Word: postseasons
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Gone, realistically, are thoughts of an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. Gone, most likely, is a first-round bye in the ECAC playoffs. But thoughts of postseason play should be removed from Harvard’s thought process. Before anything else, the Crimson needs to find a way to start winning games. The talent is there, undeniably, but the intensity is there only occasionally, in fits and in starts...
...winning streak could stretch to 13 games. With the Crimson looking for revenge for last year’s championship game and Duluth wanting to knock off the unbeaten No. 3 team in the nation, Friday and Saturday’s games will have the feel of a postseason do-or-die contest...
...They frantically adjust admissions standards and quotas for football players, they institute ridiculous policies like the seven-week rule and they reaffirm their dedication to giving athletes every reason to lose theirs. They pick bizarre places to take irrational stands—a list headed by the ban on postseason participation for Ivy football teams...
...contrast to the Crimson’s first two losses—which came to Fairfield and Holy Cross, both of which advanced to postseason play last season—Harvard (0-3) didn’t even take a late lead in losing to New Hampshire 81-75 in what on paper appeared to be a winnable game Saturday afternoon...
Almost every year the issue of value arises when deciding postseason awards. What’s more important—the individual or the team...