Special Bracketology from the tournament predictions

From my picks of the conference tournaments I will do a little bracketology prediction.

First lets do the automatic births:

Atlantic Hockey- Mercyhurst
CCHA- Miami
CHA- Bemidji State
ECACHL- Cornell
Hockey East- Boston University
WCHA- Minnesota

Now for the 10 at large teams:

CCHA: 2- Michigan State, Nebraska-Omaha
ECACHL: 2- Dartmouth, Harvard
Hockey East: 2- Maine, New Hampshire
WCHA: 4- Colorado College, Denver, North Dakota, Wisconsin

Now here are the rankings and their projected records:

#1 Minnesota (29-6-5)
#2 Miami (27-7-4)
#3 Wisconsin (26-10-3)
#4 Boston University (25-9-4)
#5 Maine (27-11-2)
#6 Michigan State (23-11-8)
#7 Cornell (22-7-4)
#8 North Dakota (27-15-1)
#9 Colorado College (25-14-2)
#10 Harvard (20-12-2)
#11 Denver (22-15-3)
#12 Nebraska-Omaha (23-13-6)
#13 Dartmouth (18-13-2)
#14 New Hampshire (20-13-7)
#15 Mercyhurst (24-12-1)
#16 Bemidji State (20-13-3)

Now lets place them by region

In the west Minnesota will have the top seed, the other teams are Bemidji State, Nebraska-Omaha, and host North Dakota.

West: #1 Minnesota vs #4 Bemidji State, #2 North Dakota vs #3 Nebraska-Omaha

If i had to pick this region it would look like this:

Minnesota over Bemidji State
North Dakota over Nebraska-Omaha

Minnesota over North Dakota

The winner of the West (Minnesota in my perdiction) will face the winner of the Northeast region which has host Boston University as the top seed and also includes Cornell, Dartmouth, and Denver.

Northeast: #1 Boston University vs #4 Dartmouth, #2 Cornell vs #3 Denver

Predictions:

Boston University over Dartmouth
Denver over Cornell

Boston University over Denver

The second overall seed is Miami and they will be in a region with Harvard, Maine, and Mercyhurst.

East: #1 Miami vs #4 Mercyhurst, #2 Maine vs #3 Harvard

Predictions

Miami over Mercyhurst
Maine over Harvard

Maine over Miami

And finally the winner of the East region will face the winner of the Midwest region which will have top seeded Wisconsin with Colorado College, Michigan State, and New Hampshire.

Midwest: #1 Wisconsin vs #4 New Hampshire, #2 Michigan State vs #3 Colorado College

Prediction

Wisconsin over New Hampshire
Colorado College over Michigan State

Wisconsin over Colorado College

So therefore the Frozen Four will look like this:

Minnesota vs Boston University
Maine vs Wisconsin

Predictions

Minnesota over Boston University
Wisconsin over Maine

National Championship Game

Minnesota over Wisconsin.

Well there you have it my opinion on what the 2006 NCAA tournament would look like. This is it for bracketology this year. Tommorrow I will name my All-American team and have my Hobey Baker predictions as well.