Pittsburgh 2013: The Road Comes to an End.

NCAA Division I championship week comes to an end in Pittsburgh this weekend with the men's Frozen Four for ice hockey.

In the modern era all four programs are making their first appearance in the Frozen Four.

Not really. Yale played in the Frozen Four back in 1955 (I think), when only four teams made the postseason in Division I. This will be the first time in this era that Yale has earned their way into the Frozen Four.

The other three-Quinnipiac, St. Cloud State and Massachusetts Lowell are making their first appearance in the Frozen Four.

Quinnipiac, like Yale, is a member of ECAC in ice hockey. They were top ranked in the country according to the USCHO poll and had one of the best penalty kills in Division I.

Massachusetts Lowell, like Florida Gulf Coast in men's basketball, is a feel good story in Division I athletics the last few weeks. UML, who won the Hockey East tournament, and like FGCU basketball, has quickly jumped to the Division I in a fast way. They could spoil things on Thursday and Saturday.

St. Cloud State is the only member of the soon-to-be-defunct WCHA to still remain in the D-I tournament. The WCHA, along with the CCHA are in their last seasons, due to the conference realignments for 2013-14.

With that in mind..

NATIONAL Semifinals
(1Providence) Quinnipiac v (Toledo) St. Cloud State
(3Manchester) Massachusetts Lowell v (Grand Rapids) Yale

Both semifinals are live Thursday on ESPN2 and ESPNU with the final on Saturday on ESPN (the mothership that is).