Sunday, March 22, 2009

The field of 16 is set

This is not a knock on the Minnesota Gophers at all, but good for the NCAA tournament committee for sticking with the numbers as they have all along. I'm sure there must have been some temptation to put Minnesota, which was tied for 15th in the Pairwise with Ohio State and Wisconsin, in the West Regional at Mariucci Arena. While having the Gophers or the Badgers in the tournament would probably be better for college hockey, Ohio State rightfully got the last spot in the tournament.

Here are the regionals (* denotes No. 1 seed):
  • Manchester: Ohio State vs. Boston University* ... North Dakota vs. New Hampshire
  • Bridgeport: Air Force vs. Michigan* ... Vermont vs. Yale
  • Minneapolis: Miami vs. Denver* ... Princeton vs. Minnesota Duluth
  • Grand Rapids: Bemidji State vs. Notre Dame* ... Cornell vs. Northeastern
So ... who's your favorite to win it all? Be sure to vote on the PucKato poll.

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