Rink and Run blog: Final 2010 Bracketology

The official NCAA 16-team tournament entries will be announced Sunday morning. Below is what U.S. College Hockey has predicted. Of course, Minnesota Duluth just missed making the field as the final playoff games unfolded Saturday, droppiong from No. 14 to No. 17 in the final PairWise Rankings.

     Here is USCHO's guess at the brackets for 2010:

The 16 teams in the tournament, in rank order, are:

1 Miami

2 Denver

3 Wisconsin

4 Boston College

5 North Dakota

6 St. Cloud State

7 Cornell

8 Bemidji State

9 Yale

10 Northern Michigan

11 New Hampshire

12 Michigan

13 Alaska

14 Vermont

15 RIT

16 Alabama-Huntsville

St. Paul

Vermont vs. Wisconsin

Michigan vs. St. Cloud State

Fort Wayne, Ind.

Alabama-Huntsville vs. Miami

Yale vs. Bemidji State

Albany, N.Y.

RIT vs. Denver

Northern Michigan vs. Cornell

Worcester, Mass.

Alaska vs. Boston College

New Hampshire vs. North Dakota

Conference Breakdowns

WCHA — 4

CCHA — 4

HEA — 3

ECAC — 2

CHA — 2

AHA — 1

Dropped In

Rochester Institute of Technology, Michigan, New Hampshire

Dropped Out and Last Teams Out

Minnesota Duluth, Ferris State

Tags: daily updates, umd hockey, pairwise rankings, sports