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...lambs, but of sharks. For the ninth consecutive year, coach Jerry ("Tark the Shark") Tarkanian has led his University of Nevada at Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels squad into the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament. UNLV, which compiled a crushing 30-0 regular-season record, was the pretourney favorite to win its second-straight national championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball's Most Deadly Fish: | 3/25/1991 | See Source »

...despite their 11-5 record, the icewomen will have their hands full in the opening game tonight at 6:15. They will face off at B.U.'s Walter Brown Arena against the pretourney favorite, Northeastern...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Icewomen Destroy Elis at Bright, 6-1, Carry Five-Game Streak Into Beanpot | 2/16/1982 | See Source »

...treated the Crimson pretty well in the first game of last year's Beanpot, when Harvard shocked pretourney favorite Northeastern, 10-2. Led by the goaltending of tournament Most Valuable Player Wade Lau, the Crimson went on to treat itself pretty well on the second February Monday of 1981, handcuffing a powerful Boston College squad, 2-0, to take home the beans for the first time since...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: B.U. Takes on the Champs | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

Providence will represent New England as a team but should prove little competition for defending champion Oklahoma State. The Sooners boast first-team All-Americans Jaime Gonzalez, Lindy Miller, and Tom Jones. Trailing Oklahoma State in the pretourney ranking are powerhouses Brigham Young, Georgia, Houston and Arizona State...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Vik to Play in NCAA Tournament | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

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