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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee has selected the 16 teams that will participate in the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship.
The championship playoff format involves four predetermined regional sites with four teams assigned to each site. The regional winners advance to the Men’s Frozen Four. The entire championship uses a single-elimination format.
Automatic qualification privileges are granted to the postseason champions of the six conferences. The remainder of the field is selected at large.
Boston College is the No. 1 overall seed. The other No. 1 seeds, in order, include Boston U., Denver and Michigan St.
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The dates, sites, times and pairings of this year’s championship are as follows:
Centene Community Ice Center, Maryland Heights, Missouri
Friday, March 29, 5:00 p.m. ET, ESPNU
No. 1 Michigan St. (24-9-3) vs. No. 4 Western Mich. (21-15-1)
Friday, March 29, 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU
No. 2 North Dakota (26-11-2) vs. No. 3 Michigan (21-14-3)
Sunday, March 31, 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Maryland Heights Regional Championship
Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, Rhode Island
Friday, March 29, 2:00 p.m., ET, ESPNU
No. 1 Boston College (31-5-1) vs. No. 4 Michigan Tech (19-14-6)
Friday, March 29, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPNews
No. 2 Wisconsin (26-11-2) vs. No. 3 Quinnipiac (26-9-2)
Sunday, March 31, 4:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Providence Regional Championship
Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Thursday, March 28, 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU
No. 1 Boston U. (26-9-2) vs. No. 4 Rochester Institute of Technology (27-10-2)
Thursday, March 28, 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU
No. 2 Minnesota (22-10-5) vs. No. 3 Omaha (23-12-4)
Saturday, March 30, 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU
Sioux Falls Regional Championship
Mass Mutual Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
Thursday, March 28, 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN2
No. 1 Denver (28-9-3) vs. No. 4 Massachusetts (20-13-3)
Thursday, March 28, 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNews
No. 2 Maine (23-11-2) vs. No. 3 Cornell (21-6-6)
Saturday, March 30, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN2
Springfield Regional Championship
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Thursday, April 11, 5 and 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN2 (order of games TBD)
Providence Regional Champion vs. Maryland Heights Regional Champion
Springfield Regional Champion vs. Sioux Falls Regional Champion
Saturday, April 13, 6 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN2
National Championship
The following conferences and teams received automatic qualification:
For all information about the championship, log on to www.NCAA.com/FrozenFour.
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