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...raucous roar resonated through the walls of the Murr Center last night. The cause? Not the usual intense squash match. Rather, the Harvard field hockey team had finally realized its season-long goal—a berth in the NCAA tournament...
...will be joined by a pair of Huskies in their bracket as No. 8 Northeastern and No. 15 Connecticut square off in the other first round match on Saturday. If Harvard passes its first test against the Spartans, it will meet the Northeastern-UConn winner on Sunday with a berth at stake for the 2002 Final Four in Lousiville...
Harvard lost out to New England schools Yale and Rhode Island for NCAA at-large berths. Rhode Island was selected over Harvard despite having a far weaker schedule and a worse record against common opponents. But URI (15-5-1) had a far better overall record than Harvard (8-7-1), a better record against teams under NCAA consideration and just as many wins as Harvard against NCAA-bound teams. That was enough for the Rams to earn the at-large berth under the NCAA’s selection criteria...
...couple of tournament upsets played a key role in keeping Harvard out of the NCAA tournament. Richmond, an unlikely at-large NCAA qualifier, upset Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 championship. Had Rhode Island won its conference to qualify automatically, it would have freed up an at-large berth that could have gone to Harvard...
Also, Ohio St. came back from a three-goal deficit to stun Penn St. and win the Big Ten conference tournament for an NCAA berth despite an overall losing record. Harvard could have fit nicely into a Midwestern bracket at Notre Dame had Ohio St. not made the tournament...