Word: dartmouth
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...Dartmouth and Harvard, preseason favorites to contend for the Ivy title, loaded up their non-conference slate with games against ranked opponents. With both teams ranked in the top ten earlier this season (The Big Green were ranked as high as #5; the Crimson #6) and boasting prolific strikers like Daniel Keat, Lucky Mkosana (Dartmoth) and senior Andre Akpan (Harvard), their decisions seemed justified...
...Three times Dartmouth has faced off against ranked opponents; three times they’ve walked away without a win. Suffice it to say, the Big Green is no longer ranked...
Both Ivy teams have played well in-conference (Dartmouth is 3-0-0, Harvard 2-0-1), and the Ivy League has shown its ability to advance teams past the first round of the NCAA tournament. But the conference will need to demonstrate its capacity to consistently beat nationally ranked teams if it hopes to continue garnering national respect...
Princeton and Penn’s woes have effectively turned the Ivy championship into a three-horse race. Dartmouth, Harvard, and Brown (2-0-0) have all shown they are capable of winning the league, so the title will largely come down to how the teams fare against each other. Dartmouth still has to contend with away fixtures in Providence and Cambridge. Brown has already lost to Harvard and faces a difficult game this weekend against a resurgent Cornell squad...
...best position of the triumvirate. It has already topped Brown and hosts three of its last four Ivy games. Given the tight competition, however, Harvard has left itself with little room for error with its draw against the Big Red. The next two weeks against Princeton and Dartmouth may well wrap up the title for the Crimson if they obtain the maximum six points...