Word: postseason
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even if the football team were at the championship level, the Ivy league prohibits Ancient Eight teams from participating in postseason competition...
...BASKETBALL TEAM JUST FINished a sad, hard season: the revered Larry Bird retired at the start; the always dependable Kevin McHale retired at the end; and during the playoffs, the team lost its captain and hope for the future, Reggie Lewis. The 27-year-old forward collapsed during a % postseason game at Boston Garden. Lewis, who is the Celtics' leading scorer, bravely returned to the game before weakening and finally heading for the bench for good. A few days later, a team physician delivered a disturbing diagnosis: Lewis had "focal cardiomyopathy," an ailment that damages an area of the heart...
...Harvard women's lacrosse team, which endured a couple early-season losses and other shaky moments to finally receive one of the six NCAA postseason bids Monday...
...narrow 10-7 win over Brown two weeks ago, had it gone the other way, could have ended any of Harvard's postseason hopes. Likewise for the season-ending showdown with Dartmouth last week...
...With the postseason only a week and a half away, the team could not have picked a better time to step up its level of play...