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Last March, members of the Harvard women’s basketball team took advantage of the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four location in Boston and attended the national title game between Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) powerhouses Maryland and Duke. The matchup delivered on its promise of championship excitement, as the two teams battled into overtime and the Terrapins eventually emerged with a 78-75 victory...
...Donoghue’s Sports Bar and Restaurant in Watertown, where Harvard players and coaches assembled to watch the Selection Show. The Crimson was projected to be a No. 16 seed, playing against one of the nation’s top four teams: North Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, or Duke. Harvard had to wait until the last possible minute to hear its placement, as Dayton was the last of the four brackets announced. The room erupted with surprised cheers as Drake was introduced as the fourth No. 16 seed, sealing Harvard’s placement as a 15 seed...
...spent the first seventeen and a half years of my life thinking I was going to Duke,” Maxson says. “It’s something that’s always been real familiar...
Maxson finds the student body at Duke somewhat more genial. “I just think in general, they’re a little more well-rounded at Duke, a tad more laid back,” Maxson says...
...first time in the 2004 Olympics, Argentina remains a stolidly fútbol-crazy nation. The term ‘March Madness’ would likely fall on deaf ears, as each local match between rival clubs carries with it the intensity (and, often, the violence) of a bruising Duke-UNC showdown. Madness, during Argentina’s soccer season, is hardly confined to one month.Sure, Ginobili’s face litters the front page of the sports section even on San Antonio’s off-days. Even Andres Nocioni and the Baby Bulls make a few headlines.But college basketball...