Word: nits
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Then, in the second half of both games, reality set in and it became clear that the most talented team in the Ivies would not only fall short of the Big Dance, but possibly even the NIT...
...cutoff for the NIT would be [an RPI of] 150,” said Harvard coach Frank Sullivan. “Because of their strength of schedule [and an RPI of 110]...they do have a chance...
...terms of talent, it appears that the Ivies’ best team will be watching March Madness from the “losers bracket” that is the NIT...
...refuse to acknowledge that situation, tacitly penciling in a Princeton win before the game has even been played. All you can muster is acquiescent banter about how the NIT might come calling, while conceding that you’ll merely keep an eye on the scoreboard to see if the Crimson can knock off the mighty Tigers...
...aiming to destroy the Jewish state, devastated Egypt's air force before its pilots had scrambled their jets. In 1981 Israel bombed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq, an incident that provoked worldwide disapproval. But given what we now know about Saddam Hussein's regime, only the most nit picking of lawyers--admittedly, a large category--would still condemn the action...