next weekend.

Also, Bentley is currently 25 in NPI.

you beat me to it

[Dustin]

Also, is Augustana still alive?  Seems like they are at the mercy of the HEA playoffs, and potentially the CCHA championship game.

[Wilbur]

You could have two CCHA teams in the tournament if the purple cows beat St. Thomas and no other upsets.  That could mean UND-Mankato in Sioux Falls.

Hopefully UCONN ends BC's season.  Merrimack a punchers chance.  They win two games and they could end up in Massachusetts or Albany.  It'd be a shame if no Beanpot schools made it.  

I wouldn't count Clarkson out in the ECAC.  They looked good against the Q sweeping Rand in his home rink. 

[RedFrog]

1 minute ago, Dustin said:

Also, is Augustana still alive?  Seems like they are at the mercy of the HEA playoffs, and potentially the CCHA championship game.

Will have to play with a predictor ... with them currently at 16, they would need a team ahead of them (St. Thomas, UMass or UConn) to fall behind them. and then that would be if there aren't any spot stealers that win their conference.

[brianvf]

15 minutes ago, .357 said:

Would be interesting if the coaches give KV limited ice time at regionals to reduce the possibility of his big gaffes at times. (Probably not) But hard to imagine Jubenvill being routinely exposed like KV was tonight. Experience matters this time of the year, & Jubenvill is exactly 5 years older than KV (22 vs 17): a big gap in development & maturity, which matters a lot in 1-&-dones...or it could have simply been an off night for KV.

In a one-n-done NCAA format, I would want Liv, Wiebe, Z, and Emery as our top 4 dmen for TOI.
Def not the best game for KV tonight.

[RedFrog]

Probability Matrix is updated: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/probabilityMatrix.php

Winner of St. Thomas and Mankato is in, the loser is out.  Augustana can still sneak in.

Edited 1 hour ago by RedFrog
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[thUNDer]

Thinking NC$$ will put us in SF with Duluth & Western in Loveland right. 

[SiouxFan100]

When are the seedlings announced?

[skateshattrick]

16 minutes ago, brianvf said:

In a one-n-done NCAA format, I would want Liv, Wiebe, Z, and Emery as our top 4 dmen for TOI.
Def not the best game for KV tonight.

1st 2 goals were on Liv