Word: ncaas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last winter in Providence, Rhode Island, I met another creature out of collegiate folklore and mythology. This time I had the good fortune to interview Duke's Blue Devil immediately after the Duke basketball team whipped Villanova earn a trip to the NCAA finals in St. Louis, Missouri...
Playing at number one in place of Desaulniers, Harvard captain John Havens fell victim to the amazing Ned Edwards, an NCAA semi-finalist and winner of the prestigious Cowle tournament held last month in New York...
...other area hockey action, defending NCAA champion Boston University had its gloves full Wednesday night with hardchecking RPI, but some key late saves by goalie Jim Craig--who suffered a concussion 7:23 into the third period in a collision with the Engineers' Mike McPhee--helped the Terriers to a 5-3 win at Walter Brown Arena...
...most obvious comment is that the major teams have taken a John Belushi-like bellyflop the last four years. The football team, once the Ivy title-winner, lost to Cornell and Columbia--in the same season. The soccer team, once an NCAA regional contender, now can't beat (ulp) MIT. And the hockey team, once a perennial ECAC playoff qualifier, has become a not-so-very-funny joke...
...This one's weird. The Harvard baseball team--taking exams at the Holyoke Holiday Inn because Harvard's screwy and won't give make-ups, except to hundreds of people who fake being sick--lose two straight at the NCAA regional playoffs. Delaware wins the first game, beating All-American Larry Brown (Pitching with balls that are Taiwan Little League rejects), 1-0 on an unearned run--but only after the game is called after an eight-hour rain delay...