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...Penn juggernaut is nearing in on a second straight Ivy League title and the automatic berth in the NCAA tournament that accompanies it. For the first time ever, though, that scenario may not spell the death of the Crimson’s postseason chances.If Harvard (12-9, 4-4 Ivy) can regroup to take at least five of the remaining six games in its 2005-06 season, the team has a chance to advance to the National Invitational Tournament for the first time in school history.First played in 1938, the NIT is the oldest postseason tournament in college basketball, although...
...competition, “difficult” may also be appropriate. The planets have aligned, and the four top-ranked teams of the ECAC—travel partners No. 6 Cornell and Colgate and partners Harvard and Dartmouth—will gather in a shootout that will have postseason implications. The Crimson will face the Raiders in Hamilton, N.Y. tonight, while the Big Green takes on the Big Red in Ithaca. Tomorrow, Harvard and Dartmouth will swap locations. “You’ve got the top four teams playing head-to-head,” Donato said, adding...
...five games of league play, get rusty, and fail to wake up until they trail a major conference team by 20 at the half.The Quakers stay focused for the final five games of league play, keep themselves sharp, and play a major conference team close.If the Ivies had a postseason tournament, a team following the first path would get upset in the conference tourney far more often than one following the second. And that might be enough incentive to cause runaway league champs to follow that other path.By Saturday night, Penn will likely be fit that runaway profile...
...Lawrence sit third, fourth, and fifth in the ECAC with 20, 19, and 18 points, respectively. But the Crimson has just three league contests left to play, while the other two teams have four. The ECAC’s top four teams get a first-round bye in the postseason tournament and then home-ice advantage for the quarterfinal round. —Staff writer Rebecca A. Seesel can be reached at seesel@fas.harvard.edu...
...going to have a great career and she’s had a great freshman year, especially coming off of an injury. I think she has the nicest touch I’ve ever seen in the post.”It’s a long time until postseason awards come out, but if Saturday night is any indication, Rollins might well be the next Crimson freshman to bring home Rookie of the Year honors in March. And as Feaster, Peljto, and Cserny demonstrated, that award can be only the beginning.—Staff writer Aidan E. Tait...