Word: ncaas
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Over spring break, I watched the Louisiana State University (LSU) men’s basketball team dismantle the University of Texas in overtime to advance to the NCAA tournament Final Four. During the post-game interview, the euphoric LSU head coach, John Brady, gushed into the microphone about how his excellent group of guys had worked so hard and deserved the victory. But what student athletes really deserve is a future, and a successful life after college basketball glory begins with a diploma...
...about that last one.But really, the city and state I lived my entire life in are occupied by a lot of great things—sports teams included. We can talk professional sports another time, but I’m in the business of college athletics.Colorado College made the NCAA hockey tournament again this year, and the country’s last two hockey champs before this season hailed from Denver University. That same DU school is home to the 2005 Great Western Lacrosse League champions. The same team our own Harvard men’s lacrosse team had beat...
...last meet as a collegiate athlete, Dave Cromwell of the Harvard men’s swimming and diving completed his Crimson career on a high note. As one of only two Harvard swimmers at the NCAA Championships, Cromwell broke the Crimson record twice in the 200-yard backstroke. He finished with two fourth-place finishes—and also notched a fourth in the 100-yard backstroke—and All-American honors...
Rathgeber, the only other Harvard competitor at the meet, finished No. 26 in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:01.25. He improved on his performance at the NCAA Championships...
...season that the Crimson has held an opponent without a goal for an entire quarter—each of the previous two occurred in Harvard wins as well. Unlike the previous two, however, this one counts towards the Ivy standings—and a possible shot at the NCAA tournament down the line...