Michigan’s hockey team is slated to miss the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019. If the selection committee continues its recent trend by strictly following the Pairwise rankings, a statistical model that weighs each team’s success and strength of schedule,

The Spartans landed as the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, and will face off against the Cornell Big Red on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game is scheduled to be played in Toledo, Ohio at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, and will be televised on ESPN+.