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...head-to-head competition, Cornell (1-1, 1-1) edged out Dartmouth...
...each preliminary round, the group votes off its “weakest link,” until only two contestants remain. The two final contestants go head-to-head for the total amount of prize money collected during the game...
...could also be hurt by its two head-to-head losses to Villanova. The Wildcats could actually beat out BC in a pairwise comparison because of those defeats. Harvard, on the other hand, has lost only to BC and four conference champions...
Harvard has typically succeeded in scheduling all the Northeast teams that might garner NCAA berths—like Boston College, Boston University, and Hartford, so most NCAA selection decisions can be based more on head-to-head results. URI’s contention for an at-large bid was unprecedented, so Harvard did not play the Rams. So unlike past years, Harvard’s NCAA fate wasn’t as well decided on the field...
Harvard also finished a game ahead of Yale in the Ivy standings. But Ivy standings don’t directly matter in NCAA selection. Yale had a head-to-head victory over the Crimson, a better overall record, the same record against common opponents as Harvard and just as many wins over NCAA-qualifying teams, so Yale was an easy pick over Harvard by the NCAA’s criteria...