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...today, the Crimson will take to the courts against Texas Christian University in first-round action. The Horned Frogs, in the teams' one pervious meeting last spring, prevailed over Harvard...
...garner a second crown, Harvard will have to travel a more demanding road than in 1990. The Crimson entered last year's tourney undefeated and ranked first in the nation, and received a first-round bye. This year, however, the team earned the final bid, and must play a first-round game on the road. The Crimson faces a familiar foe--the New Hampshire Wilcats--this Saturday in Durham...
...else, today's game does carry some personal significance. Last year, the third-ranked Crimson, still giddy from its dramatic overtime upset of second-ranked Yale, travelled to Durham, N.H. to face a traditionally weak Wildcats squad. In a shocking victory that ended the Crimson's hopes of a first-round NCAA bye, the Wildcats upended Harvard...
Princeton, currently ranked fourth in the nation, is also making a strong bid for the NCAA tournament and could garner a first-round bye. The Tigers are coming off a solid 14-2 thrashing of Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y., Saturday...
This year's game does not put the Ivy title on the line, an undefeated record, an NCAA tourney first-round bye--or even an NCAA tourney first-round bid. But it is Harvard-Yale, and that immediately lends the game an aura of significance...