Certianly, Michigan didn’t do us any favors with their 7-1 thrashing of Penn State last night, but did the loss kill any hope of the Nittany Lions getting an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament?[…]

17-18. Minnesota, Penn State The odds for these teams to move up is decent just because the teams ahead are facing daunting playoff series. But Penn State is playing two games on the road against[…]

These teams clearly need to win this weekend. A pair of losses could plummet any of them into the 20s and out of reach of an at-large bid. Minnesota-Duluth Michigan Tech Nebraska-Omaha Cornell Minnesota Penn[…]

Note that Michigan’s position is slightly different because the Big Ten is still in regular season play. Even if swept by Penn State this weekend, the Wolverines would still have an additional game in the[…]

Yesterday we took a look at what had to happen on Friday for PSU to get back into the thick of the race for an at-large bid to the NCAAs (basically beat Michigan). Today we’ll[…]

As the Penn State men’s hockey team heads into its final series of the regular season, the beat breaks down its chances at postseason play. Source: Breaking down Penn State men’s hockey’s tournament chances |[…]

With the loss to Wisconsin on Saturday, Penn State has dropped from 14th in the Pairwise rankings, and likely in the NCAA tournament, all the way to 18th and definitely on the outside of the[…]

Jim Dahl runs a college hockey blog called College Hockey Ranked where he projects team pairwise rankings. Coming into this weekend, Penn State was his lead story. In the article, he noted that the potential[…]

As the regular season winds down, the Nittany Lions remain in the thick of the race for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. There’s a lot on the line as we come into the[…]

Two weeks out, and No. 1 seed shakeup means new first-round pairings emerge. Source: USCHO.com Blogs :: Bracketology Blog :: U.S. College Hockey Online HV Note: HockeyValley’s bracketology results differ from the USCHO’s because we[…]

Whether it’s by winning the Big Ten Tournament or clinching an at-large bid, Guy Gadowsky’s team is as ready as ever to make a push for the postseason. Source: How Penn State Hockey Can Clinch[…]

Teams in top 12 of PairWise on March 1 have history on their side Source: USCHO.com Blogs :: Bracketology Blog :: U.S. College Hockey Online

Here’s our projected look at the NCAA playoffs. We’ll use the same methodology that we’ve used in the past, i.e. KRACH to project the conference champions, PAIRWISE to project the at-large berths, and the NCAA’s[…]

Minnesota hosts Michigan in a rare Thursday encounter tonight with the series final tomorrow. The two games not only have huge implications for deciding the regular season Big Ten champions but, for Penn State fans,[…]

A look at where things stand as of today. Source: NCAA Men’s Hockey Bracketology: February 24, 2016 – BC Interruption HV Note: Penn State sits squarely on the bubble as the last team out in[…]

Boston University and Yale played in the first round of the 2015 NCAA tournament and could be in line to meet again under the current PairWise Rankings Source: USCHO.com Blogs :: Bracketology Blog :: U.S.[…]

14-15-16. Cornell, Penn State, Minnesota The true bubble. It’s far from a guarantee the No. 14 slot would even get in the tournament. These teams are going to need to string together some wins. Cornell[…]

Denver has an RPI lead of .0001 over Omaha, which moves the Pioneers into the second band and the Mavericks into the third Source: USCHO.com Blogs :: Bracketology Blog :: U.S. College Hockey Online

Given that I just predicted that we had a decent chance of making the NCAA tournament, I figure the time was ripe to start a weekly Bracketology post or two. For the next few weeks,[…]