Word: ncaas
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...hard for Americans to feel like underdogs these days. We seem normal size in our own skins, but to the rest of the world, we've become a nation of supersizing, regime-changing, SUV-driving Goliaths. This may be why the NCAA men's basketball tournament?where little mutts like geographically confused Cleveland State and it-can't-possibly-have-a-team Oral Roberts run with purebreds Duke and UCLA?grows in meaning every year. It may also be the gambling, the guilt-free jalapeño-popper binges or the camaraderie born when three-quarters of the workforce enters...
...honorable mention All-Ivy selections, Allard has trained two Rookies of the Year, three Pitchers of the year—including Madick—and four Players of the Year.With a career Ivy League record of 127-49, it is no coincidence that Harvard’s three NCAA berths, four 30-win seasons, and four Ivy Championship titles all fall under Allard’s tenure. This spring, with promising pitching, developing offense, and the coach’s go-get-‘em attitude, another league title may be in store for the Wolverine legend?...
...senior second baseman, has had to wait for the better part of four years for a regular gig on the Crimson infield. He has waited almost three years now, since Harvard’s last Ivy League title in 2005, for another chance to suit up in the NCAA Tournament.Let’s just say he doesn’t want to wait any longer.Now, he may not have to. The Crimson is as good a pick as any to emerge from Ivy ranks that feature unprecedented parity—leading publication Baseball America tabbed it the preseason favorite?...
...have any Olympic medals to her name, but one thing’s for sure.;If the No. 1 Harvard women’s hockey team captures the NCAA championship this weekend, it will be in large part because of junior Jenny Brine.Take the Crimson’s playoff opener against Cornell, for example. Harvard found itself down 2-1 to the eighth-seeded team in the third period.Enter Brine.The forward netted two power-play goals to put her team on top, 3-2. And she hasn’t stopped since.Brine is averaging more than a goal per game...
Harvard also won its first NCAA Tournament game on Saturday, defeating Dartmouth, 5-1, in the quarterfinals round to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four, which takes place in Duluth, Minn. this weekend...