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...back to the Goliath thing. The Sunday before the tournament begins, all the contenders are ranked from 1 (the awesomest of the awesome) to 16 (the meekest of the meek) in each of four regional groups. Then 16 plays 1 and 15 battles 2 and so forth in a three-week single-elimination march to the championship. No sporting event is as elegantly constructed or as essentially American. There are the massing of schools rich and poor, public and private; the opportunity for all to face off neutrally; and the assignment of an indisputable qualitative value. That last element...
...least the network could expect for the $6 billion it has ponied up to broadcast the event for just over a decade.) But for secular audiences, those first few days are also when March Madness is at its maddest, when little schools get their one shot at Goliath. Most will miss, but a few will stun the odds and themselves and in their ragged glory remind us of just how satisfying it can be to hold a slingshot...
...typical David versus Goliath clash yesterday, Harvard sought an upset of gargantuan proportions against the top-ranked team in the country. Unfortunately, the Crimson received a heavy dose of reality as the Wildcats won their seventh-straight dual match of the season...
...start to fragment ourselves and try to do things on our own,” Stone said. “We stay together and whatever happens, happens.”A rejuvenated Harvard squad came out aggressive and determined in the last frame, and the dream of taking down Goliath quickly turned into a nightmare for the Big Red.Cornell committed a quick penalty in the opening seconds of the final period, and the Crimson promptly took advantage. With Harvard’s second-ranked penalty unit on the ice, tri-captain Caitlin Cahow slammed a shot from the blueline which...
...league and earned the Big Red a vote in the AP’s Top 25 poll on Feb. 18.Harvard’s first game against Cornell ended in heart-breaking fashion. Playing the role of David to the Big Red’s Goliath, the Crimson led Cornell 71-66 with 31 seconds to go. A goal-tending call on a put-back cost Harvard two points, a turnover led to an easy lay-up, and a five-second violation handed the Big Red the ball with 9.3 seconds left. On the ensuing inbounds play, Cornell?...