UConn 2023-2024 Women’s Hockey East Championship>NCAA Frozen Four (Thursday 3/14/24 vs. Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs @7pm ET in Columbus, OH on BIG10+)

[JeannoCT]

 

[Vowelguy]

Think this what it will be:

Mn-Duluth v UConn* @ 1 OhioSt
5 Minnesota @ 4 Clarkson

St Lawrence v PennSt* @ 2 Wisconsin*
Cornell v Stonehill* @ 3 Colgate*

 

[RSTuthill]

I am really excited for the program.

So now the top four seeds are clear. Despite being hammered by Wisconsin today 6-3, Ohio State is still in first place in the Pairwise.

1. Ohio State
2. Wisconsin
3. Colgate
4. Clarkson

So normally they would send UConn to play MN-D in Columbus. But that would present the possibility of MN-D playing WCHA conference mate OHS in the quarters. So the committee may swap Cornell and MN-D to prevent that. That would solve two problems, namely the Columbus QF with possibly two WCHA teams and the Hamilton QF possibly having two ECAC teams. Or they may not. Who knows? And other types of shifting around might also occur.

Assuming they do execute this one shift, the first round looks like:

Columbus: Cornell v UConn
Madison: SLU v PA St.
Hamilton: MN-D v Stonehill (Pls. disregard my LIU remark of a few days ago)
Potsdam: N/A

The QF's would look like:
Columbus: OHS v Cornell/UConn
Madison: WI v SLU/PA St.
Hamilton: Colgate v MN-D/Stonehill
Potsdam: Clarkson v MN (a rematch of the 2014 title game at QU)

Of course the Committee may have other things up its sleeve, so that means watching the show at 12 noon tomorrow should be entertaining.

 

[RSTuthill]

Think this what it will be:

Mn-Duluth v UConn* @ 1 OhioSt
5 Minnesota @ 4 Clarkson

St Lawrence v PennSt* @ 2 Wisconsin*
Cornell v Stonehill* @ 3 Colgate*

MN v Clarkson is a QF game not a first round game. There are only 3 first round games. And I have a strong suspicion they will switch Cornell and MN-D. Not completely convinced, but I think it is more than 50-50.

 

[huskymedic]

2024 NCAA women's ice hockey championship: How to watch selection show, bracket information

Ohio State wins 2024 NCAA NC women's ice hockey championship

Ohio State defeated Wisconsin to claim the 2024 NC women's ice hockey championship title.

www.ncaa.com

 

[huskymedic]

Another take: Bracketology: UConn women's hockey has done it

 

[huskymedic]

UConn the 7th seed:

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Think this what it will be:

Mn-Duluth v UConn* @ 1 OhioSt
5 Minnesota @ 4 Clarkson

St Lawrence v PennSt* @ 2 Wisconsin*
Cornell v Stonehill* @ 3 Colgate*

Nailed it...

 

[huskymedic]

 

[RSTuthill]

Nailed it...

Except for the Clarkson v MN game. Not a first round game.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[RSTuthill]

UConn the 7th seed:

Where does it say that? 8 MND plays 9 UConn in the first round in Columbus. If they were 7 they would not be in Columbus.

 

[huskymedic]

Where does it say that? 8 MND plays 9 UConn in the first round in Columbus. If they were 7 they would not be in Columbus.

The male talking head on the show when announced but subsequently corrected after the fact:

Columbus, Ohio Regional
1. Ohio State
8. Minnesota Duluth vs. 9. UConn*

Madison, Wisconsin Regional
2. Wisconsin*
7. St. Lawrence vs. 10. Penn State*

Hamilton, New York Regional
3. Colgate*
6. Cornell vs. 11. Stonehill*

Potsdam, New York Regional
5. Minnesota at 4. Clarkson

 

[RSTuthill]

The male talking head on the show when announced but subsequently corrected after the fact:

Columbus, Ohio Regional
1. Ohio State
8. Minnesota Duluth vs. 9. UConn*

Madison, Wisconsin Regional
2. Wisconsin*
7. St. Lawrence vs. 10. Penn State*

Hamilton, New York Regional
3. Colgate*
6. Cornell vs. 11. Stonehill*

Potsdam, New York Regional
5. Minnesota at 4. Clarkson

I will make this point again. Minnesota and Clarkson both have byes in the first round. The winner of their game goes straight to the Frozen Four.

 

[JeannoCT]

How come only 11 teams instead of 16?? Not enough programs??

 

[DblCrossbar]

How come only 11 teams instead of 16?? Not enough programs??

Here's what I was able to find... definitely fewer than the 60 or so men's D1 teams.

"The highest level of women's hockey technically is called the National Collegiate division and includes the 37 Division I teams plus five Division II programs.)"

 

[DblCrossbar]

Here's what I was able to find... definitely fewer than the 60 or so men's D1 teams.

"The highest level of women's hockey technically is called the National Collegiate division and includes the 37 Division I teams plus five Division II programs.)"

Actually Pairwise lists 44 Women's D-1 Teams...

Women's Division I PairWise Rankings - College Hockey | USCHO.com

Rankings College Hockey Rankings, USCHO Poll, USA Today Poll, PairEWise rankings, PWR, PairWise Comaparison, RPI, Ratings Percentage Index

www.uscho.com

 

[JeannoCT]

Thanks. Makes more sense now.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Moving on up…

 

[RSTuthill]

Here's what I was able to find... definitely fewer than the 60 or so men's D1 teams.

"The highest level of women's hockey technically is called the National Collegiate division and includes the 37 Division I teams plus five Division II programs.)"

The Men's tournament was 12 teams in the 1990s and early oughts I believe. I remember seeing Clarkson playing Western Michigan in Albany in 1996 with South Windsor hero Chris Clark playing for the Golden Knights. My game account is in the HOCKEY-L archives. The very next day they had to play BU. Patently unfair. Better to do what the women are doing with a rest day in between.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Ohio State wins 2024 NCAA NC women's ice hockey championship

Ohio State defeated Wisconsin to claim the 2024 NC women's ice hockey championship title.

www.ncaa.com

 

[RSTuthill]

HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!