Word: ncaas
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...community. As the price of professional sports tickets makes a family night out to cheer on the home team prohibitively expensive, I’m glad that college sports is there as alternative way to see sports at a high level. Since the Crimson has appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times in the past six years, fans get to see high-quality talent on a consistent basis without their wallets taking a hit. Why shell out more than $100 for mediocre balcony seats to see the Boston Bruins lose another game, when about half that much money sits...
...Harvard goes into this season with a chip on its collective shoulder following its memorable quadruple-overtime loss in the NCAA Tournament to Wisconsin, the No. 1 ranked team in the country and eventual national champion...
...shown that he can handle himself between the pipes. Last season, the rookie notched a .903 save percentage and made 437 saves overall. And in his second career start, Richter shut out Boston College, which was then ranked No. 3 and ended the season with a loss in the NCAA title game. But he remains largely untested, with only one year of experience at the collegiate level behind him. Now that Tobe has graduated, Harvard is looking to Richter to take charge in the goal, although some ECAC naysayers are doubting that he has what it takes...
...This year was different. For five straight seasons, Harvard had been the toast of the ECAC, capping off each successful season with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. This year, for the first time in recent memory, the team was coping with the fallout from a frustrating campaign in which the tournament remained out of reach. The five-year run now ended, the new captain-elect would be expected to erase disappointment, rather than merely to expand on success...
...About a month after BC ended its season with a double-overtime loss to Minnesota-Duluth at the NCAA Frozen Four, controversy struck the Eagles...