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...tournament selection committee considers strength of schedule (e.g., average opponents’ win percentage) when choosing at-large teams. Will that hurt Harvard? Well, while the Crimson will play a sub.-500 opponent in its quarterfinal series Mar. 14-16, the teams that Harvard is competing against for a berth will face much stiffer competition (and therefore improve their ‘opponents’ win percentage’ figure). Providence, for example, is two notches ahead of the Crimson in the ever-critical Pairwise Rankings (PWR) and is on track for a Hockey East quarterfinal tussle with Boston University...
...Harvard co-captain Oli Choo 6-4, 6-4 and then toppled Chu, who was coming off an injury suffered during team fitness training, 6-3, 6-3, in the quarterfinals. Cerretani then registered another upset, defeating third-seeded junior George Turner, 6-3, 6-2, to earn a berth in the finals...
...Super Bowl berth worth two first-round draft picks, two second-round picks and $8 million to a franchise that's never been to the big game...
...rode its defense all the way to an America East title and NCAA tournament berth...
...Harvard needs any reminder that early-season polls mean little come March, it can look to the 2000 team. Despite never falling below No. 3 in the national rankings all season, that Crimson squad was denied a berth to the four-team national tournament...