Thanks WCHA, now you break it down

I spent two hrs. figuring out the various WCHA playoff scenarios because the league hadn't come out with them. They finally did at 1 p.m. today. Even includes ties [I discounted them as superfluous].

March 6, 2010 at 7:31PM

As far as I can tell, the league agrees with me. Maybe they looked at my post.

Here they are, keep a copy handy tonight as the scores come in. Remember you can follow games and their progress on the WCHA web site. It has a live scoreboard you can click on.

WCHA Seeding Scenarios:

Denver - 40 points (at Colorado College): ... Simple, eh?
Seeded 1st (hosts #10 Michigan Tech).

Wisconsin – 37 points (at Minnesota on Sunday): ... Got it.
Seeded 2nd
(hosts #9 Alaska Anchorage or Minnesota State – see below).

St. Cloud State – 33 points (vs Minnesota State): ... Gotta read this twice, or three times. Huskies can still play one of three teams, including Gophers.

Seeded 3rd with a win (hosts #8 Alaska Anchorage).
Seeded 3rd with a tie (hosts #8 Alaska Anchorage if Alaska Anchorage wins or ties).
Seeded 3rd with a tie (hosts #8 Minnesota State if Alaska Anchorage loses).
Seeded 3rd with a loss and a North Dakota loss or tie (hosts #8 Alaska Anchorage if Alaska Anchorage wins).
Seeded 3rd with a loss and a North Dakota loss or tie (hosts #8 Minnesota State if Alaska Anchorage loses or ties).
Seeded 4th with a loss and a North Dakota win (hosts #7 Minnesota).

North Dakota – 31 points (vs Michigan Tech): ... OK, this is getting ridiculous. Sioux will play either Alaska Anchorage, MSU Mankato, Gophers or CC. Are you joking?

Seeded 3rd with a win and a St. Cloud State loss (hosts #8 Alaska Anchorage if Alaska Anchorage wins).
Seeded 3rd with a win and a St. Cloud State loss (hosts #8 Minnesota State if Alaska Anchorage loses or ties).
Seeded 4th with a win and a St. Cloud State win or tie (hosts #7 Minnesota).
Seeded 4th with a tie and a Minnesota Duluth loss or tie (hosts #7 Minnesota).
Seeded 4th with a loss and a Minnesota Duluth loss (hosts #7 Minnesota).
Seeded 5th with a tie and a Minnesota Duluth win (hosts #6 Colorado College).
Seeded 5th with a loss and a Minnesota Duluth win or tie (hosts #6 Colorado College).

Minnesota Duluth – 31 points (at Alaska Anchorage): ... Dogs will host either Gophers or CC.

Seeded 4th with a win and a North Dakota loss or tie (hosts #7 Minnesota).
Seeded 4th with a tie and a North Dakota loss (hosts #7 Minnesota).
Seeded 5th with a win and a North Dakota win (hosts #6 Colorado College).
Seeded 5th with a tie and a North Dakota win or tie (hosts #6 Colorado College).
Seeded 5th with a loss (hosts #6 Colorado College).

Colorado College –27 points (vs Denver): ... Either going to North Dakota or UMD.

Seeded 6th (at #5 North Dakota or Minnesota Duluth – see above).

Minnesota – 24 points (vs Wisconsin on Sunday): ... Going to one of three place. Personally, was hoping for nice trip to Colorado Springs but that's not an option anymore. Now it's a drive for me of 1 hr., 15 min. or 2 hrs., 20 min., or 5 hrs.

Seeded 7th (at #4 St. Cloud State, North Dakota, or Minnesota Duluth – see above).

Alaska Anchorage – 20 points (vs Minnesota Duluth): ... Going to one of three spots.

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Seeded 8th with a win (at #3 St. Cloud State or North Dakota – see above).
Seeded 8th with a tie and a Minnesota State loss or tie (at #3 St. Cloud State).
Seeded 8th with a loss and a Minnesota State loss (at #3 St. Cloud State).
Seeded 9th with a tie and a Minnesota State win (at #2 Wisconsin).
Seeded 9th with a loss and a Minnesota State win or tie (at #2 Wisconsin).

Minnesota State – 19 points (at St. Cloud State): Going to one of three spots.

Seeded 8th with a win and an Alaska Anchorage loss or tie (at #3 St. Cloud State if North Dakota loses or ties).
Seeded 8th with a win and an Alaska Anchorage loss or tie (at #3 North Dakota if North Dakota wins).
Seeded 8th with a tie and an Alaska Anchorage loss (at #3 St. Cloud State).
Seeded 9th with a win and an Alaska Anchorage win (at #2 Wisconsin).
Seeded 9th with a tie and an Alaska Anchorage win or tie (at #2 Wisconsin).
Seeded 9th with a loss (at #2 Wisconsin).

Michigan Tech – 8 points (at North Dakota): ... Locked in, gong to DU.
Seeded 10th (at #1Denver).

Potential Tiebreakers Applied:
St. Cloud State over Minnesota Duluth: 1-0-1 Head-to-Head.

North Dakota over St. Cloud State:
Tied 2-2-0 Head-to-Head, Tied at 15 WCHA wins.
North Dakota outscored St. Cloud State 17-10 in four game series.

North Dakota over Minnesota Duluth: 3-1-0 Head-to-Head.

Minnesota State over Alaska Anchorage: 3-1-0 Head-to-Head.

Thanks WCHA.

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