Some postseason NCAA simulations sure like Arizona State’s athletic teams.

One recent simulation had the ASU men’s basketball team in the NCAA Tournament’s national championship game on Monday night.

Another now has the ASU hockey team in the Frozen Four.

Not bad for a program that only made its first NCAA hockey tournament appearance last season.

@SimulatinSports put the Sun Devils in hockey’s version of the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament with a 5-4 overtime win over Ohio State on Tuesday night, giving ASU the (simulated) West Region title.

Minnesota State, Minnesota-Duluth and Cornell are the other three teams in the national semifinals of the site’s simulation.

The Sun Devils were in line to get their second straight NCAA Tournament berth before the coronavirus pandemic canceled the NCAA hockey season.

ASU (22-11-3) finished tied for No. 12 in the Pairwise rankings that are used to determine the 16-team NCAA field. College Hockey News gave the Sun Devils a 96 percent chance of making the tournament, perhaps playing in a regional in relatively nearby Loveland, Colo.

Coach Greg Powers believed his team had ample time to recover from its losses at Wisconsin on Feb. 21-22, and with a 4-3-1 record vs. teams in the Pairwise top 16 had a legitimate shot to reach the Frozen Four in Detroit.

The simulation from @SimulatinSports evidently agreed.

Perhaps the team could really make a run at the Frozen Four next season?

ASU’s 2020-21 schedule will include Clarkson at home; Denver University, Quinnipiac and Ohio State on the road; Air Force, Cornell and Nebraska Omaha in the Desert Classic; and a tournament in Milwaukee with Wisconsin, Clarkson and Connecticut.

“We had a great team this year, but next year is that first roster where we feel like we’re built top to bottom,” Powers recently told The Arizona Republic. “Every time we walk into a rink, I’m genuinely going to expect to win.”

The Arizona Republic’s Jeff Metcalfe contributed to this story.