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...that the Crimson, one of five programs to make the tournament in five consecutive seasons, has been remarkably consistent. But that consistency has been so overshadowed by the first-round losses that before last weekend’s game against the Black Bears, there was an undeniable elephant in the media room...
...3.Though those games were sandwiched by five- and six-game dry spells, The Man returned when Harvard’s season was on the line.His two scores against St. Lawrence and two helpers the next night against Clarkson helped secure a regular season-ending sweep that clinched a first-round bye in the ECAC tournament.Since then, Murphy has registered nine points in five postseason games, including a hat trick to close out the Saints in Game 3 of the quarterfinal series and two goals and two assists against Cornell in the championship game last Saturday...
...would virtually eliminate Harvard from the NCAA bracket. And then there was the fact that the series was held on Harvard’s home ice, while St. Lawrence had made the seven-hour drive to Cambridge. And the fact that the Crimson had just enjoyed a first-round bye, while the Saints’ series with Brown had stretched to three games, two of which involved overtime...
...regional and a date with No. 1 seed UConn on Friday.The Huskies are the 5-2 favorite to go all the way, so it’s virtually assured the Great Danes will have faded from most basketball fans’ consciousness by halftime of Friday’s first-round match...
...It’s win, or lose and go home,” junior winger Ryan Maki said.“We worked hard to get home ice,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 of his team’s first-round bye and subsequent quarterfinal at the Bright, earned via a fourth-place finish in the ECAC regular season standings. “We’ve got to take advantage of it.”The Crimson (17-10-2) clinched the fourth spot two weeks ago, helped in part...