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September 2010, NCAA-Conferences
Big Ten Looking to Sponsor Hockey
The recent announcement by Penn State to start a men's and women's hockey program has the Big Ten starting to think about hockey as a conference sport. The Big Ten network could use another winter sport to televise, too.
According to NCAA guidelines, there must be a minimum of six teams to form a conference. Penn State, which plans to add ice hockey as a varsity program for the 2012-13 academic year, would become the sixth Big Ten university with a program.
Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Wisconsin are Big Ten schools with varsity ice hockey programs. But Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State play in the Central College Hockey Association, and Minnesota and Wisconsin are members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
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