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Arizona State was to have played against its alumni on Saturday, then celebrate its second consecutive NCAA Tournament selection Sunday.
Instead, at the end of a one-month wait since its final regular season game, there was no payoff due to the coronavirus pandemic that wiped out all NCAA winter and spring championships.
ASU (22-11-3) finished tied for No. 12 in the Pairwise rankings that are used to determine the 16-team NCAA field. College Hockey News gave the Sun Devils a 96 percent chance of making the tournament, perhaps playing in a regional in relatively nearby Loveland, Colo.