University Cup 2025

[AdamMcg83]

MRU vs U of S. Winner in theory should get #2 seed loser # 5 at UCup

With the top-10 made up of primarily OUAE/CW teams, it might be the earliest that we can accurately guess the seeding:

1. UNB (unless they're upset in AUS playoffs)
2. CW champ
3. OUA champ
4. OUA runner-up
5. CW runner-up
6. AUS runner-up
7. OUA bronze
8. Ottawa

 

[902RedIslander]

With the top-10 made up of primarily OUAE/CW teams, it might be the earliest that we can accurately guess the seeding:

1. UNB (unless they're upset in AUS playoffs)
2. CW champ
3. OUA champ
4. OUA runner-up
5. CW runner-up
6. AUS runner-up
7. OUA bronze
8. Ottawa

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe seeds 1 through 3 are conference champions, 4th seed is OUA finalist. Remaining 4 qualifying teams, seeded using the final Top 10 of the season as a guide.

This is where it falls off for me: Teams 5 through 8 can be flipped no more than two spots (up or down) to try to avoid first round matchups of teams from the same conference. So teams 1 through 4 cannot be flipped. The Host can flip the brackets to ensure they play at a preferred time to assist with ticket sales. However, the structure of the brackets must be maintained (i.e. 1 vs. 8 and 4 vs. 5 must always stay together and 2 vs. 7 and 3 vs. 6 must stay together).

So using this logic...could Ottawa realistically place themselves #7 for a 'better match-up" and elect to play CW champs instead?

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

As the 4th place OUA team, I’m not sure you can justify placing them anywhere but 8th.

The only time I remember the bracket being changed like that was in 2020 when UBC (the CW runner-up that year) was seeded 8th, behind the OUA 3rd and AUS 3rd….but they were a cinderella type team and clearly the weakest team in the tournament. We aren’t going to have that this year.

Now, you can argue that Ottawa might actually be a better team than whoever finished as OUA 3rd…but I don’t think you can seed them higher than them. They want a better match-up? Should’ve earned it.

 

[AdamMcg83]

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe seeds 1 through 3 are conference champions, 4th seed is OUA finalist. Remaining 4 qualifying teams, seeded using the final Top 10 of the season as a guide.

This is where it falls off for me: Teams 5 through 8 can be flipped no more than two spots (up or down) to try to avoid first round matchups of teams from the same conference. So teams 1 through 4 cannot be flipped. The Host can flip the brackets to ensure they play at a preferred time to assist with ticket sales. However, the structure of the brackets must be maintained (i.e. 1 vs. 8 and 4 vs. 5 must always stay together and 2 vs. 7 and 3 vs. 6 must stay together).

So using this logic...could Ottawa realistically place themselves #7 for a 'better match-up" and elect to play CW champs instead?

Ottawa doesn't have any say in the seeding - they can only choose which day they play on, so they can't place themselves anywhere. The seeding committee can move teams around to avoid inter-conference matchups, but they also strive to respect the results of he conference playoffs, so i don't think they'd ever place OUA-3 behind Ottawa.