Word: ncaas
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Last year, Harvard had tied the Quakers for the Ancient Eight crown but advanced to the NCAA Tournament thanks to a win over Penn in the opening game of league play...
...NCAA ruled last week that Florida State University can keep using its Seminole mascot, decreeing that Chief Osceola is not "hostile and abusive" after all and thus may continue cheerleading in the postseason. The decision has given a boost to some of 17 other schools whose American Indian nicknames the NCAA has barred from play-off games. Central Michigan University (the Chippewas) and the University of Utah (the Utes) are also appealing the ban and, as Florida State did so successfully, are lining up local tribes to attest to their "long-standing relationships...
...BUSH, Florida Governor, criticizing NCAA officials for their decision to penalize Florida State University and other schools unless they drop their Native American mascots...
Vermont, which topped heavily favored four-seed Syracuse in the first round of the 2005 NCAA tournament, will offer the Crimson’s first competition when Harvard opens at home...
Like Vermont, BC fell in the second round of the NCAA tournament...