In the 1999-2000 season, Boston College was coming off back-to-back Frozen Four appearances that fell short - a devastating loss in the 1998 national championship game to Michigan at the FleetCenter, and an OT loss to Maine in the national semifinal in 1999. BC came back with yet another strong roster, hoping to break what was at that point a 51-year streak without a national title.
BC amassed a 26-11-1 record that season and entered the tournament - which was then a 12-team affair, with two 6-team regionals - as a #4 seed in the West. However, they were without hardware on the season, after being tripped up by BU in the Beanpot final and Maine (in OT) in the Hockey East championship game.