{"id":527400,"date":"2026-03-28T11:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527400\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:32:41","slug":"wisconsin-mens-hockey-michigan-state-ncaa-tournament-tv-start-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527400\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin men&#8217;s hockey Michigan State NCAA Tournament TV, start time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 28, 2026, 5:02 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wisconsin hockey won its first NCAA Tournament game in 16 years on Thursday, defeating Dartmouth 5-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Four third-period goals iced the victory for the Badgers. Following its disappointing Big Ten Tournament loss to Ohio State, the bounce-back performance came at the perfect time. Now, only one game separates Mike Hastings&#8217; team from a Frozen Four appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Up next: a showdown with No. 3 Michigan State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Badgers and Spartans squared off four times during the regular season. Wisconsin won the first two of those matchups, both on the road in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans then answered decisively, defeating the Badgers twice at the Kohl Center in mid-January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The two teams will now meet for a rubber match with major stakes. With the hours counting down until the puck drops, here is where and when to watch the matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Wisconsin men&#8217;s hockey vs. Michigan State regional final: TV channel, start time<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Date: Saturday, March 28<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Channel: ESPN2<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Start Time: 4:30 p.m. ET, 3:30 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p>Where to watch Wisconsin-Michigan State regional final on livestream<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wisconsin vs Michigan State will be available via livestream on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a__rb\" href=\"https:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/1205322\/531511\/9070?u=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.espn.com%2F&amp;subId1=SMGNCAAWires2025\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":body nav - reviewed button|outbound links|buy now click|go.web.plus.espn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\">Watch Wisconsin vs. Michigan State on ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact\/Follow<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebadgerswire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TheBadgersWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/badgerswire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers\u00a0news, notes and opinion.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 28, 2026, 5:02 a.m. CT Wisconsin hockey won its first NCAA Tournament game in 16 years on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[50358,5,59941,51061,51069,51640,50390,50432,50364,50437,58090,50428,50363,56950,50442,50365,50623,50361],"class_list":{"0":"post-527400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-sstssportscollegebadgershockey","11":"tag-sstsnhockey","12":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","13":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-mens-basketball","14":"tag-tagcontains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","15":"tag-tagespn-inc","16":"tag-taghockey","17":"tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","18":"tag-tagncaa-mens-basketball-tournament","19":"tag-tagonline-video","20":"tag-tagoverall-positive","21":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","22":"tag-tagsmg-timely","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-tagwisconsin","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116306586947218302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}