The field is set! Sixteen teams will vie for a trip to the 2019 Men's Frozen Four in Buffalo, including first-timers Arizona State and American International.
The big story might actually be who isn't here. The bluest of college hockey blue bloods are all at home. The top three teams in the tournament are from the state of Minnesota, but none is the University of Minnesota. Massachusetts has three teams in the tournament, but none is Boston College or Boston University. Also absent are North Dakota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
The growing parity across college hockey is going to make for a very unpredictable, exciting run to the Frozen Four.