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Bracket makers take note: this past Tuesday the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team won their 72nd straight game, beating West Virginia by a whopping 28 points. The lopsided outcome was nothing new for this team, which has averaged a 32.5-point margin of victory during their record-setting streak. Although these juggernauts have clearly displayed their dominance in this particular season, the question remains: Are they the greatest ever? Some talking heads profess that they will be if they win the national championship at the end of this season, others doubt whether this...
...It’s definitely difficult adjusting to college. I think he’s going to be a very good player over the next four years.” Rounding out the group was senior Danny Mayer, who finished in a five-way tie for 72nd, shooting +15. For a team that finished ninth last year and dead last two years ago, Harvard is looking forward to making noise this year. “This tournament shows the improvement we’ve made over the last two years,” Pollak said. Both Pollak and Shuman stressed...
...their success would be short-lived. Busque’s efforts at 68:01 turned a two-man trap in the right corner into a third UConn goal when she found an open Linda Ruutu, who then chipped a shot over Mann, sealing the victory for the Huskies. The 72nd minute found Harvard trying to make a comeback, as freshman Rebecca Millock and junior Katherine Sheeleigh both took their cracks at the goal. Their attempts were stymied by the UConn keeper. “It just didn’t go in for us,” Leone said...
...young skiers joined the captain in the alpine scoring columns. Freshman Kevin McNamara improved eight places from his 51st starting position to finish 43rd in the Giant Slalom event. Sophomore Brad Alvarez joined Kinner and McNamara in the Giant Slalom scoring, improving 22 places on his starting position of 72nd to place 50th overall in the race...
...tasting tour of the petite cupcakes of Magnolia Bakery at Columbus and 69th, the overpowering cupcakes of Crumbs at Amsterdam and 75th, the cream-filled cupcakes of Alice’s Tea Cup at Columbus and 73rd, and the pastel-colored cupcakes of Buttercup Bake Shop at Columbus and 72nd (the tour could have continued, but our stomachs always seemed to be full and wallets empty after these almost-$4-each extravagances). When the Crumbs Bake Shop on Wall Street near my apartment would close by 8 p.m., my friends and I would instead venture to the Dessert Truck that...