NCAA Tournament Brackets Out; UMD to Worcester Saturday

Here are the pairings for the 2012 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship, which begins with regional play at two sites Friday. UMD has been placed in the Northeast Regional, a Saturday/Sunday regional that includes No. 1 overall seed Boston College.

All times are Central.

EAST REGIONAL (Bridgeport, CT)
Friday
No. 1 Union vs. No. 4 Michigan State, 2pm
No. 2 Miami vs. No. 3 UMass-Lowell, 5:30pm
Saturday
Semifinal winners, 5:30pm

MIDWEST REGIONAL (Green Bay, WI)
Friday
No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 4 Cornell, 8pm
No. 2 Ferris State vs. No. 3 Denver, 4:30pm
Saturday
Semifinal winners, 8pm

NORTHEAST REGIONAL (Worcester, MA)
Saturday
No. 1 Boston College vs. No. 4 Air Force, 3pm
No. 2 UMD vs. No. 3 Maine, 6:30pm
Sunday
Semifinal winners, 7pm

WEST REGIONAL (St. Paul, MN)
Saturday
No. 1 North Dakota vs. No. 4 Western Michigan, 12:30pm
No. 2 Minnesota vs. No. 3 Boston University, 4pm
Sunday
Semifinal winners, 4:30pm