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...It’s hard for me to go to ACC games now,” added Feinstein, a Duke University alumnus. “I know too much...
...simply, people here want to win. Coaches want to win. They want to win under a different set of rules than the ACC does, a nobler set, but they want to win nonetheless. Players want to win. They want more moments like women’s basketball’s upset of Stanford in the first round in ’98. They want baseball to make the College World Series one day and football to be able to prove itself beyond Harvard-Yale if its season has warranted it. They want basketball to make the NCAAs and win longer...
This year, the Crimson played just one team, Wake Forest, from field hockey’s top three conferences—the ACC, the Big Ten, and the CAA. Getting more such teams on its schedule—as Princeton does with little trouble—is crucial to becoming a serious national title contender...
There are eight automatic berths to the NCAA tournament and eight at-large berths. Three of the at-large berths are destined to go to the ACC (Wake Forest, Maryland, and Duke) and two are certain to go to the Big Ten (Michigan and Penn State). That leaves three berths for bubble teams...
...irrelevant games suddenly have a significant impact on Harvard’s postseason chances. For instance, Princeton’s victory over No. 8 North Carolina yesterday dropped the Tar Heels under .500 for the season. North Carolina will now have to accomplish the unlikely feat of winning its ACC semifinal and final to finish .500 and qualify for an at-large berth. Another Tar Heel loss would open up a playoff spot for a bubble team like Harvard...