Playing around with the numbers – NCAA Hockey Tourney Selection

It's that time of the year again. You are the Committee. Here is your chance to play with the numbers and see where your favorite team ends up.  Feel free to post your results "if" you want.

1 Boston College

2 Michigan

3t Miami

3t Minnesota-Duluth

5t Ferris State

5t Boston University

7 Union

8t Minnesota

8t Mass.-Lowell

10 Maine

11 North Dakota

12 Denver (DU)

15t [AQ] St. Cloud State

18t [AQ] Harvard

UR [AQ] Providence

UR [AQ] Mercyhurst

User-Specified Results

You have specified the following tournament results:

• WCHA Play-in #2: Michigan Tech defeats Denver.
• WCHA Play-in #1: St. Cloud State defeats North Dakota.
• WCHA Semifinal #2: Michigan Tech defeats Minnesota-Duluth.
• WCHA Semifinal #1: St. Cloud State defeats Minnesota.
• WCHA Championship game: St. Cloud State defeats Michigan Tech.
• Hockey East Semifinal #2: Maine defeats Boston University.
• Hockey East Semifinal #1: Providence defeats Boston College.
• Hockey East Championship game: Providence defeats Maine.
• ECAC Semifinal #2: Harvard defeats Cornell.
• ECAC Semifinal #1: Colgate defeats Union.
• ECAC Championship game: Harvard defeats Colgate.
• ECAC Consolation game: Union defeats Cornell.
• CCHA Semifinal #2: Miami defeats Western Michigan.
• CCHA Semifinal #1: Bowling Green defeats Michigan.
• CCHA Championship game: Bowling Green defeats Miami.
• CCHA Consolation game: Western Michigan defeats Michigan.
• Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: RIT defeats Niagara.
• Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: Mercyhurst defeats Air Force.
• Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Mercyhurst defeats RIT.

Out of the tourney – 13t Michigan State, 13tWestern Michigan and 15t Northern Michigan,

I have run the numbers at “You Are the Committee” on college Hockey News and it would appear that UND has a very good chance to make the NCAA tourney.

Here is what would happen if UND won the Final Five and there was the shocker tourney wins.

1 Boston College

2 Michigan

3 [AQ] North Dakota

4 Minnesota-Duluth

5t Ferris State

5t Union

7t Minnesota

7t Boston University

9 Miami

10 Denver

11 Maine

12 Cornell

18t [AQ] Colgate

31t [AQ] Providence

[AG] Mercyhurst

[AG] Bowling Green

Out of the tourney – 13 Mass.-Lowell, 14 Western Michigan, 15t Michigan State, 15t Northern Michigan, 17 Merrimack

You have specified the following tournament results:

• WCHA Play-in #2: Denver defeats Michigan Tech.
• WCHA Play-in #1: North Dakota defeats St. Cloud State.
• WCHA Semifinal #2: Denver defeats Minnesota-Duluth.
• WCHA Semifinal #1: North Dakota defeats Minnesota.
• WCHA Championship game: North Dakota defeats Denver.
• Hockey East Semifinal #2: Maine defeats Boston University.
• Hockey East Semifinal #1: Providence defeats Boston College.
• Hockey East Championship game: Providence defeats Maine.
• ECAC Semifinal #2: Cornell defeats Harvard.
• ECAC Semifinal #1: Colgate defeats Union.
• ECAC Championship game: Colgate defeats Cornell.
• ECAC Consolation game: Union defeats Harvard.
• CCHA Semifinal #2: Western Michigan defeats Miami.
• CCHA Semifinal #1: Bowling Green defeats Michigan.
• CCHA Championship game: Bowling Green defeats Western Michigan.
• CCHA Consolation game: Michigan defeats Miami.
• Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: RIT defeats Niagara.
• Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: Mercyhurst defeats Air Force.
• Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Mercyhurst defeats RIT.