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Maybe the Tigers and their blowhards should open their eyes to what is going on around the rest of college basketball. If they did, they would find that when it comes to postseason tourneys, the Ivy League is by far the exception and not the rule...
What about the importance of a postseason? Conference tournaments reward the teams who are peaking at the right time. And, more importantly, the games are exciting-not to mention significant. Harvard's upset over Penn last month was thrilling, but what does it mean at this point in the year? Had the game come in the context of a league tournament, then it might have actually meant something...
That's exactly why Penn and Princeton fear a postseason tournament. But for the sake of Ivy basketball, that is something the league must exploit. In terms of NCAA performance, the league could do no worse than it does now. Anyone can go to the tournament and lose, which is all Penn has done the past two years...
...addition of Ramirez will certainly make Boston a contender this season. The Sox might even win the AL East, which would add even more hype to a possible playoff showdown with the Yanks. But, the postseason has and will always depend on pitching. A seven-game (or, heaven forbid, a five-game) series is usually determined by which pitching staff--starters, middle relievers, and closers--has more talent...
...comfort for Democrats, it is in their experience that when it comes to Bill Clinton, Republicans have never failed to overbid a good hand. The first evidence that this could be a replay of scandals past came when Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter raised the possibility of a postseason impeachment trial. And Indiana Congressman Dan Burton's committee, already on its second round of subpoenas, is the same crowd that got nowhere on Whitewater, Filegate, Travelgate and a raft of other Clinton scandals over the years. More ominous for Clinton is the inquiry that U.S. Attorney White announced last week...