Shockingly, after an 11-win regular season, Boston College men’s hockey could potentially be one win away from advancing to the NCAA tournament. The Eagles take on Northeastern tonight in the Hockey East championship game, and just like in their previous three games, if they win, they survive; if they lose, they’re done.
As most of our readers are aware, there is no subjectivity in the process of selecting the NCAA tournament field. Autobids advance via the conference tournament, and the rest of the field is selected via the Pairwise Rankings.
While the BC team is surely focused solely on tonight’s game, BC’s position gives us the ability to speculate what would happen in NCAA selection tomorrow if the Eagles do win.