It's a Very Very Long Shot ...

[TheDoggPound]

The way this men’s frozen 4 is going, I’m not sure you want to join. The 4 Big10 teams won their games in the 1st round by a combined score of 36-4. The big test will in the next round when OSU plays #2 Quinnipiac.

Would love to have you, though.

UConn hockey ran Ohio State out of the XL Center, 6-1 and tied them in their only other meeting.. they also played QU to a tight 1 goal game which was won with 4min left.

 

[RSTuthill]

UConn hockey ran Ohio State out of the XL Center, 6-1 and tied them in their only other meeting.. they also played QU to a tight 1 goal game which was won with 4min left.

And this was supposed to be a rebuilding year. UConn Hockey would be welcomed with open arms into the B1G. Still not gonna happen.

But if it did, would the UConn women's program have to move to the CHA like PSU since there is no B1G conference for women?

 

[XStorrsion]

In that case, UConn women's hockey would be B1G school #6. I believe they only need 6 to officially sponsor the sport and get an automatic bid.

If the conference would actually need 7 schools to sponsor the sport then likely Michigan, Michigan St, or Notre Dame would be asked to upgrade their program or the conference could add an associate member like Minnesota Duluth.

But I'm sure Women's Ice Hockey won't be the deciding factor for UConn membership

 

[hoopsfan22]

In that case, UConn women's hockey would be B1G school #6. I believe they only need 6 to officially sponsor the sport and get an automatic bid.

If the conference would actually need 7 schools to sponsor the sport then likely Michigan, Michigan St, or Notre Dame would be asked to upgrade their program or the conference could add an associate member like Minnesota Duluth.

But I'm sure Women's Ice Hockey won't be the deciding factor for UConn membership

I think it is six, or at least it was at some point because I remember reading something about that when Pegula dropped a hundy mill on Penn State to build a new arena. It's crazy how some of these schools have benefactors that'll just drop 9 figures on a school whether it's the Pegulas, T. Boone Pickens, or Phil Knight.

 

[Rufus]

The B1G currently has 4 Women’s Ice Hockey teams, so 2 more would be needed for the automatic bid:

Minnesota
Ohio State
Penn State
Wisconsin


The other sport that is close to sponsorship in the B1G is Men’s Volleyball, also with 4 teams:

Ohio State
Penn State
UCLA
USC