Word: playoff
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
According to an article that ran in the Daily Pennsylvanian on September 18th, Penn President Judith Rodin claimed that a football postseason would conflict with finals. She’s partially right. If the Ivy champion advances to the semifinals of the I-AA playoffs, that team will be playing football during the exam period for schools with pre-Christmas finals. But, as the article cites, the same situation exists for the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament, and the Ivy Council of Presidents has no problem sending the league champion off to compete in that playoff bracket...
...should they? They get everything they want out of our football players during the Ivy season. The presidents have no motivation to send 70 kids to Montana for a playoff game. That doesn’t draw alums to Harvard Stadium, where—overcome by nostalgia—they decide to give copious amounts of money to pad our cushy endowment. In the end, the ban on the I-AA playoffs seems to be more of a business decision than a decision based on concern for our players. That’s probably why the presidents?...
...Roger Hughes had an interview with outgoing Princeton President Harold T. Shapiro. In that interview, Shapiro told Hughes that there was no logical reason for the postseason ban and that the presidents just didn’t want Ivy League teams participating. It seems the presidents gave the Ivy playoff decision about as much thought as whether to have steak, pheasant or duck for lunch...
...getting an at-large invitation to the Tournament. In order to do that, the Crimson will have to finish the season strong. If Harvard fails to defeat Columbia on Saturday and defending Ivy co-champion Penn in the regular-season finale on Nov. 15, the team’s playoff chances...
While Brendan Bernakevitch and Charlie Johnson adapt to the move from wing to center, Cavanagh must elevate his game. He certainly has the ability; Mazzoleni has heralded him as having “50-point potential,” and he has centered Harvard’s most effective playoff scoring line the last two seasons...