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Even though Harvard was exceptionally talented, talent alone is typically not enough for Ivy teams to advance deep in the NCAA tournament. Many Ivy schools, across all sports, lack the challenging competition during the regular season necessary to perform consistently at the national level during the postseason. And in women’s tennis, there’s plenty of competition between 316 Division I programs—a total exceeded by only men’s and women’s basketball and women’s cross-country...
...result of universities’ attempts to represent their views better, women in higher education often find themselves called upon to perform extra tasks and responsibilities...
...pessimistic note, however, I don’t want to see the Ivy League left far behind on the national scene, as irrelevant as football in every sport. The ideal NCAA team—in short, a group of good people who can perform about as well as their peers in school and can still can compete for national championships—is not easily obtained. Ivy teams are among the most capable of achieving this goal, so why are they subject to the most arbitrary competitive restrictions in the country? If the Ivies continues to discriminate against its student...
...guards brick crucial free throws. Harvard teams are quite good by Ivy standards, but they still lose. And often it’s not because the opponent was too good. It’s because Harvard athletes, for a moment, tried hard but just failed to perform...
...obviously means a lot to me. It’s a huge award,” Morris said. “But every personal honor reflects the team’s accomplishments and how well the offense was able to perform...