Tag: Ncaa Tournament
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Expanded NCAA Tournament is latest example of change in college sports no one asked for | Tyler’s take
The greatest sporting event has lost a piece of its soul. Even as sports on every level — from high school to college to professional and all across the globe — have become increasingly corporatized in the 21st century, we still had the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. It didn’t matter if you were a college…
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Diverse roster fuels Denver Pioneers women’s lacrosse into eighth straight NCAA Tournament
A red silhouette of the city skyline with an outline of the Rocky Mountains adorns the field at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. Inside one of the many reminders of the University of Denver’s connection to the Mile High City sits a Big East logo. The latter is, technically, out of place, given the conference’s headquarters…
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DU Pioneers quickly move past thrilling 2OT win and onto prep for national championship vs. Wisconsin
David Carle understands better than anyone what his Denver team is getting set to face on Sunday afternoon. A year after a very disappointing 13-21-3 season, Wisconsin is back on college hockey’s biggest stage, seeking its first national championship since 2006 in its first Frozen Four appearance since 2010, as the Badgers and Pioneers will…
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Denver Pioneers hockey routs Western Michigan, advances to third straight Frozen Four
LOVELAND • Murray Armstrong has company in the Denver hockey record book. The iconic coach whose name and picture are all over the Pioneers’ facility is no longer the only coach in program history to reach three straight Frozen Fours. After No. 2 seed DU’s 6-2 win over No. 1 seed Western Michigan on Sunday…
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Denver native Kieran Cebrian scores crucial goal for Pioneers in win over Western Michigan | NCAA hockey notebook
LOVELAND — Kieran Cebrian plays all of his home games just a few minutes away from his childhood home in Denver’s Washington Park neighborhood. It’s only fitting that the lone Colorado native who plays regular minutes for the Pioneers scored the biggest goal in DU’s latest regional final victory. After Western Michigan threatened to make…
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Denver Pioneers, Western Michigan face off for Frozen Four spot in Loveland Regional final
LOVELAND — Here we go again. Could the Loveland Regional have ever played out any differently? Of course, it’s Denver and Western Michigan left standing and set to battle it out once again in the postseason. Last year, the two met in what was probably the de facto national championship game in the Frozen Four…
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Avalanche prospect Jake Fisher shines in Loveland Regional | NCAA hockey notebook
LOVELAND — In his first trip to Blue Arena, Denver sophomore Jake Fisher is taking extra time to take it all in. While he’s focused on helping the Pioneers reach a third straight Frozen Four, the Avalanche draft pick knows there’s a pretty good chance his professional career could one day begin in this same…
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DU hockey blanks Cornell 5-0 to reach NCAA Loveland Regional final
LOVELAND — Even when things were really rocky back in January, Denver never stopped believing a game like Friday’s was possible. The No. 2 seed Pioneers, hosting an NCAA Tournament regional for the first time since 2022, rolled past No. 3 seed Cornell, winning by a final of 5-0 in front of a very pro-DU…
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Denver Pioneers look to capitalize on home-ice advantage at NCAA Tournament regional
LOVELAND — Kristian Epperson wouldn’t have been waiting in front of the net to score Denver’s biggest goal of the season if not for a long period at home in Denver. The Pioneers freshman got injured in early March and missed the quarterfinals and semifinals of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff before returning in time for…
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DU Pioneers ready for new chapter in storied NCAA Tournament history against Cornell
LOVELAND — The latest era of a storied NCAA Tournament history between Denver and Cornell has itself a rubber match. After the Big Red knocked the Pioneers out in a 2023 regional semifinal in Manchester, New Hampshire, David Carle’s DU returned the favor the following year in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the way to his program’s…