Word: brackets
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...most wonderful time of the year, March, when the entire nation suddenly becomes very interested in the athletic fortunes of tiny liberal arts colleges in Ohio, when water cooler conversation turns to RPI and the question everyone wants to know is "who do you have in your bracket?" As the nation spends the next three weeks watching the NCAA men?s basketball tournament (and betting an estimated $5 billion in office and online pools) our Person of the Week is the man who made it all possible: Lee Fowler...
...undisputed tournament champion was crowned because Saturday’s games were rained out and postponed to Sunday, and Sunday’s bracket playoffs were cancelled. So instead of playing five or six games during the weekend, Harvard played just the three teams in its round-robin pool—Maryland-Baltimore County, Cleveland St. and Appalachian...
...rankings have been a remarkably good predictor of seeding in the lower quarter of the bracket. In the last two years, out of the 32 automatic qualifiers picked to fill the bottom quarter of the bracket, only three earned a seed worse than their RPI-projected seed...
Blumberg lost to No. 1 Bernardo Samper, the tournament champion, in the main draw in the round of 16, 9-1, 9-3, 9-5. Having to face Samper so early in the bracket was unlucky for the freshman, who solidified his importance to the team when he managed Harvard’s only two wins against No. 1 Trinity over the course of the season...
Senior Carlin Wing had a strong weekend as well, ending her collegiate career by reaching the finals of the consolation bracket. Wing lost to No. 8 Pam Saunders of Trinity, 3-9, 3-9, 9-5, 9-5, 9-4. Saunders had already defeated Colby Hall in the quarterfinals of the consolation bracket...