Word: ithaca
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...season, should again be a major contender. Penn, who five years ago joined Division 1 for the first time and once finished a dubious 17th out of 17 in the final standings, earned the fourth seed, and could be considered a dark horse. Tonight, the winnowing process begins at 'Ithaca, Boston, Cambridge and Philadelphia, and this is how the pairings look...
...Clarkson has beaten them there in the past five years), it is difficult to see how the Friars can reverse last year's results. Granted, Providence has proven its ability to win in hostile rinks, having defeated Brown at Meehan Auditorium and New Hampshire at Durham, but playing at Ithaca is unlike playing anywhere else in the country. And now, with its mid-season problems smoothed out, Cornell has become an incredibly formidable opponent. The Big Red has won seven consecutive games, including victories over Boston University and Harvard that sewed up the top ECAC seed and the Ivy title...
...Ithaca...
Harvard basketball coach Bob Harrison was worried that his squad would not by psyched for Cornell Saturday night, and though his worries were justified, the Crimson escaped from Ithaca with a narrow 95-94 victory...
...matter what the outcome of tonight's game. Harvard, with the third seed in the ECAC playoffs sewed up after its 3-2 victory at Brown Wednesday, still has a chance at a share of the Ivy title, but it depends upon Cornell losing to Brown at Ithaca tonight. Essentially, the game has little bearing on anything of consequence, and that is precisely what makes the situation so volatile...