ACC Air Force Akron Arizona Arizona St. Army Baylor Boston Col. Michigan St. Mississippi Missouri Mtn. The new season is set to begin.
Records become meaningless.
The Wisconsin men's hockey team is poised to make the WCHA tournament count and to use it as a springboard for an NCAA playoff berth. Friday night, the 12th-ranked Badgers will begin its playoff run at the Dane County Coliseum against the University of Denver Pioneers, who are ranked 15th according to the USA Today hockey poll. Earlier in the season the two foes clashed at the Kohl Center. Minn. The series could have just as easily been in the city of Denver since only one point separates the two teams in the WCHA standings. The series figures to be evenly matched.