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Last March, members of the Harvard women’s basketball team took advantage of the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four location in Boston and attended the national title game between Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) powerhouses Maryland and Duke. The matchup delivered on its promise of championship excitement, as the two teams battled into overtime and the Terrapins eventually emerged with a 78-75 victory...
...Crimson’s placement as a 15-seed was surprising given the team’s abysmal nonconference showing—Harvard went 2-11 before tearing through the Ivy League. Tournament experts projected the Crimson as the lowest-possible 16-seed, which would have given Harvard a matchup with one of the tournament’s four top-ranked teams: North Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, or Duke...
...nothing prepared me for the Crimson’s gut-wrenching Frozen Eight matchup with Wisconsin this past Saturday. The trip to Chestnut Hill was nothing compared to this assignment; I flew out to Madison for the weekend...
...Bracketology” or the coverage, but I thought we were a 16 [seed] all the way,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “But I’m thrilled to be playing the national champions.” Maryland will be an extremely tough matchup defensively for the Crimson—all five Terrapin starters are averaging double figures, and the team’s 82.6 points per game rank second nationally in scoring offense. Junior center Crystal Langhorne leads the team in points and rebounds, while sophomore guard Kristi Tolliver has a deadly touch...
...college basketball? It’s about as popular as a British national team jersey at a local soccer game. If you see it on TV, something must be wrong – or something will be very soon.So when Harvard hits the court for its first-round NCAA matchup next weekend, the local sports channel will likely be showing highlights from the previous day’s soccer games. I’ll be forced to refresh ESPN Game Tracker every 30 seconds, all the while sending e-mails to the other beat writers for updates. It?...