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...ECAC. Harvard (11-13-1, 10-7-1 ECAC) is only four points out of the top slot, behind St. Lawrence (14-10-4, 11-4-3 ECAC), Clarkson, and Cornell, and only 10 points separates the first and tenth teams, making it one of the tightest playoff races in recent conference history...
...matches should clear up the playoff picture substantially, as the Crimson need to take two against the Quakers and Tigers (a feat unaccomplished in the Ivy since 1989) in order to remain in contention for an Ivy League title...
This is Dartmouth's first return to Cambridge since its November 1999 upset of the then defending national champions and Harvard's final game against the country's number one team before a likely playoff showdown...
What is perhaps more exciting than the All-Star Game (and the Bulls' pathetic 6-42 record) though, is the second half of the season and the potential playoff match-ups in store. A Knicks and Sixers conference final series looks likely, and will no doubt be a classic. New York in the playoffs is electrifying (see numerous close games, brawls, and psychological wars waged by feisty coaches...
...coaches will be judged by the content of their character and not by how ludicrous they look stepping into the conflagrations of men twice their size. JEFF VAN GUNDY'S dream is still unrealized. In 1998 the 5-ft. 9-in. Knick coach rode out a New York-Miami playoff brawl attached like a poodle to the leg of 6-ft. 10-in. man-mountain Alonzo Mourning. It wasn't his finest moment, but he escaped unharmed. This time, he wasn't so lucky. On Martin Luther King Day, Van Gundy tried to make peace between warring Knick MARCUS CAMBY...