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getbak · 03-19-2016, 06:31 PM

Boston College also lost their semifinal on Friday night.

With the way things stand right now, it looks like Providence will enter the NCAA tournament ranked 4th in the Pairwise. That means they should be one of the top seeds going into the Regionals next week.

The current top four (which shouldn't change after today's games) are: Quinnipiac, St Cloud State, North Dakota, and Providence. The four regionals are being played in St Paul, MN; Cincinnati, OH; Albany, NY; and Worcester, MA.

They tend to have the top seeds play as close to home as possible, so I'd guess that Quinnipiac (which is in Connecticut) will play in Albany; St Cloud (which is just northwest of the Twin Cities in Minnesota) will play in St Paul; Providence will play in Worcester (which is only 40 miles away); and North Dakota will be in Cincy.

It also looks like 6 teams from Hockey East could get invites to the tournament, so there will probably be another couple of Hockey East teams in Providence's bracket.

The full brackets will be announced tomorrow at noon ET.

03-19-2016, 06:31 PM	#413
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	Boston College also lost their semifinal on Friday night. With the way things stand right now, it looks like Providence will enter the NCAA tournament ranked 4th in the Pairwise. That means they should be one of the top seeds going into the Regionals next week. The current top four (which shouldn't change after today's games) are: Quinnipiac, St Cloud State, North Dakota, and Providence. The four regionals are being played in St Paul, MN; Cincinnati, OH; Albany, NY; and Worcester, MA. They tend to have the top seeds play as close to home as possible, so I'd guess that Quinnipiac (which is in Connecticut) will play in Albany; St Cloud (which is just northwest of the Twin Cities in Minnesota) will play in St Paul; Providence will play in Worcester (which is only 40 miles away); and North Dakota will be in Cincy. It also looks like 6 teams from Hockey East could get invites to the tournament, so there will probably be another couple of Hockey East teams in Providence's bracket. The full brackets will be announced tomorrow at noon ET. __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck!