2012 NCAA Hockey Tournament

• like_that

  

  Brackets are released: http://www.uscho.com/ncaa/mens-division-i-ncaa-tournament/
  
  Looks like Miami has a pretty favorable draw for not being the highest seed in a region. The midwest region seems to be the toughest.
• Mohican00

  

  love me some hocket
• Skyhook79

  

  Spell check is your friend.
• Tiger2003

  

  Sioux didn't get a good draw. The rule needs to be changed about the hosting team getting to stay at home no matter what.
• Tiger2003

  

  I believe the West Region is the toughest.
  
  North Dakota WCHA Final Five Champs
  Minnesota WCHA Champs
  Western Michigan CCHA Tourney Champs
  BU might be the weakest team in this region but are very very capable of making the Frozen Four.
• like_that

  

  Tiger2003;1120058 wrote:Sioux didn't get a good draw. The rule needs to be changed about the hosting team getting to stay at home no matter what.

  Not really familiar with the rule.
• Tiger2003

  

  like_that;1120095 wrote:Not really familiar with the rule.

  
  If you are a team of a hosting site for the regionals and you make the tournament you get to stay at home. In the final rankings Minnesota finished 8 in the pairwise rankings. Which means they are the lowest 2 seed and should be in the Boston College bracket who is the #1 seed overall. But since they are the host of regionals they will get home ice.
• said_aouita

  

  Speaking hockey....one of my favorite jokes-
  
  
  
  
  
  Why was the leprosy hockey game called?
  
  A face-off in the corner.
• dave

  Decent draw for Michigan. Most of the top teams on the opposite side of the bracket.
• gorocks99

  

  Of course my two alma maters face off in round one. I'll be rooting for the Gophers but as long as North Dakota doesn't win the regional, I'll be happy
• sportswizuhrd

  Anyone in any bracket contests? I am in one at work and have been for the past 5 years. Today we were thinking(jokingly) that we might be the only contest in America. Haha. Havent followed college hockey at all this season but the contest gets me to watch the tournament.
• Classyposter58

  

  IMO college hockey is incredible. I've got Ferris State, Miami OH, Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth in the Frozen Four
• gerb131

  

  I watch this and the Bean Pot when it comes to College Hockey.
• Tiger2003

  

  sportswizuhrd;1121564 wrote:Anyone in any bracket contests?

  
  You betcha
• gorocks99

  

  Watch the tournament every year, and I'm in a bracket contest too
  
  [video=youtube;VqRfMPRJkY8][/video]
  [video=youtube;0bGpREk4Cw4][/video]
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  
• vball10set

  
• vball10set

  
• gorocks99

  

  I hope the NCAA gets out of their deal with ESPN to show this. They've relegated it to nothing, half the games are on ESPN3, and the other half are on ESPNU. Not happy about that.
• like_that

  

  gorocks99;1121874 wrote:Watch the tournament every year, and I'm in a bracket contest too
  
  [video=youtube;0bGpREk4Cw4][/video]

  That game is still sickening to me.
• vball10set

  ^^now why'd you have to go and do THAT?!?!?
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  vball10set;1122147 wrote:^^now why'd you have to go and do THAT?!?!?

  My buddy went to Miami, i remember i was watching the game and texted him with 1:20 left "Game Over!" He wasn't too happy later...
• Classyposter58

  

  gorocks99;1121945 wrote:I hope the NCAA gets out of their deal with ESPN to show this. They've relegated it to nothing, half the games are on ESPN3, and the other half are on ESPNU. Not happy about that.

  No because the Frozen Four is on ESPN2 and I know the championship is on ESPN. It's also one of the few times I get to hear Melrose, Thorne and Clement. I'm excited to watch it
• gorocks99

  

  Classyposter58;1122879 wrote:No because the Frozen Four is on ESPN2 and I know the championship is on ESPN. It's also one of the few times I get to hear Melrose, Thorne and Clement. I'm excited to watch it

  Championship is on ESPN2. One of the two semifinals is on ESPNU, the other on ESPN2.
  
  http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/files/DIMIceHockeyBroadcast_Revised.pdf
• Tiger2003

  

  gorocks99;1122897 wrote:Championship is on ESPN2. One of the two semifinals is on ESPNU, the other on ESPN2.
  
  http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/files/DIMIceHockeyBroadcast_Revised.pdf

  
  Just in case you didn't see. FSN has picked up the Semifinals for the West Regional.