WASHINGTON Boston University's coach got in on the geographic fun when asked about the Miami team he'll face in the Frozen Four championship.

"It's pretty warm down there," Jack Parker joked.

Of course, Parker knows well that it's Miami University the one in Oxford, Ohio, not the University of Miami in Florida that has crashed the NCAA title game. BU, the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, will face the RedHawks, the bottom seed from the West Regional, Saturday for college hockey's crown.

Miami beat fellow upstart Bemidji State 4-1 Thursday night in the first semifinal, a game between two first-time Frozen Four participants. BU then topped Vermont 5-4 in a back-and-forth nightcap between conference rivals.

The first game between a pair of No. 4 seeds was less of a cliffhanger. Miami (23-12-5) took control with a three-goal burst in a 7-minute span early in the second period, effectively ending the surprising run of Bemidji State (20-16-1). The small university from the small town in northern Minnesota had evoked memories of George Mason's 2006 trip to basketball's Final Four.