Much like the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team, Bucky’s men’s hockey program has drawn a tough path to the NCAA championship. Wisconsin is headed to Providence, Rhode Island for Round 1 and will face the defending champs Quinnipiac.
If the Badgers are able to make it through Friday’s first-round matchup with a win they will likely face the tournament’s number one overall seed Boston College, a team widely regarded as the best in the NCAA this season.
That is only if the Badgers make it to the second round. Coach Mike Hasting’s squad was swept by a bad Ohio State team with just a few weeks left in the season, which ended up costing them the regular season Big Ten title.