Bracketology today

Here's what the NCAA brackets might look as of today. Yale, at 19th in the PWR, would need to win the ECAC to get a bid. Quinnipiac, at this point, is in the East as the seventh overall seed. Would the committee send the Bobcats to Worcester with No. 2 Boston College? We don't think so. As long as QU is a two or three seed and Union is a one seed, we expect the Bobcats to be in Bridgeport to boost ticket sales. Yale packed the house at Webster Bank Arena in 2009 and 2011; in 2012, with no local ties, attendance was considerably less.

This is what we came up with:

BRIDGEPORT
3. Union vs. 14. Vermont
7. Quinnipiac vs. 12. Michigan

WORCESTER
2. Boston College vs. 13. Cornell
6. Ferris State vs. 11. Providence

ST. PAUL
1. Minnesota vs. 16. Mercyhurst
8. UMass Lowell vs. 9. North Dakota

CINCINNATI
4. St. Cloud State vs. 15. Northeastern
5. Wisconsin vs. 10. Notre Dame

Here's another possible option, to keep teams closer to home and keep the bracket bands intact. But Cincinnati likely won't draw well no matter who is sent there, so, we prefer our first option.

BRIDGEPORT
3. Union vs. 14. Vermont
7. Quinnipiac vs. 11. Providence

WORCESTER
2. Boston College vs. 13. Cornell
8. UMass-Lowell vs. 12. Michigan

ST. PAUL
1. Minnesota vs. 16. Mercyhurst
5. Wisconsin vs. 9. North Dakota

CINCINNATI
4. St. Cloud State vs. 15. Northeastern
6. Ferris State vs. 10. Notre Dame