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...ranked Tar Heels, who have lost twice in 29 games, will meet the winner of the first-round game between Temple and St. John's in the East Regional...
Georgetown, moved out of the East by the selection committee to the West, takes on the winner of the first-round game between Miami of Ohio and Southern Methodist...
...tournament, the biggest and richest in collegiate history, begins Tuesday with the champions of the 10 weakest Division I conferences meeting in a "preliminary round" in Philadelphia and Dayton. Those five winners will advance to first-round action around the country, beginning Thursday and running through the weekend...
...there is no underdog--or perhaps there are two, because while B.C. and B.U. battle for control of the ECAC East Division, Northeastern and Harvard pivot around the .500 mark. As a result, the last two ECAC champions (Harvard in 1983, N.U. in 1982) take the ice for the first-round curtain-raiser, not the right's featured attraction...
...contrast, betting on the Beanpot has become a hazardous hobby in the '80s. Northeastern came out of nowhere in 1980, with a 3-11 pre-tournament record; first-round opponent B.U. had won 16 straight semifinals. N.U. stunned the Terriers in sudden death, 6-5. The following week's victims from the Heights were top-rated in the ECAC...