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Last year, the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference came to be known as the little kid on the block.. Not one team from the ECAC advanced past its first-round games in the NCAA finals, and that didn't surprise anyone...
...overtime loss in the first-round of the ECAC playoffs. A loss to the 10th-seeded Engineers, a squad the top-seeded Crimson had clobbered 6-0 and 5-1 in its two earlier meetings...
...Wheaton can wave the wand and create offense, the team has more than enough talent at the other positions to take it back to the ECAC tournament, where it was a first-round loser to James Madison last year...
...answer will take a while to develop. Fischer's first-round victory -- Spassky resigned after making his 49th move -- displayed some tentativeness coupled with sound, patient, relentless strategy; there was nothing particularly brilliant about Fischer's game, but nothing reckless or stupid either. The rules of this exhibition -- adapted to Fischer's specifications -- seem to reward circumspect strategy, since the prospect of saving a risky mistake by playing to draw afterward has been rendered unprofitable. When Fischer and Spassky met in 1972, draws gave each player one-half point toward the victory total. This time, ties do not count...
With its top seed and accompanying first-round bye, Harvard has ample time to relax and hone its skills before it plays in the final Four next weekend in Bethlehem, Penn...