Unlike the last couple years, there was plenty of uncertainty heading into this year’s NCAA women’s hockey tournament selection show.
As we detailed in our final Bracketology earlier today, the committee had a decision to make. Would they keep bracket integrity, giving us four inter-conference matchups in the quarterfinals? Or would they swap #5 Boston College with #6 Cornell to significantly reduce travel and save some money?
It turns out that this year, unlike in 2016, the committee stuck to their directives and gave us a bracket that maintains bracket integrity while minimizing flights instead of swapping the Eagles and Big Red.