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...these games mean more than pride for Harvard—this weekend’s match-up will have far-reaching playoff implications...
...Harvard cannot beat UMD in at least one of this weekend’s games, it’s all but certain that the WCHA will have at least three of the top four teams in this year’s expanded Frozen Eight playoffs. While Harvard is by no means in danger of not finishing in the top eight—provided the team stays healthy and barring a major unforeseen meltdown of some kind—the Crimson is in danger of not qualifying for home-ice advantage come playoff time. And if Harvard doesn?...
...take the top eight teams in the country and place them in the top four bowls. Nor was that the way it was before the BCS. There have always been conference champion tie-ins to the top bowls, and there always will be.Until we see a I-A playoff. And that won’t ever happen. Whew...
...match so close it was cruel, the Harvard women’s volleyball team fell 3-2 (20-30, 30-28, 30-20, 28-30, 15-13) to Yale in the first round of a single-elimination, four-team playoff to decide the recipient of the league’s automatic NCAA post-season bid in Schenectady, N.Y. on Saturday...
Although all four teams are recognized as Ivy champions—a feat never previously seen in 27 years of league play—there is only one automatic NCAA tournament berth available. As a result, a playoff between the co-champions will determine which team moves on to the national tournament...