Word: preseasonitis
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...preseason favorite, Harvard was the team to beat with the offense every coach in the league aimed to defend. Now, rather, it is Penn living the undefeated dream season. After bowing under pressure, the Crimson now has the unfamiliar opportunity of playing with nothing to lose...
...Harvard men’s hockey team goes on to accomplish what the preseason pundits thought it would—win the ECAC tournament and earn a third straight NCAA tournament berth—the revival witnessed in New Haven on Friday night will surely be looked upon as the turning point...
...drafting of Ara at such a high position came as a surprise to many, considering that he had dropped off many scouts’ radars by the end of the year. Though a third-team All-American in 2002 and a preseason finalist this year for the Herman trophy-—soccer’s version of the Heisman—Ara was not named as one of the 15 finalists for the same award at the end of the year and was unable to garner an All-American selection after this season. United scouts did not even come...
...this point, preseason pundits thought Harvard would be fighting for a spot in the NCAA tournament. Instead, the Crimson’s 8-9-2 overall record has all but ended its chances at an at-large NCAA bid, and the team has only an outside chance at a first-round bye in the ECAC playoffs, awarded to the league’s top four teams...
...concerned about our goaltending,” Stone said days before Harvard’s first preseason scrimmage. “Goaltending is going to be solid and steady...