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...team’s lack of a strong non-conference record, an at-large bid to the NCAA’s is something of a remote possibility. “There’s no doubt about it: we need to win the ECAC tournament to go the NCAA tournament,” Tobe says. As it prepares to face this win-or-go-home challenge, the Crimson has never been in better shape. Harvard enters the playoffs riding the momentum of a season-ending sweep of Colgate and rival Cornell, a solid weekend of play that ranks as perhaps...
When the Quakers defeat Yale tonight at the Palestra, it will mark the 37th time in the past 39 years that either Princeton or Penn has earned the Ivy League’s automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. This year’s Penn team just might be in position to make something of its invitation, too. Seniors Ibrahim Jaaber and Mark Zoller, the mighty Quakers who have terrorized the rest of the league over their four-year tenure in Philadelphia, bring the oft-hailed tournament experience to the Big Dance...
...Quakers won’t need this one for the title, but they can’t afford to lose another game for NCAA tournament purposes. The difference between a 15 and a 14 seed lies in trap games like this. Savvy veterans Jaaber and Zoller will ensure the champs won’t fall to coach Miller’s former employer...
...race for the title and that elusive automatic NCAA tournament berth that goes with it, the Harvard men’s basketball team (11-15, 4-8 Ivy) will hit the road this weekend to cap off another year in the middle of the pack of the Ivy League. Fresh off its 50-43 victory over Princeton last Saturday night, which snapped a five-game losing streak, the sixth-place Crimson will face Cornell (15-11, 8-4 Ivy) in Ithaca, N.Y at 7 p.m. tonight. Tomorrow, Harvard will head to New York City to take on Columbia...
...they have. The Crimson, now on a nine game win streak, has not lost a match since Jan. 26. And the team doesn’t intend to anytime soon, especially with the NCAA tournament right around the corner...