Return of an NCAA blue blood: How North Dakota went from offseason crossroads to Frozen Four

LAS VEGAS — When Brock Boeser took his recruiting trip to the University of North Dakota a decade ago, it felt like he was entering the Twilight Zone.The Burnsville, Minn., native, who had de-committed from Wisconsin, didn’t know much about the school or Grand Forks before he flew in. The airport has two gates, and when he got in the car with then-assistant Dane Jackson, it looked like they were in the middle of nowhere.Advertisement