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Originally Posted by Fire
So if Providence loses in the quarters will they be done or will they be in one more tournament?
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These are just the Conference playoffs. There is still the NCAA Championship tournament, which ends with the Frozen Four.
There are 6 Conferences. The 6 Conference Champions get an automatic invitation to the NCAA Tournament. Then, the 10 highest-ranked teams that didn't win their Conferences fill out the rest of the NCAA Tournament field.
Right now, Providence is 4th overall in the ranking they use to determine the NCAA invites, so even if they lose two straight games next weekend, they should still easily be high enough to get the invite.
The NCAA Tournament is a single-elimination tournament. The 16 teams get split into 4 groups of 4 for the "Regionals". If you win your Region, you go to the Frozen Four (which is in Tampa this year).
The Regionals are the weekend of March 25-27. The Frozen Four is April 7-9.